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Air Peace has announced a discount scheme for its customers to travel with tickets as low as N16, 532 on all routes.   A statement signed by its Corporate Communications Manager, Mr. Chris Iwarah said the cut in airfare was the carrier’s Valentine’s Day special gift to its customers and …

    First Nation Airways and one of its pilots have been fined by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) over violation of safety regulations NCAA sanction of the airline was made known in an online statement signed by the General Manager of Public Affairs, NCAA , Mr Sam Adurogboye, …

Qatar Airways launched its first service to Auckland, New Zealand on Sunday with the return leg set to be the longest scheduled commercial flight by flying time, according to the airline’s website. Flight QR920 departed Doha’s Hamed International Airport, a spokeswoman confirmed, and was scheduled to arrive in Auckland on …

Air France and Qatar Airways say they are allowing nationals targeted by a US travel ban to board flights to America, after a federal judge suspended the controversial move. On Friday Seattle judge James Robart ruled that President Donald Trump’s ban on travellers from seven mainly Muslim nations last week …

Hawks on a plane! Photo of ’80 birds of prey being flown on a jet by Saudi Prince’ causes storm on the internet         Picture of ’80 birds of prey’ inside an Aeroplane uploaded to Reddit          User said the image of the ‘hawks’ …

The federal government is currently in a fix over which model to adopt as  it moves to float a new national carrier, findings by Daily Trust have shown. Following the submission of the report of the National Carrier Committee last year, it was learnt that about five different models were …

The Government has given details of why it backed Heathrow over Gatwick and, crucially, what concessions it expects to get from Heathrow in order to earn approval for the plan. Among these are a pledge to stop flights for a period of six and a half hours every night, as …

41 Nigerians deported from the United Kingdom for various immigration offences Wednesday arrived at the cargo terminal of Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos in a chartered Air bus 330 aircraft which touched ground at about 7:40 a.m. The deportees, made up of 33 males and eight females were …

Med-View Airlines has been listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange today “by introduction”.It is the first airline to list its shares on the local bourse in more than a decade.The listing, on Tuesday, comes 24 years after moribund ADC Airlines was listed on the NSE. ADC Airlines was listed in …

Authorities say 31 pounds of cocaine that was accidentally discovered stashed in the nose of an American Airlines aircraft in Tulsa is worth around $434,000. Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Justin Green says the plane arrived in Miami from Bogota, Colombia, on Sunday. It was flagged for maintenance and sent later that day to Tulsa …