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The Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) ‎tax enforcement team on Wednesday sealed off the operational office of the Skyjet Aviation Services limited located at the Kaduna International Airport over Company Income Tax (CIT) and Withholding Tax (WIT) default. The legal officer of FIR enforcement team in charge of Kano and …

The Democratic Alliance (DA) warned that South African Airways (SAA) faced “”imminent liquidation” and that the standing committee on finance needed to push forward its September 20 meeting with the airline to August 31 “before it collapses”. It followed the resignation of the national carrier’s head of the audit and …

Flight EZY835 from London Gatwick to Belfast International was due to take off around 3pm when the row broke out. Angered by the delay was passenger Sean McClenaghan from Dungannon. Posting on Facebook he wrote: “Sitting on a flight from Gatwick to Belfast on one of the hottest days of …

Passengers have described the terror they endured when part of a plane’s engine was ripped off thousands of feet in the air. Southwest Airlines Flight 3472 from New Orleans to Orlando was forced to make an emergency landing after the heart-stopping high-altitude malfunction this morning. An Oklahoma mum, who was …

Airlander 10, the world’s largest aircraft, has crashed during its second test flight. The huge ship – nicknamed “The Flying Bum” because of its pert, round back – crashed as it landed at its base at Cardington Airfield this morning, at the end of its second attempt to fly. Its official …

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday facilitated the repatriation of 241 Nigerian returnees from Libya. A breakdown of the figure indicated that 67 females were deported in which six of them were under the age of 18 and four others were below four years. The analysis further revealed …

The first international cargo flight landed at the Akanu Ibiam Airport Enugu state earlier today. Below is governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s address at the ceremony marking the historic event… PROTOCOLS I am truly delighted to welcome you all to yet another historic occasion in Enugu State and in the existence of …

“EVERYBODY’S dreams are made of magic. Come and fly with me and live your magical dream,” SAA pilot Fatima Jakoet says to young people considering careers in aviation. Jakoet is a senior pilot for the national carrier, holds an MBA and is doing a Harvard University leadership course. In 2000 …

Africa World Airlines (AWA) has been adjudged the ‘Domestic Airline of the Year 2015’ at the maiden National Aviation Awards held in Accra Movenpick Ambassador Hotel on Friday 29th July 2016 organized by National Aviation Awards. The National Aviation Awards recognizes distinctions exhibited in every classification of the aviation industry. …

Chinese airlines need to hire almost 100 pilots a week for the next 20 years to meet skyrocketing travel demand. Facing a shortage of candidates at home, carriers are dangling lucrative pay packages at foreigners with cockpit experience. Giacomo Palombo, a former United Airlines pilot, said he’s being bombarded every …