Category: Aviation

Ibom Air Makes Maiden Flight To Lagos
June 8, 2019 No Responses

Ibom Air Makes Maiden Flight To Lagos

Ibom Air, owned by Akwa Ibom Government on Friday conducted its maiden flight from Uyo to Ikeja, Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the airline’s Bombardier CRJ-900LR aircraft, which took off from the Obong Victor Attah...
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Ibom Air Begins Commercial Operations
June 7, 2019 No Responses

Ibom Air Begins Commercial Operations

Regarded as the first commercial airline to be owned and operated by a state government in Nigeria and Africa, Ibom Air, will begin full commercial operations on Friday, June 7, 2019. Ekerete Udoh, the Chief Press Secretary to Akwa Ibom...
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NCAA Revokes Pilot’s Licence
June 3, 2019 No Responses

NCAA Revokes Pilot’s Licence

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has revoked the Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (ATPL) of a pilot for serious violation of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig.CARs). The General Manager Public Affairs, NCAA, Sam Adurogboye, revealed th...
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BA Resumes Flights To Pakistan
June 3, 2019 No Responses

BA Resumes Flights To Pakistan

British Airways will resume flights to Pakistan on Sunday, more than 10 years after a hotel bombing led to the route being suspended. BA stopped flying to the country after a bombing in the capital city of Islamabad in 2008,...
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Dana Air Opens More Outlets
June 1, 2019 No Responses

Dana Air Opens More Outlets

Nigerian carrier, Dana Air has opened more sales and ticketing outlets in Abuja and Uyo to provide more convenient booking options for its guests. The airline in a statement by its Media and Communications Manager, Kingsley Ezenwa said the outlets...
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FAAN MD: Ethiopian Airlines’ Aborted Landing At Lagos Airport Normal
May 31, 2019 No Responses

FAAN MD: Ethiopian Airlines’ Aborted Landing At Lagos Airport Normal

Wednesday’s aborted landing of Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777-300 aircraft at the international wing of the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos was a normal safety procedure in the global aviation industry, the Managing Director of  the Federal Airports Auth...
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Rabiu Yadudu Resumes As New FAAN MD
May 20, 2019 No Responses

Rabiu Yadudu Resumes As New FAAN MD

The Federal Government on Monday appointed Captain Rabiu Hamisu Yadudu as the new Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) with immediate effect. Until his new appointment, he was  Director of Operstions, FAAN.He rep...
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Nigeria’s Airlines Record 7,926 Delayed Flights In 2019 First Quarter
May 7, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria’s Airlines Record 7,926 Delayed Flights In 2019 First Quarter

Domestic airlines operating in Nigeria recorded 7,926 cases of delayed flights between January and March 2019.The Consumer Protection Department of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) made this known in a document it issued and obtained by the News Ag...
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Air Peace Deploys B777 For Easter Operations
April 18, 2019 No Responses

Air Peace Deploys B777 For Easter Operations

As part of activities for its Easter Operations,  Air Peace on Thursday deployed  Boeing 777 aircraft for domestic operations. The aircraft is scheduled for  the Port Harcourt-Abuja and Abuja-Port Harcourt  routes on Eas...
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World’s Largest Plane Makes First Flight
April 14, 2019 No Responses

World’s Largest Plane Makes First Flight

The world’s largest aircraft took off over the Mojave Desert in California on Saturday, the first flight for the carbon-composite plane built by Stratolaunch Systems Corp, started by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, as the company enters the lucrative p...
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Nigerian Airports Records 17.23m Passengers In 2018
April 12, 2019 No Responses

Nigerian Airports Records 17.23m Passengers In 2018

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that a total of 17.23 million passengers passed through Nigerian airports in 2018. The NBS said this in its Air Transportation Data for 2018 posted on its website. The report said international...
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Air Peace Seals $2.1b Deal With Embraer For 30 Brand New Jets
April 4, 2019 No Responses

Air Peace Seals $2.1b Deal With Embraer For 30 Brand New Jets

Air Peace airline has set a continental record with a firm order for 10 brand new Embraer 195-E2 aircraft. The deal which was unveiled on Wednesday during Embraer Business Meeting with the Aviation World in Port Louis, Mauritius, makes Air...
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Med-View Airline Records N10.33b Loss, Laments Multiple Taxation
March 30, 2019 No Responses

Med-View Airline Records N10.33b Loss, Laments Multiple Taxation

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com – For the year ended December, 2018, Med-View Airline recorded loss after tax of N10.33Billion.  In a notice to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) ahead of its 3rd Annual General Meeting (AGM), the company described the ...
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Air Peace Strengthens Asaba Operations With B737 Aircraft
March 28, 2019 No Responses

Air Peace Strengthens Asaba Operations With B737 Aircraft

Air Peace on Wednesday deployed a Boeing 737 aircraft to service its Asaba operations, saying the development was in response to the yearnings of members of the flying public for a bigger-capacity equipment on the route. The Boeing 737 aircraft...
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