Air Peace fixes Feb 19 for Freetown, Banjul, Dakar launch

Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace has announced a new date for the launch of its flights from Lagos to Freetown in Sierra Leone, Banjul in The Gambia and Dakar in Senegal. The airline said it will now connect the three West Coast destinations on February 19. The airline had fixed the launch of its flights […]

FAAN URGES ICRC TO CORRECT ANOMALIES IN MMA 2 CONCESSION

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has urged the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) to correct the anomalies associated with the BOT agreement between Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA 2) and the Authority. This call was made following a mediatory visit by Mr. Chidi Iwuzah, the Acting Director […]

Emirates Orders More A380s, Securing Production

Emirates has agreed to buy up to 36 Airbus A380s in a provisional order that will keep the world’s largest passenger jet in production for a further 10 years. The Memorandum of Understanding Emirates signed with Airbus is for 20 A380s and an option for 16 more. The 20 aircraft order is worth just over […]

NDLEA Boss chairs African Regional counter-narcotic

The Chairman/Chief Executive, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (Rtd.) is to chair the first annual Africa Targeting Working Group meeting of International Drug Enforcement Conference, IDEC. The meeting will be held at the Capital Menlyn Main Hotel in Pretoria, South Africa from January 23 to 24, 2018. The invitation is […]

Serial plane stowaway foils TSA again

The TSA is no match for Marilyn Hartman. The 66-year-old “serial stowaway” was caught yet again after sneaking through security at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport last week without a ticket or passport — but not before she made it all the way to London. Hartman, who lives in Grayslake, Ill., has made a hobby of ducking the […]