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Airline operators raise airfares

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines Thursday, December 27th, 2012

LAGOS-Domestic airlines operating at the Muratala Muhammed Airport, Lagos yesterday increased air fares due to high demand for tickets by passengers travelling for the festive season. Vanguard gathered that fares by hour flight slightly increased by 20 per cent depending on the airline and the destination of travel. For instance, tickets previously sold for between […]

EU releases fresh list of airlines banned from its airspace from Africa

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines Monday, December 10th, 2012

THE European Union has released an updated list of airlines that remained barred from the continent’s airspace over safety related matters. EU’s Transport Commissioner, Siim Kallas announced that Eritrean air carriers are no longer certified to fly in the EU, with previously banned airlines from Mauritania now removed from the list. According to Kallas, “safety […]

NCAA issues new flight certificates to Dana Air, Skyjet

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines Thursday, December 6th, 2012

At last, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Wednesday in Lagos issued new Airline’s Operators Certificates (AOC) to embattled airline, Dana Air, and the Kaduna-based Skyjet Aviation. Dr Harold Demuren, Director-General , NCAA, issued the certificates to the airlines at the NCAA annex, Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. Demuren, however, warned Dana Air Management not […]

EFCC arraigns FAAN official for $1.4m money laundering

Posted by admin Aviation, EFCC Politics, Latest Politics Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

Olokor, Abuja 9 Comments EFCC Boss, IBRAHIM LAMORDE | credits: File The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has commenced investigation into the complicity of some staff of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, following the arrest of one of its officials, Akinyele Adetule, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, for being in possession of […]

Costly prayer: Passenger causes scare on Arik flight

Posted by admin Aviation, General Politics, Top Stories Wednesday, October 24th, 2012

Pilot makes emergency call to control tower • His chant of Allahu akbar forced other passengers, suspecting him to be a suicide bomber, to overpower him By UCHE USIM, Lagos, and Molly Kilete, Abuja There was panic in Abuja, the nation’s capital yesterday when it was rumoured that an Abuja-bound Arik aircraft was laden with […]

In picture: Aircraft, truck collide at Lagos airport

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines Thursday, October 11th, 2012

A Kano-bound IRS Airlines plane departing the Lagos airport on Wednesday morning collided with an abandoned truck beside the taxiway, forcing the pilot to cancel the flight. The wing of the Fokker-100 aircraft, it was learnt, collided with the truck which fell into a drainage on Tuesday. The truck belongs to a Federal Airports Authority […]

Dana Air crash victim demands N500m compensation

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines Monday, October 1st, 2012

IT may not yet be uhuru for the management of Dana Air though it has been allowed to resume operations after the June 3, 2012 crash of the airline’s MD 83 plane that killed over 160 people. This became obvious as one of the owners of the warehouse and duplex that the aircraft crashed into, Pastor Daniel […]

248 escape air mishap in Lagos as plane makes emergency landing

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines Sunday, September 30th, 2012

By DANIEL ETEGHE There was tension in the aviation industry Saturday amid speculation that there was an incident involving a Qatar Airways Airbus 332 with 284 passengers onboard on its way to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos from Doha, Quatar. But investigations by Sunday Vanguard revealed that the aircraft had an emergency landing […]

We’re taking right steps to greatness –Oduah

Posted by admin Aviation, Latest Politics Tuesday, September 11th, 2012

The Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah, has said that steps being taken to reform the nation’s aviation sector are aimed at moving it to greatness. A statement by the Ethiopian Airlines on Tuesday quoted the minister as saying this during the maiden flight of Ethiopian Airline’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner to the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport […]

N106bn approved for upgrading of 11 airports (All of which will be stolen)

Posted by admin Aviation, Latest Politics Saturday, September 8th, 2012

From WALTER UKAEGBU, Abuja The Federal Government has approved N106 billion, through the Federal Executive Council (FEC), to commence construction of five new world class international airport terminals in the country. Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah, made this disclosure yesterday in Abuja during a press conference to update stakeholders on development in the […]