The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is to inaugurate the newly built international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, on Tuesday (today). Today’s inauguration is coming after several dates had been set by the Federal Government for the terminal’s completion and inauguration since 2015. The new international terminal is one of the five […]

Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc has sealed ground-handling deals with a couple of foreign airlines, including Virgin Atlantic and Delta Airlines. Similarly, it signed a contract with Air France/KLM for the ground operations in Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt, just as Ethiopian Airlines also consolidated its contracts with the company. Others are Qatar Airways’

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the increasing momentum towards reopening of borders and relaxation of travel restrictions, as COVID-19 moves into the endemic phase. Progress in Opening the World to Travel An IATA survey of travel restrictions for the world’s top 50 air travel markets (comprising 88% of international demand in 2019 as measured by revenue passenger

Nigerian passengers and others traveling on UK airlines, British Airways, and Virgin Atlantic to and from London would no longer require to use a face mask on board as both airlines and a number of UK carriers have abolished the mask mandate. This followed the government’s announcement that all COVID-19 travel measures will end on

The Federal Government has concluded plans to announce approved concessionaires for the quadruple of Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, and Kano airports next week. It was learned that the flagship Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) will have its new operator announced by March 22. A total of 13 airport consortia, comprising local and foreign companies, submitted

Airline operators have hinted that they may be forced to shut down operations in the next three days due to the high cost of aviation fuel. Vice President, Airline Operators of Nigeria, Chief Allen Onyeama, disclosed this during a meeting with oil marketers, regulators, and the House of Representatives leadership on Monday. According to him,

UK‘s Government announced (14-Mar-2022) plans to remove the remaining COVID-19 international travel restrictions for all passengers, effective 04:00 18-Mar-2022. Details include: Removal of the passenger locator form, as well as COVID-19 testing requirements for passengers who do not qualify as vaccinated; Remaining managed hotel quarantine capacity to be fully stood down from the end of

Airline operators in the country are to be granted a license to import aviation fuel, otherwise known as Aviation Turbine Kerosene(ATK) or Jet A-1 The measure which was announced yesterday by the Group Managing Directors of the NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari, is to check the rising cost of the product and help keep the airlines