Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has assured retirees of the defunct Nigeria Airways to expect glad tidings very soon. According to Daily trust report, the ex- Airways workers are being owed over N70 billion being their full disengagement benefits after the liquidation of the country’s first national …
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Eyewitness says terminal was put into lockdown after a man grabbed his bag and ran through security after it had been pulled aside to be checked. Flights have been suspended from Heathrow’s Terminal 3 due to a security issue, a spokesman for the airport has said. Departures from the mainly …
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Two people were killed when a cargo plane veered off an airport runway Friday morning and crashed into the hillside in Charleston, West Virginia, authorities said.Preliminary reports suggest the twin-engine turboprop — identified as a Short 330 — made a hard landing with one of the wings striking the runway …
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China sent its homegrown large passenger or jumbo plane C919 into skyon Friday, becoming one of the world’s top makers of the aircraft.The flight makes China the fourth jumbojet producer after the United States, Europe and Russia.It also marks a milestone for the Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC), the …
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DISTURBED by the scarcity of international passport booklet worldwide, the House of Representatives yesterday resolved that the Federal Government found ways to curb its scarcity, Vanguard reports. To this end, the House at plenary, asked the Committee on Interior toliaise with the Ministry of Interior and the Nigerian Immigration Service, …
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On Tuesday, Alitalia started bankruptcy proceedings for the second time in a decade. Alitalia will be put up for sale in two weeks having earlier this week fallen into administration. In a radio interview cited by the Financial Times, Carlo Calenda, the country’s economic development minister, said that the priority …
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The Federal Government has approved the appointment of transaction advisers for the proposed national carrier and concession of the nation’s airports. This was one of the decisions reached at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday. The Minister of State for Aviation, …
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Workers at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington have been on a sit-in, paralysing activities at the mission in the United States. The workers said they have not been paid salaries for the past five months, forcing them to embark on the strike. Although some departments of the embassy are said …
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The first Indian, with a valid US visa, to avail UAE’s visa-on-arrival facility arrived in Dubai on Monday this week.Posting a picture of the Indian passenger on Instagram, the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (Dubai), announced his arrival on the first day of the activation of the facility …
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Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, has announced the withdrawal of 518 officers and men of the service from five international airports as part of efforts to curtail sharp practices of the personnel. Spokesman of the service, James Sunday, in a statement, yesterday, gave the names of the airports …
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