By the time mouse was rid, crew reached maximum time to work and flight was delayed 48 hours A small rodent, probably a mouse, caused the grounding of an Air France flight from Bamako to Paris, the firm said on Sunday. It took several hours to remove the unwanted passenger from the flight bound […]
There are fears that the Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) fund, which accruals had risen to over $100 million (N38.1 billion) may have been diverted to fund projects outside the aviation sector, aviation industry sources have said. THISDAY investigations revealed that the funds, which are paid by foreign airlines operating into Nigeria, stem from the […]
Whereas aviation parastatals are insisting that airlines must pay their outstanding debts for services rendered, the airlines are contending that this is a ploy to force them out of business. Over the years, there have always been arguments over the debts owed by domestic airlines to aviation agencies, including the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), […]
On Tuesday, workers under the aegis of two unions- National Union of Air Transport Employees, (NUATE) and Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association, (ATSSSAN) staged protests against the planned concession of four international airport terminals by the federal government. The protesters caused traffic gridlock on the link road between the domestic and international wings of […]
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtalla Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos have apprehended a 51 year old trader with 180 grammes of heroin. The suspect was nabbed during inward screening of passengers on an Ethiopia Airlines flight from Entebbe, Uganda. Four parcels of brownish powdery substance that tested positive […]
