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September 14, 2019 No Responses

Dana Air Welcomes First Boeing 737 aircraft

Nigerian carrier, Dana Air has given its strategic route expansion plan a push with the arrival in Lagos of one of its newly acquired Boeing 737 aircraft. According to the Managing Director / Chief Executive officer of Dana Air, Mr...

September 8, 2019 No Responses

Max Airline Skids Off Runway At Minna Airport

No fewer than 550 pilgrims from Niger who performed this year’s hajj in Saudi Arabia on Saturday escaped death at the Minna International Airport as the Max Airline plane conveying them back to Nigeria skidded off the runway. Hassana Isah,...

September 2, 2019 No Responses

Aviation Minister Lauds Asaba Airport Facilities

The federal government has commended the Delta State Government for the quality of facilities at the Asaba International Airport, saying the facilities are of international standards. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, stated this on Sunday in Asaba shortl...

August 25, 2019 No Responses

South Africa Impounds Air Tanzania Plane

(BBC)–South African authorities have seized a plane from Tanzania’s national carrier, the Tanzanian government said. The Airbus 220-300 was due to fly from Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. It was not immediately c...

August 24, 2019 No Responses

British Airways Pilots Announce Dates For Strike

British Airways pilots are to strike on 9, 10 and 27 September in a dispute over pay, the British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) has said. The three-day strike – the first by BA pilots – could cause severe disruption, as...

August 7, 2019 No Responses

SAHCO Lifts Operations With New Baggage Tow Tractors

Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO) has acquired a fleet of brand new Baggage tow tractors. A statement issued by manager, corporate communications, Adetola Vanessa Uansohia on Tuesday explained that the tow tractors, which has the c...

July 29, 2019 No Responses

NAHCO Shareholders Get N406m Dividend For 2018

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Shareholders of Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO Aviance) have endorsed proposal by the company’s Board to pay N406million dividend, amounting to 25 kobo per share for the year ended December 31, 201...

July 29, 2019 No Responses

NCAA Declares Air Peace Fleet Air-Worthy

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Sunday declared the fleet of aircraft owned and operated by Air Peace fleet as airworthy. A statement by Sam Adurogboye, the General Manager, Public Relations, noted that the agency made the decision after...

July 23, 2019 No Responses

British Airways Pilots Vote In Favour Of Strike

British Airways pilots have voted in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay, threatening a walkout over the key summer holiday period. The British Airline Pilots’ Association (Balpa) said 93% of its members had voted in favour of...

July 14, 2019 No Responses

Dana Air Apologizes To Passengers Over Flight Disruptions

Dana Air has apologized to its customers over the disruption of their flights on different routes Thursday , Friday and Saturday. The airline in statement issued by its media and Communications Manager Kingsley Ezenwa explained that some of the airline&#...

June 11, 2019 No Responses

Dana Air Partners Project TM With Samson Siasia

As part of its commitment to youth and sports development in Nigeria, Dana Air has announced its partnership with soccer stars projectTM with Nigeria’s ex international, Samson Siasia, scheduled to commence from 15th of July to 15th of August 2019....

June 11, 2019 No Responses

AIB Faults Air Peace Over Alleged Failure To Report Incidents, Accidents

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has accused Air Peace of failure to report accidents or serious incidents to the bureau at the exact time the incidents had occurred.The General Manager, Public Affairs, AIB, Mr Tunji Oketunbi, made the disclosure in...

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,...