Two aircraft belonging to Air Peace Limited had a ground collision, on Thursday, while one of them was trying to manoeuvre its way out at the apron wing of the local terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MM2) Ikeja, Lagos. The incident, which occurred barely 48 hours after an Aero Contractors aircraft was engulfed in smoke while attempting to land […]
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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has begun investigation into the smoke in an Aero Contractors aircraft enroute Lagos from Port Harcourt. General Manager, Public Relations of NCAA, Mr. Sam Adurogboye, confirmed the development, in Lagos, on Wednesday. Aero Contractors flight NG316 was engulfed in smoke about 20 minutes after take-off, causing panic among the passengers. The situation prompted the […]
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The management of Aero Contractors has been explaining the incident that led to the smoke in the flight from Port Harcourt to Lagos on Tuesday evening. The airline’s Managing Director, Captain Ado Sanusi, said on Wednesday, that the smoke originated in the cargo section of the aircraft and got into the cabin through the air-conditioning system. He said the pilot, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commended the efforts of the ministries of transport, power, works and housing, the security agencies, Kaduna State government, the contractor, Julius Berger, and others, on the successful completion of work on the runway and re-opening of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, 24 hours ahead of the time limit. The President, in a statement signed by […]
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Ethiopian Airlines’ Airbus 350 plane was the first aircraft to land at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja after the airport opened for use 24 hours ahead of schedule. The plane touched down at the airport at 12.10p.m. to mark the reopening of the facility after repair works were carried out on its ‘ dilapidated’ runway for six weeks. Domestic […]
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The Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Mr Usman Muktar, says the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, runway is ready for operation and can be opened on Wednesday. Muktar stated this while speaking with newsmen during an inspection of the airport’s runway on Monday in Abuja. The Abuja airport was closed on March 8 for six weeks to enable rehabilitation […]
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As the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, reopens on Wednesday for air traffic, Medview Airline on Monday released a schedule with six daily flights to the nation’s capital. The airline made the announcement in a statement signed by its Chief Operating Officer, Lookman Animashaun, in Lagos. Medview had on March 9 diverted its flights to Kaduna following the closure of […]
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Ethiopian Airlines says it will land a brand new Airbus 8350 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Tuesday to mark the reopening of the airport on Wednesday. The Airline’s Traffic and Sales Manager, Mrs Firiehiwot Mekonnen, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Mekonnen said that the aircraft would land in […]
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All appears set for the reopening of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, after six weeks of runway rehabilitation exercise. While workers are busy with finishing touches on the critical infrastructure, local airlines and their foreign counterparts have reopened sales and bookings on the Abuja route. With the cheering development, air travel activities and businesses in and around Abuja […]
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Arik Air risks being sold or liquidated by the Federal Government. Already, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has filed an affidavit at the Federal High Court, Lagos in a bid to recover its debts put in excess of N387 billion. It was learnt that government is contemplating selling off or liquidating the airline to recoup its investment in […]
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The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Saleh Dunoma, is to appear before a police team investigating the Tuesday fire that gutted some offices at the FAAN headquarters in Lagos. Dunoma made the disclosure while briefing newsmen after inspecting the damage caused by the fire which affected some offices at the headquarters earlier in the day. […]
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A baby was delivered onboard a Turkish Airlines Conakry-Ouagadougou flight on Monday. The birth, according to the airline, was celebrated by passengers and crew. Turkish Airlines’ flight TK538 Conakry-Ouagadougou was already airborne before the birth took place. According to a statement from Turkish Airlines, the cabin crew noticed that a female passenger named Nafi Diaby, a 28-week-old pregnant traveller flying […]
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