The regulatory authority, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has denounced the report that it authorised airlines to increase fares and said that all airlines’ tariffs for their services including fares, rates, add-on charges or terms and condition of service are fully liberalised. The agency said it has made this known in reaction to reports in […]
Some of the passengers who became ill on a Delta flight from Atlanta to Denver Saturday afternoon — prompting its diversion to Tulsa, Oklahoma — had elevated levels of carbon monoxide in their bodies, a Tulsa Fire Department official said Saturday evening. The cause of the increased carbon monoxide levels was not yet determined. An […]
Long haul flights are fairly joyless at the best of times, but at least they get you where you need to be. Not so on this occasion. A BA flight from Heathrow to Tokyo fell substantially short of reaching its intended destination, making an about turn at the half-way point and heading straight back […]
The Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (retd.) has promised to dismantle drug syndicates in the country. Abdallah gave the assurance as the Agency released its scorecard at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos between January and June 2016. Sixty-three (63) suspected drug traffickers were arrested […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for May showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 4.6%, compared to the same month in 2015, which was the same level achieved in April. Capacity climbed 5.5%, which pushed the average load factor down 0.7 percentage points to 78.7%. […]
