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ABUJA-FORMER Minister of Aviation and Ex- Spokesperson to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Femi Fani- Kayode has revealed that the five plane crashes that occurred between 2005 and 2006 were man-made, planned and the 453 victims were sacrifices. According to him, most of our leaders are not human beings, just …

A Nigerian living in Pretoria, South Africa has been arrested with parcels of methamphetamine at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos by officials of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The arrest took place during the outward screening of passengers on a South African Airline flight …

 See what is trending about Aero. i received this from affected and concerned staff. i have decided to publish as received below: 10 REASONS WHY WE NEED TO SAVE AERO 1. “Aero goes with a record. Not a single commercial flight plane crash since 1959. It was a well-managed airline …

Hmmmmm,This Power Outage does not happen only in Nigeria!! United Airlines flights were resuming as scheduled at Newark Airport after a power outage at the airline’s control tower there severely backed up outgoing flights, officials say. The FAA says that some sort of equipment problem or outage caused delays of …

A van driver had a lucky escape after colliding with a passenger plane at Hong Kong International Airport on Thursday. The Dragonair A330 passenger plane, which was due to fly to Penang in Malaysia, collided with the maintenance van while taxiing on the tarmac. “While the aircraft was taxiing away …

The danger bird strikes pose to aircraft has been dramatically highlighted by this shocking image, which shows a bird – described as an ‘eagle’ – lodged in the nose cone of a passenger plane. The bird crashed into the plane at El Fasher airport in Sudan. The Boeing 737, belonging …

Arik, the airline with the largest fleet in the country, will resume full operation Wednesday after Tuesday’s suspension of operations due to its inability to renew its aircraft insurance. “We have resolved the issues relating to the insurance. Our flights have resumed but our full operations will start tomorrow. Two …

Hundreds of air travellers booked on Nigerian Arik airline are currently stranded across the country, following the inability of the airline to airlift them to their destinations. Since early morning today, none of the airline’s aircraft has been operated to any destinations in Nigeria, West Africa and other routes. SaharaReporters …

• Oppose government’s operation of national carrier, airport charges • FAAN, NCAA explain airport charges on passengers For the Federal Government to effectively revive the aviation sector, it should steer clear of running a national carrier and rather be concerned with providing an enabling environment. This was the position of …

Foreign airlines flying to Nigeria have started to refuel abroad to bypass pricey, and increasingly scarce, jet fuel as the oil producer battles a hard currency shortage that has made fuel available only at a very high price. It is the second blow for airlines operating in Africa’s recession-hit biggest …