COVID-19: Expert Advises FG against Flight Restrictions, Lockdown

The Group Managing Director of Finchglow Group and Chairman, Airlines and Passengers Joint Committee, Mr. Bankole Bernard has said that despite the ravaging effects of the second phase of the coronavirus as well as efforts by the federal government to curtail its spread, Nigerians should not be stopped from traveling overseas because the country is […]

IATA Aviation

Research Indicates Low Risk for COVID-19 Transmission Inflight, Says IATA

*Manufacturer studies provide insight into extremely few incidents of COVID-19 inflight infections. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) demonstrated the low incidence of inflight COVID-19 transmission with an updated tally of published cases. Since the start of 2020 there have been 44 cases of COVID-19 reported in which transmission is thought to have been associated […]

4281 Nigerians Deported from Europe, US, African Countries Mid 2017

About 4,281 Nigerians were repatriated through various countries in Europe, the US and even some African countries through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos in the first half of 2017. Also, a total number of 691,934 travellers departed through the airport while another 560,988 travellers arrived the country within the period under review. A […]

Maintenance

Overland Dismisses Alleged Technical Problem with Its Aircraft

By Chinedu Eze One of Nigeria’s well-known schedule flight operator, Overland Airways, has dismissed the allegation that water dripped in one of its aircraft on arrival from a flight, which occurred about a month ago. The airline said that after the allegation the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) carried out investigation and discovered the allegation […]