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Flight Cancelled as Winter Storm Hits US

  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 […]

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Sule: Restructuring of Aviation is Long Overdue

Former Managing Director of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc and CEO of AviaPort Services Limited, Bates Sule, in this interview with Chinedu Eze, reasons that restructuring the aviation industry is the surest way of addressing the infrastructure challenge in the sector. Excerpts:   We have infrastructure challenge in the aviation sector. Many believe that the solution […]

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Fable of the Ladder

    Controversy has continued to trail the Aero Contractors’ use of ladder to disembark passengers when it operated charter services from Abuja to Sir Tafawa Balewa International Airport, Bauchi in Bauchi state on December 19, 2015.   The report has gone viral and different analysts have described the incident as gross safety breach, a […]

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International Airlines to Reduce Flights to Nigeria

  Citing Nigeria’s slowing economy amid scarcity of foreign exchange, international airlines that operate to different destinations in the country plan to reduce flights to Nigeria from early 2016, THISDAY investigations have revealed.   The airlines, according to sources, are aggrieved that they cannot exchange billions of revenue in Naira in their possession to dollars […]

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Arik Celebrates Christmas with Musical Concert

Nigeria’s major carrier on December 17 held Christmas Concert at its headquarters in Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, where all members of the airport community, including parents, children and staff of the airline were invited.   Arik used the occasion to also unveil its Christmas lights, which since installation had embroidered that part of the […]