Aero Appoints Akinkuotu Substantive CEO

Former Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Fola Akinkuotu has been appointed the substantive Chief Executive Officer of Aero Contractors. According to statement from the airline, the Receiver Manager of Aero, Mr. Adeniyi Adegbonmire has appointed Akinkuotu as CEO for Nigeria’s major domestic operator, as part of the second phase of […]

Medview Airline Extends Operations to Kaduna

Medview Airline has added Kaduna to its domestic network with a direct daily flight from Lagos effective  Monday, March 7, 2016. In the new schedule released by the airline, the Lagos flight will connect Abuja from Kaduna on its return journey. The flight is billed to depart Lagos by 7.30 am and arrive Kaduna at 8.30 […]

Female Passenger Dies on Arik Flight

A 39- year-old female passenger on board Arik Air’s Port Harcourt-Lagos flight was confirmed dead on arrival this morning by medical personnel at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Domestic Terminal 1 (General Aviation Terminal), Ikeja, Lagos. The deceased who was to celebrate her one year marriage anniversary next month, boarded the flight from Port Harcourt in […]

US Plane Impounded in Zimbabwe; Body and Cash Found on Board

Associated Press Zimbabwean aviation authorities impounded a U.S.-registered cargo jet, a senior official said Monday, after a dead body later believed to be a stowaway and millions of South African rand were found on board. The Herald, a state-run newspaper, reported that the MD-11 trijet was traveling from Germany to South Africa “with millions of […]

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Global aviation had fewer fatal accidents in ‘extraordinarily safe’ 2015 – IATA

    The number of air accidents and resulting fatalities dropped in 2015 from the previous year, and was well below the five-year average, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Monday, making 2015 “an extraordinarily safe year”. Some 68 accidents occurred last year, compared with 77 in 2014 and an annual average of […]