Tag: aviation news
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…