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- 10 May 2014
FAAN Blames Airport Remodelling Project Delays on Budget 2014
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has refuted media reports that the Airport remodeling project has been abandoned, rather it was due to late passage of the 2014 appropriation budget.…
- 24 Jun 2014
FG Pledges to Complete Ongoing Airport Remodelling Projects
Federal government has said that no project in the ongoing remodelling of the airports would be abandoned. Samuel Ortom, supervising aviation minister, said this at the Murtala Muhammed International…
- 19 Sept 2013
FAAN Says Remodeled Airports Facilitating 2013 Hajj Operations
The remodeling of airport terminals by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has enhanced the airlift of pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for the 2013 Hajj, which commenced on September 14, 2013,…
- 25 Mar 2013
Reps Toast Remodeled Airport Terminals
Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, chairman, House of Representative Committee on Aviation, has said that the quality of facilities at the commissioned remodeled airport terminals under the Airport Remodelling…
- 6 Mar 2013
Remodeled Benin Airport for Commissioning Friday
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) will commission the remodelled Benin Airport terminal in Benin City on Friday, March 8, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek has learnt Checks indicated that…
- 26 Feb 2013
Remodeled Kano Airport Ready for Unveiling-Uriesi
The newly rehabilitated Mallam Aminu Kano International airport is ready for commissioning. Mr George Uriesi, managing director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), made the remark while on…
- 2 Feb 2014
No Abandoned Project under My Watch – Oduah
Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah, aviation minister, has declared that there will be no abandoned project in the sector under her watch as Minister. She spoke at the Yola airport, weekend at the…
- 30 Apr 2014
Best Emerging Airport: An Award That Says It All
“Ladies and gentlemen, the award for the Best emerging airport – Africa region goes to ... Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria ...” As the crowd broke into a thunderous applause,…
- 12 Jun 2013
FAAN Puts Finishing Touches to Sokoto Airport
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is putting finishing touches to the ongoing remodeling work on the Sultan Saddik Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto in furtherance of the Airport…
- 2 Mar 2014
Ortom Inspects Facilities at SMICA, Owerri Airport
The remodeled passenger terminal of the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri airport will boost economic activities in the South East. This was disclosed at the weekend by Dr. Samuel Ortom,…
- 19 Feb 2013
Benin Airport Ready for Commissioning-Uriesi
Mr. George Uriesi, managing director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), said that the level of work done at the Benin Airport was commendable and that the project was ready for…
- 24 Jan 2013
Uriesi, Faan Boss Toasts Abuja GAT Project
Mr. George Uriesi, managing director, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (Faan) said the commissioning of General Aviation Terminal (GAT) in Abuja is of great significance and product of…
- 26 Dec 2013
Oduah Inspects MMIA Project Sites, Upbeat on National Carriers
Princess Stella Oduah, minister of Aviation said she is delighted with the pace of work at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. She expressed her satisfaction while on an…
- 22 Jul 2013
FAAN Says Insecurity Slowing Business @ Kano Airport
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said that the underutilisation of the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano is linked insecurity, which has also affected socio economic…
- 1 Jan 2014
Aviation Records Significant Milestones in 2013-Dati
As aviation stakeholders in Nigeria take stock of activities in the industry in 2013, the consensus of opinion is that the industry recorded significant milestones during the year, according to Mr.…
- 12 May 2013
Nigerian Airports Missing in Skytrax World Airports Ranking: FAAN Reacts
The mixed reaction elicited by the non-listing of Nigerian airport among the top ten airports in Africa in the 2013 Skytrax World Best Airports ranking is understandable, according to Federal Airport…
- 24 Dec 2012
Passenger Traffic @ MMIA Hit All Time High
Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, on Friday recorded passenger traffic of 4664 processed for departure, the highest this year. This high passenger flow was efficiently processed by…
- 28 Mar 2016
State of Nigerian Airports Infrastructure
The deluge of doubts that trailed the remodeling of airports across Nigeria, is giving way to rays of hope as great expectations have replaced the eager anticipation within the country’s aviation…
- 22 Apr 2017
Three Years Later, FG Ratifies Dunoma’s Appointment as FAAN MD
The Federal Government of Nigeria has confirmed Engineer Saleh Dunoma as the substantive managing director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). The appointment was ratified by the…
- 21 Nov 2012
FAAN Embarks on Security Re-alignment
The Aviation Safety and Security Directorate of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is being restructured, in line with the on-going transformation taking place in the Authority.…
- 23 Jan 2014
Airlines Upbeat on Profit Expectations as Airports Witness Passenger Traffic
International Air Transport Association (IATA) confidence survey index shows that airline profit expectations remain strong and in line with levels seen since April 2013, even as the recent…
- 17 Jan 2013
2013 is Year of Safer, Cheaper Air Business - Uriesi
George Uriesi is managing director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (Faan), a service organization statutorily charged to manage all Commercial Airports in Nigeria and provide service to both…
- 13 Aug 2013
FAAN MD Receives National Productivity Order of Merit Award
George Uriesi, managing director/chief executive officer, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), will be conferred with the prestigious National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) award…
- 27 Jan 2014
Nigerian Airports See Growth in Cargo Movement
The recent designation of some of the nation’s airports as cargo airports by the federal government has led to a major increase in cargo movements across the country. The concept of designating some…
- 12 Feb 2016
NIPR Honours FAAN MD
Engineer Saleh Dunoma, managing director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), was on Thursday honoured by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) with the award of “Leader…
- 19 Oct 2013
FAAN Wins Best Government Agency Award @ Abuja Fair
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has won the best Government Agency Award at the recently concluded 8th Abuja International Trade Fair held from September 26 – October 10. The…
- 16 Mar 2012
FAAN Restores Power Supply at MMIA, 21 Others
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has restored the electricity power supply to all terminal parts of Murtala Muhanmed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, while spreading its safety net…
- 8 Oct 2014
Nigeria Aviation Shines on World Stage
The aviation community is in a celebratory mood following confirmation that Nigeria had retained her Category-one status. This has once again confirmed in unambiguous terms that the reforms in the…
- 19 May 2014
WEF: Nigerian Aviation Beckons to Global Investors
Following Nigeria's hosting of the World Economic Forum Africa (WEFA) perhaps, one of the country’s best kept secrets, unveiled to foreign participants was the Nigerian aviation industry. Over…
- 22 Apr 2014
FG Rules out Sabotage in Kaduna Airport Fire
The federal government on Tuesday ruled out sabotage as the likely cause of the fire incident at the control tower of the Kaduna Airport. Dr. Samuel Ortom, supervising minster of Aviation, after…