IAC Ilorin to get fifteen new trainer aircraft

Aviation Nigeria

The Federal Government will provide fifteen new trainer aircraft to the International Aviation College, Ilorin. 

This assertion was made on Thursday 10 January 2012 by the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfata Ahmed  during the government’s monthly public enlightenment programme tagged; ‘The governor explains.’

The Registrar of the college, Mr. Rasheed Aiyelabegan, also said was operating with four Diamond aircraft – two DA40 and two DA42.

Ahmed said the addition of the aircraft would boost the training and operations of the institution and assist it in achieving economy of scale so that its impact would be felt more by the people.

The governor described the college as a strategic training institution, which would reduce the shortage of aviation personnel in the country as well as make the state a hub of aviation training activities in Africa.

Ahmed said, “Our students are already flying. It is one of the very few such institutions in Africa today. Our people may not feel the direct impact, but it is just starting. We will begin to feel the impact of this school in terms of economic impact when we attain economic scale."

“By the grace of God, within the next two or three months, we will be getting additional 10 to 15 aircraft  that the school will require to expand to the level where we will begin to feel the economic impact indirectly in the state.”

FAAN records 13.4 million passengers in 2012.

Aviation Nigeria

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has made a public a publication of its total recorded passengers in 2012, the publication puts the number at 13.4million(thirteen million, four hundred thousand) passengers.

This publication was submitted by FAAN to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Wednesday 9 January 2012, with a figure clearly in excess of its around 11million passengers who passed through its terminals in 2011.

A breakdown of the figure shows that arrivals and departures were 6.9 million and 6.5 million passengers respectively, recording a high patronage in April, May, June, July and December 2012.

The publication also pointed out that FAAN was maintaining ``an international standard of security’’ in all its airports to increase the number of passengers and making the airports safe and comfortable for passengers.

The statement was jointly signed by the Executive Officer of FAAN Mrs Abiola Alaka and its Operation Officer, Mr Lawal Abdulahi.

It was also pointed out by the agency, that it was working closely with security agencies such as the Police, Customs, Immigration, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the armed forces, to ensure adequate security of all passengers.