Marketers Suspend Sale of Jet A1 to Airlines The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, summoned top officials of the Directorates of Air Traffic Regulations (DATR), Consumer Protection and Aviation Security of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) along with officials of Turkish Airlines for a meeting in Abuja Tuesday to review the […]
The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has ordered for suspension of three officials of Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja over the recent incident when the airline airport management failed to control the boarding of passengers, prompting then to invade the tarmac thereby compromising safety and security. Sirika disclosed this while […]
A fortnight ago Medview Airline kicked off its operation from Lagos to London. The CEO of the airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole spoke to selected journalists in London after the inaugural flight and x-rayed the industry and the chances of the airline in the competitive route. Chinedu Eze was there. What is your view […]
Germany plans legislation requiring random drug and alcohol testing of pilots, hoping to reduce the risk of a repeat of the Germanwings crash in March, Reuters reports. The plans follow the recommendation of a task-force set up by the Transport Ministry, after a pilot barricaded himself inside the cockpit of a plane operated by […]
A storm system that triggered deadly tornadoes and flooding in the US Midwest and Southwest was pushing north on Tuesday, bringing snow and ice to a swath of the country from Iowa to Massachusetts, and setting up another day of air travel delays. More than 40 people were killed in wild weather in the […]
