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The Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) has thrown its weight behind efforts by the Federal Government to sanitise the aviation industry of impunity and corrupt practices bedeviling the industry for some years now. NATCA’s support is coming in a statement jointly signed by the National President Victor Eyaru and …

A drunken plane passenger on a flight from India to Birmingham shocked passengers when he pulled down his trousers and urinated in the aisle. Jinu Abraham had to be restrained until the plane had landed after being aggressive to cabin crew. The hospital porter, 39, of Hollow Croft, Northfield, admitted …

Fola Akinkuotu appointed a substantive Aero CEO. The Receiver Manager, Mr. Adeniyi Adegbonmire, has appointed Capt. Fola Akinkuotu as substantive CEO for Aero Contractors. Akinkuotu’s appointment is part of the second phase of the restructuring of the airline. According to Mr. Adegbonmire, the second phase of the intervention is to appoint a …

Captain Fola Akinkuotu is Aero’s new CEO.

A 39-year​-​old pregnant woman was on Friday confirmed dead on board an Arik Air flight from Port Harcourt to Lagos. The deceased, identified as Ijeoma Nwokedi, was confirmed dead on arrival by the medical personnel at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Domestic Terminal One, Lagos. A reliable source told the News …

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Medview Airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole said that the airline has expanded its domestic network to Kaduna with a direct daily flight from Lagos that will commence Monday, March 7, 2016. The managing director, who made this known in the new schedule released by …

Don’t eat the food on board unless it’s sealed, wipe down your tray table and expect to see gross things when you’re crammed on a plane with hundreds of travellers. That’s the advice of a former airline employee who has dished on some of the surprising things that airlines don’t …

The number of complaints filed by air travelers with the U.S. Department of Transportation jumped 30 percent in 2015 over the previous year, with complaints about airfares nearly doubling, according to data released Thursday by the federal agency. Spirit had the highest complaint rate, more than twice as high as …

Change is in the air in North Korea. After years of being ranked by Skytrax as the world’s worst airline, national carrier Air Koryo is undergoing a revolution, according to interviews with passengers and travel agents. New planes, new in-flight entertainment options, smart new uniforms for the cabin attendants, even …

Abuja – The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Federal Government to grant Qatar Airways landing rights to operate at the Malam Aminu Kano International and Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe International airports. It also urged the government to lift the suspension on the operations of the Emirates Airline to land …