By Wole Oyebade 22 October 2019 | Foreigners coming into Nigeria via Lagos, are in for more scrutiny as the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command, has reviewed the visa-on-arrival procedure. The review, which took effect at the weekend, mandates all visiting non-Nigerians to either obtain a […]
October 22, 2019 South Africa’s cash-strapped national airline, SAA, said on Tuesday it may operate an amended flight schedule following a decision to recall some of its planes to undertake compliance checks in line with regulatory requirements. South African Airways (SAA) said in Johannesburg that some of the flights would operate […]
Enugu Airport renovation 22nd October 2019 The Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, was closed on August 24, for the renovation of its runway. The authorities had said it was unsafe. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, having promised that the airport’s renovation would be completed in time for the seasonal mass movement […]
By Abdullateef Aliyu, Lagos | Published Date Oct 21, 2019. Ethiopian airline More than 200,000 people from 217 countries have visited Ethiopia in the last two years on the platform of the e-visa service introduced in June 2017, Ethiopian Airlines Group has disclosed. With the introduction of e-visa service back in […]
Published October 18, 2019 Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi The Federal Government has ordered the Nigeria Immigration Service to ensure that passports are issued to Nigerians within 48 hours after application. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Friday, decried the delay Nigerians faced in passport processing and called for an end […]
October 18, 2019 Chinedu Eze Travellers and other airport users have once more lamented the alleged brazen extortion going on by security operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The passengers who complained about the development, said it seemed the illicit act has resurged after a noticeable lull in […]
October 18, 2019 4:22 am The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on governments and aviation industry to work together to make the best use of modern technology to put the passenger at the centre of the journey and to achieve greater efficiency from infrastructure. The call came during the […]
By Abdullateef Aliyu, Lagos | Published Date Oct 16, 2019. Arik Air, said on Monday that it would re-launch flight services to Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri the Imo State capital by next Monday. Daily flights to Owerri from the Murtala Muhammed Domestic Airport, Lagos will resume on Monday, October 21, […]
Published October 16, 2019 Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi There are plans by the KLM to increase its capacity between Lagos and Amsterdam and Lagos and Paris to complement Nigeria’s economic growth, the General Manager, Air France-KLM Nigeria and West Africa, Mr Michel Colleau, has said. Colleau, at a meeting to commemorate the KLM’s […]
By Chris Agabi. Date Oct 14 2019. The five-year tenure of the Director General (DG) of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Muktar Usman, will end October, 2019, Daily Trust reports. Capt. Usman became the chief executive of the civil aviation regulatory body in October, 2014, and is to serve […]