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Government pledges to end aviation fuel scarcity. The current spike in the exchange rate of the dollar to the naira may be taking its toll on the country’s foreign-exchange-dependent aviation sector as airline operators seek to increase their fares by 45 per cent. The dollar exchange rate, which currently stands …

Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Alaska Airlines announced today at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh that the Seattle-based airline will begin modifying in-service Boeing Sky Interior 737 airplanes with more spacious Space Bins in the coming year. Alaska Airlines is the launch customer for Boeing’s retrofit Space Bin program. In total, the airline …

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Malaysia Airlines Berhad (Malaysia Airlines) announced today an order for 25 737 MAX 8 airplanes, valued at $2.75 billion dollars at current list prices. The order, previously attributed to an unidentified customer on the Boeing Orders & Deliveries website, also includes purchase rights for additional 737 …

Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA), to further its objectives for safe, secure and sustainable air transport, has become a full member of the European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE). Since 1963 EUROCAE has developed performance specifications to facilitate the standardization of aviation technologies. It is a …

President Mohammadu Buhari has approved the repairs of the failed portions of the Abuja Airport runway and reconstruction of the overdue runway as the federal government would soon contract the major reconstruction out. Vanguard has reported. The Minister of State for Aviation, Mr. Hadi Sirika in Abuja yesterday, after he …

According to BUSINESS DAY, with the current economic downturn and the scarcity of foreign exchange in Nigeria, airlines are becoming more squeezed, as they have to pay $16.3 million annually on pilot training abroad. Airline operators say this huge sum will have been lesser if the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority …

Turkish Airlines is understood to have fired 211 employees following the recent failed military coup. The state-run carrier is believed to have accused the fired employees of having links with the Islamic transnational Gulen movement. Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen is in self-imposed exile in the United States. The sacked Turkish …

So much drama in Naija. Tempers rising…..The Scarcity of Aviation fuel is biting harder! Read this: Vanguard has reported that a Staff of Arik Airline yesterday morning a‎t the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja beat a man to stupor for complaining about the cancellation of his flight for the whole …

An American Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N108UW performing flight AA-1822 from West Palm Beach,FL to Philadelphia,PA (USA) with 138 people on board, was taxiing for departure from runway 10L on taxiway C parallel to runway 10L when a fuel leak prompted the crew to stop the aircraft between intersections taxiways …

A British Airways flight carrying passengers yesterday morning from London to Crete was forced to turn back and make an emergency landing when passengers complained of a “nasty smell” after the plane took off. The foul odour which was reportedly compared to the smell of marijuana filled the cabin. The plane landed 90 minutes …