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…Ground Handler Causes Damage To Arik Air’s A330-200 Plane At JFK Airport  …Alleges New York bound Passengers Prevented Airline From Check –In Guest For Other Destinations  …Appeals For Understanding  Arik Air said it has chartered a B767-300ER aircraft from a European charter operator to minimise the disruption and inconvenience to …

Pilots of indigenous airlines on Tuesday avoided landing at the Lagos airport due to poor visibility caused by the harmattan haze. An online news portal, http://newsmakersng.com, reported that as a result of the harmattan haze, which became more pronounced in Lagos on Monday, visibility was reduced to 10 metres on …

… Orders Airline To Pay N6M For Contravening Part.19.7.2 Of NCARs, 2015  …To Compensate Each Passenger With $150  Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has finally sanctioned Arik Air, the largest airline in both West and Central Africa for contravening the provisions of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations (NCARs). According to …

A major accident was averted at the Delhi airport this morning as an IndiGo and a SpiceJet aircraft came face-to-face on the runway, allegedly because of “miscommunication”. The IndiGo flight had just arrived from Lucknow with 160 passengers and the Spicejet flight with 187 on board was about to take …

Qatar Airways has signed an exclusive three-year partnership with premium purveyors BRICS and Castello Monte Vibiano Vecchio to elevate the airline’s premium cabin experience. BRICS, the Italian maker of stylish travel bags, has created a bespoke premium amenity bag inspired by their world-famous Bellagio series. The First Class amenity kit …

A passenger was removed from a JetBlue flight on Thursday after accosting Ivanka Trump, a spokesman for the airline said. Another passenger was also ejected, the airline said. The flight was awaiting takeoff from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City, bound for San Francisco, when a man began shouting at Ms. …

The plane was carrying the Alexandrov Ensemble, also known as the Red Army Choir, for a concert at a Russian base in Syria. All 92 people on board a Russian military plane that crashed near Sochi have died, according to Russia’s defence ministry. Several bodies have been recovered from the water after the jet crashed …

The hijackers of a Libyan jet have been arrested following a stand-off at Malta International Airport. The domestic flight with 118 people on board was hijacked in the morning after taking off from Sabha, bound for the Libyan capital Tripoli. They surrendered to Maltese authorities after most of the people …

Arik Air has resumed operations after its flight schedules were disrupted earlier yesterday by members of the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN). The scheduled flights resumed following a meeting called …

Operations of Arik Air in Lagos have been shut down by protesting workers over unpaid salaries. The staff are reported to be staging a protest at the domestic terminal of the Murtala Muhammed airport over the airline’s failure to pay seven months salary arrears and other anti-labour practices.  The protesters displayed …