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After this morning’s Flight distruptions, Dana Air resumed flight Operations this evening. Sources disclose that the decision to resume operations came after the management’s resolution of Issues arising.

Dana pilot refused to fly to fly this morning due salary owned staff. This affected the first 2 flights to Portharcourt and Abuja. Passengers who were already boarded were disembarked from aircraft and refunded. Hmmm..these are interesting times..

  IATA has called on African governments to prioritize at a pan-African level the development of aviation to bolster economic development. Africa is set to be one of the fastest-growing aviation regions over the next 20 years, with annual expansion averaging nearly 5%. This opens up incredible economic opportunities for …

An Ikeja Magistrate Court monday granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) an order to further remand former Minister of Aviation and Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation spokesperson for the 2015 presidential, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, in its custody for 21 days over an alleged N1.5 billion fraud. Chief Magistrate Bola …

The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja runway, which was constructed 34 years ago, has outlived its lifespan by over 14 years, New Telegraph has learnt. A former Director of Airport Operation of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), who spoke under the condition of anonymity, disclosed this to our …

It has been revealed that the controversial trapped funds of foreign airlines with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, have risen to $577 million as at March, 2016. This is as 22 countries out of 54 in the continent have signed the Solemn Declaration, which would enable intra-connectivity within the …

British Airways is launching the only direct flight between London and Santiago in Chile from January 3, 2017. Santiago will become the airline’s lengthiest long-haul route, taking 14 hours 40 minutes, nearly an hour more than the current longest flight of 13 hours 50 minutes service to Buenos Aires. The …

Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and the largest African airline, is pleased to announce that it has won the African Aviation ‘African Airline of the Year’ Award for 2016 during the 25th Anniversary African Aviation Air Finance Africa Conference & Exhibition and African Aviation Summit held on May 11, 2016 …

On 21 May 1946, KLM operated its first flight to what is now John F. Kennedy Airport in New York (JFK). After the Second World War, KLM was the first European airline to initiate service between Europe and America. To mark this auspicious occasion, passengers flying from Amsterdam to New …

The Federal Government in Nigeria has again reaffirmed its determination to develop critical infrastructure in the aviation industry that will guarantee the safety of all air travellers. Addressing aviation players on the occasion of the 2016 Aviation Day in Abuja on Monday, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, …