Nigerian airlines airlifted about 1, 514,616 passengers in the first quarter of 2017, reports from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) revealed. This is as industry experts have urged the airlines to ensure effective maintenance of their aircraft to sustain current good safety record in the country. According to the NCAA, domestic airlines operated […]
Since 2004 the defunct Nigeria Airways Limited (NAL) was liquidated by the federal government, the workers of the once one of Africa’s greatest carriers have clamoured for pay off, as the airline’s liquidation was a decision taken by Nigeria’s government. With the pay off, labour issues concerning the defunct airline would be permanently settled, but […]
The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Engr. Saleh Dunoma, has initiated the implementation of the Executive Order given by the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. In a statement signed by the acting General Manager, Public Affairs of FAAN, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, Dunoma assured the acting President of full compliance and has immediately […]
Twenty-four hours after the cancellation of its flights worldwide due to computer glitch on Saturday, British Airways on Sunday resumed flights to Nigeria and other destinations, as flight BA075 departed London Heathrow Airport at 12:09 pm Nigerian time to Lagos. BA website indicated that the flight departed from the Terminal 5 after one hour delay […]
The body of a deceased man flown into the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by Kenya Airways on Monday has tested negative for the Ebola virus, THISDAY has learnt. Confirming this wednesday, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said that a test was carried out and […]