Tag: aviation news
Kashamu afraid of death, aborts flight over minor problem
Prince Buruji Kashamu, the Ogun east senator, wanted in the United States, may appear to be a tough guy, mounting…
Flights suspended to Kaduna Airport
Flights to Kaduna airport have been temporarily suspended till Monday evening following a fire incident which affected the tower, Nigerian…
Fire guts Kaduna Airport control tower
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Fire has engulfed the control tower of the Kaduna Airport, severely damaging it. Witnesses said fire started…
Etihad’s Q1 income jumps 27 per cent
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways reported Tuesday a 27-percent annual rise in revenues to $1.4 billion for the first quarter of…
Missing Malaysian Plane: The riddle continues
What could have happened to the missing Malaysian Boeing 777 plane? Nearly five days since it disappeared while en route…
Malaysian plane missing with 239 passengers
A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went missing over the South…
Human body parts ‘fall from sky’ in Saudi Arabia
Human body parts fell from the sky in the Saudi city of Jeddah Sunday, with police saying they could be…
FAAN denies blockade of Gombe Airport
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has denied allegation that it prevented a chartered plane conveying some officials of…
Jonathan to host ICAO president
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The Nigerian presidency will on Friday host Africa’s first President of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO,…
Saudi Air cargo plane overruns the runway in Abuja
Simon Ateba/Aviatiion correspondent A Saudi Arabian cargo plane has overrun the runway in Abuja, the Nigerian capital and ran into…
Mozambique plane carrying 34 passengers missing
A Mozambican Airlines airplane carrying 28 passengers and six crew members went missing en route from Mozambique to Angola on…
Boeing says Dreamliners at risk of engine problem
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Boeing is believed to have warned airlines on a ‘risk of engine icing problems’ on its new 747-8…
Aero Contractors becomes national carrier
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s Federal Government is set to turn heavily indebted Aero Contractors Airline into the country’s national carrier,…
Etihad orders 56 Boeing aircraft
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways placed an order for 56 Boeing aircraft, including 25 yet-to-be launched long-haul 777X passenger jets, as…
Air France/KLM gives conditions for Alitalia investment
Air France-KLM has laid out strict conditions for further investment in Italy’s troubled Alitalia airline, including the culling of 5,000…
Nigeria to shut financially distressed airlines
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigerian airlines that do not pay staff regular salaries will be shut and a comprehensive audit of…
Another aviation scare: Nigerian passengers disembark on runway
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent An IRS Airline plane, on Sunday, had to disembark 89 passengers right on the runway in the…
Associated Airline plane crashed 3 minutes after take off
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The Associated Airline plane crashed less than three minutes after taking off last Thursday in Lagos, southwestern…
NCAA suspends licence of Associated Airlines
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Saturday in Lagos suspended the operations of Associated Aviation Limited. Associated Aviation Ltd.…
Lagos Plane Crash Update:14 Dead, Six Survivors
Simon Ateba/aviation correspondent Fourteen people died and six others survived from Thursday’s plane crash in Lagos, southwestern Nigeria, the country’s…
Plane crash latest: FAAN confirms 15 dead, 5 survivors
Simon Ateba/Lagos An Associated airlines plane crashed on Thursday morning, killing at least 15 people, just minutes after taking off…
Plane crashes in Lagos, 20 feared dead
An Associated Airline plane bound for Akure, capital of Ondo State in western Nigeria, has crashed in Lagos. The plane…
Amnesty office trains 20 pilots in Germany
Twenty commercial licensed pilots departed Lagos on Sunday for jet/type-rating training at the Lufthansa Pilot Institute, Germany. The pilots are…
6 arrested over theft of gold bars on Air France
French police on Friday arrested six men in and around Paris over their suspected involvement in the theft of gold…
Electricity restored at Lagos airport
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Electricity has been restored at the Murtala Muhammed international airport in Lagos, western Nigeria, following a power…
FAAN Unravels Luggage Rats At Lagos Airport
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria FAAN, said on Sunday it has unravelled port rats behind the…
Another stowaway arrested in Benin
Simon Ateba A 25-year old man has been arrested at the Benin airport for attempting to gain access into the…
Ethiopian Airline in maiden flight to Addis from Enugu
It was jubilation galore in Enugu, eastern Nigeria on Saturday as the first international flight from Akanu Ibiam Airport took…
Chaos as huge fire guts Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta Airport
NAIROBI (AFP) – A devastating fire shut down Nairobi’s international airport Wednesday in a “major crisis” that forced scores of…
Benin Airport shut over tax evasion by FAAN staff
Nigeria’s Edo State Government, through its Inland Revenue Services, shut the Benin Airport today, over evasion of taxes by airport…