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Arik Air is to increase its frequency on the Lagos-Monrovia route from three weekly to four weekly flights effective Sunday, December 13, 2015. The additional flight according to the airline will be operated on Sunday to add to the existing Monday, Wednesday and Friday operations. This flight will also operate …

First Nation Airlines, one of the few surviving domestic airlines has secured the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Certification. This achievement by the airline brings to three the number of Nigerian domestic airline that have passed IOSA certification. The other two airlines that had earlier secured …

The Managing Director of Bi Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL); operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), Lagos, Mr Christophe Penninck, has stated that Nigeria as country lacks both a strong airline and a good airport. Penninck stated this while presenting a paper titled, “Airports of the Future: …

The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) has organised a solidarity rally to the operational headquarters of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority(NCA)] in Lagos over moves by Dan Air to commence regional flights from the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two(MMA2). The Deputy President of NUATE, Comrade Williams Ukah, who …

Airline executives and aviation officials expect the two Thai airlines serving Europe to escape unhurt when results of the European Aviation Safety Agency’s audit are released Thursday. Both Chula Sukmanop, director of the Office of Civil Aviation, and a management source at Thai Airways International (THAI) said they expect that …

7 December 2015 – With global air transport doubling in flight and passenger volumes every 15 years, the United Nations aviation agency today called for enhanced safety and efficiency to rule the world’s skies. “The air transport sector today stands on the cusp of a very important era in the …

A Qatar Airways Boeing 777-300, registration A7-BAC performing flight QR-778 from Miami,FL (USA) to Doha (Qatar) with 279 people on board, lined up runway 09 at taxiway T1 (approximately 2600 meters/8500 feet takeoff distance available, full runway length 3968 meters/13,016 feet) and departed Miami’s runway 09 but struck the approach …

Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to take delivery of 20 Airbus A380s and 16 Boeing 777-300ERs in 2016 as part of a modernisation which includes withdrawing over 50 jets in the next three years. The Dubai-based carrier is removing 26 aircraft next year alone, among them 12 Airbus A330s and five A340s …

A man threatened to bring down a Lufthansa flight from Germany to Serbia, according to the Associated Press. Passengers said the man acted erratically since the beginning of the flight and began banging on the cockpit door demanding to be left inside. Investigators say he threated to open a plane …