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As part of its commitment towards sportsdevelopment in Nigeria and making the Nigerian professional Football League more glamorous,  Dana Air today unveiled another sponsorship deal worth millions with the current NPFL league leaders Akwa United FC of Akwa Ibom state. Under this deal, Dana Air will get branding opportunities for the duration of …

Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace made history on Wednesday with the setting up of a subsidiary moments after taking delivery of one of the six 50-seater new generation  Embraer 145 jets it recently acquired. The aircraft which touched down at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos at about 5.49 pm …

The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) is to ground the operations of Bristol Helicopters beginning from February 1, 2018, following the total breakdown of the negotiation between the two parties. The decision to declare industrial action against Bristow Helicopters was made known in an online statement signed …

Barring any last minutes appeal, the Federal Government through the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika may terminate the contract for the construction of the Port Harcourt domestic terminal  handled by , Inter-Bua Construction Limited over the snail speed at which it was handling the project. The Minister, …

Members of the National Association of Air Traffic Engineers (NAAE) have expressed satisfaction over the optimal performance of communications equipment between Pilots and towers across the country’s airspace. The President of NAAE, Engineer Ishaya Dung in an interview with aviation journalists in Lagos, said there were no more blind spots …

Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace has announced a new date for the launch of its flights from Lagos to Freetown in Sierra Leone, Banjul in The Gambia and Dakar in Senegal. The airline said it will now connect the three West Coast destinations on January 19. The airline had fixed …

  Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, today announced a US$ 16 billion (AED 58.7 billion) deal for 36 additional Airbus A380 aircraft, with 20 firm orders and 16 options. Emirates’ A380 fleet operates both Engine Alliance and Rolls-Royce engines, and the airline is evaluating engine options for its latest …

Senior Etihad Airways executive, Andrew Fisher, embarks on a journey of a lifetime on 21 January when he attempts to break the world record by flying around the globe in the shortest time frame on scheduled flights, and with the fewest number of sectors. Fisher, who works as the airline’s Vice President …

The Minister for Aviation, Mad. Cecilia Dapaah furiously told British Airways to improve their services to Ghana or face a sanction. This development is because of reports of bed bugs found on a British Airways flight scheduled to fly from Heathrow Airport (London) to KotokaInternational Airport (Accra). The Honourable Minister …

  Turkish Airlines and Airbus today signed an MoU to acquire 20+5 optional A350-900 aircraft. The agreement was signed at the Élysée Palace, Paris, during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s official visit to France with French President Emmanuel Macron. “With Turkish Airlines serving more destinations than any other airline around …