Category: Aviation

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 private...
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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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Air Peace Decorates Two New Captains
March 26, 2019 No Responses

Air Peace Decorates Two New Captains

Air Peace has elevated two members of its flight crew to the rank of captain, urging them to sustain the high safety standards the carrier is reputed for. Speaking during the decoration of Mr. Oluwasegun Fatonade and Mr. William Devine...
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Air Peace receives 3rd Boeing 777 aircraft
March 22, 2019 No Responses

Air Peace receives 3rd Boeing 777 aircraft

West Africa’s biggest carrier, Air Peace on Wednesday pushed Nigeria’s aviation profile a notch higher with the delivery of its third Boeing 777 aircraft. The airline took delivery of its first Boeing 777 aircraft on February 23, 2018, making history...
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Dana Air Increases Frequency To Abuja
March 15, 2019 No Responses

Dana Air Increases Frequency To Abuja

Dana Air has introduced more flights options from Lagos to Abuja and Abuja to Lagos with low fares. According to a statement by the airline’s Media and Communications Manager, Kingsley Ezenwa, starting 18th March 2019, the airline will operate additiona...
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Air Peace Gets Best Airline Award
March 13, 2019 No Responses

Air Peace Gets Best Airline Award

Air Peace has been chosen as Nigeria’s best airline, recording 44.7 percent of the total votes cast in the domestic airlines category of the third edition of the Nigeria Travel Awards organised by Jumia Travel in Lagos. The airline beat...
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Air Peace: We Are Yet To Take Delivery Of Boeing 737 MAX 8 Aircraft
March 12, 2019 No Responses

Air Peace: We Are Yet To Take Delivery Of Boeing 737 MAX 8 Aircraft

The Management of Air Peace Airline has thought it imperative to clarify that Air Peace recently placed a firm order for 10 brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. We are, however, yet to take delivery of the aircraft as...
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Adesanmi, 156 others die in Ethiopian Airlines crash
March 11, 2019 No Responses

Adesanmi, 156 others die in Ethiopian Airlines crash

Prominent Nigerian professor, Pius Adesanmi, and former United Nations and African Union Deputy Joint Special Representative in Darfur, Sudan, Ambassador Abiodun Bashua of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were among the 157 persons on board an Ethiopian Airline...
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Air Peace: No Plan To Operate UAE Flights From Port Harcourt
March 6, 2019 No Responses

Air Peace: No Plan To Operate UAE Flights From Port Harcourt

Air Peace on Tuesday dismissed reports that it plans to originate its flights to Sharjah and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Port Harcourt, Rivers State. A statement signed by the carrier’s Corporate Communications Manager, Mr. Chris Iwarah...
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20 Years After, South African Airways Pilot Resigns Over Fake Licence
March 2, 2019 No Responses

20 Years After, South African Airways Pilot Resigns Over Fake Licence

A pilot has resigned from South African Airways (SAA) after flying for more than 20 years with a fake licence. SAA said it discovered William Chandler’s paperwork was forged after a “reportable incident” during a flight from South Africa to.....
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Qatar Airways Suspends Expansion Agenda In Africa
March 1, 2019 No Responses

Qatar Airways Suspends Expansion Agenda In Africa

Citing blockade imposed on Doha by four Arab states, Qatar Airways has suspended plans to add new destinations in Africa.  The National Carrier in a tweet said: “Due to the unjust blockade against Qatar, we had to suspend some planned...
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