Why Nigeria’s Local Aviation Doesn’t Run 24-Hour Operations – FAAN

Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has hinged its inability to provide 24-hour services at aerodromes nationwide on non-viability of the local air transport sector. Managing Director of FAAN, Capt. Hamisu Yadudu, said extending operating hours at sunset airports attracts add-on costs that airlines can’t bear. Local airlines recently blamed the number of sunset airports and attendant short operating hours, among others, as the bane of flight delays in the industry. They said about 50 per cent of delays would not happen if most of the 24 airports operate into…

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