Aviation

NAHCO Facilitates Lifting of Thousands to Hajj

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (nahco aviance) has said it is establishing itself at the forefront of facilitating the ongoing airlift of thousands of pilgrims to Saudi Arabia and has also assured investors and stakeholders that it would continue to operate at full swing to bring value to shareholders funds. According to the company, […]

Medview B747-400 Aviation

Med-View Begins Airlift of Pilgrims

Med-View Airline on Monday commenced the airlift of pilgrims for the 2016 Hajj operation with 448 pilgrims from Osun state making the inaugural flights. They were airlifted in a Boeing 747-400 aircraft newly acquired by the Airline. The inaugural flight was witnessed by officials from the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) led by the […]

Delta Airplane Aviation

System Glitch Forces‎ Delta to Cancel over 300 Flights

Delta Air Lines has cancelled approximately 300 flights and paralysed its operations  due to a power outage impacting Delta systems worldwide. Statement from the airline said ‎Delta operated 800 of its nearly 6,000 scheduled flights. While systems are improving and flights are resuming, delays and cancellations continued The airline urged customers heading to the airport […]

Pilgrims Boarding their Flight Aviation

2016 Hajj Begins from Sokoto Airport.

The airlift of Muslim pilgrims commenced with the inaugural flight to Saudi Arabia from the Sultan Abubakar III airport, Sokoto. According to Adamu Wakil, a director in the Ministry of Transport and Chairman of the Aviation monitoring committee, about 80 thousand pilgrims will be airlifted in the next 5 weeks through flight operations in 17 […]