The hijackers of a Libyan jet have been arrested following a stand-off at Malta International Airport. The domestic flight with 118 people on board was hijacked in the morning after taking off from Sabha, bound for the Libyan capital Tripoli. They surrendered to Maltese authorities after most of the people …
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Another 140 Nigerians who voluntarily agreed to return to Nigeria from Libya where they have been stranded on Tuesday arrived the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) Lagos, aboard a Libyan Airlines plane. One of the returnees described her experience in Libya as living in hell. Mrs Ifeoluwa Adeosun, an indigene of …
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Arik Air has resumed operations after its flight schedules were disrupted earlier yesterday by members of the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN). The scheduled flights resumed following a meeting called …
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Operations of Arik Air in Lagos have been shut down by protesting workers over unpaid salaries. The staff are reported to be staging a protest at the domestic terminal of the Murtala Muhammed airport over the airline’s failure to pay seven months salary arrears and other anti-labour practices. The protesters displayed …
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Operators’ trapped funds hit N160b Some foreign airlines operating in the country are considering gradual withdrawal of operations from Nigerian routes over inability to fully repatriate funds that are stuck in the economy. The funds, being proceeds of ticket sales, have again accumulated to $400 million (N160 billion) as at …
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The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen Hadi Sirika, says the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, will be closed for six weeks in February and March 2017 for total repairs on the runway. Sirika told newsmen in Abuja on Monday that the closure was to allow Julius Berger carry …
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The National Executive Council of National Association of Aircraft Pilot and Engineers (NAAPE), National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSAN) have concluded plan to shut down Arik Air with effect from 00:00hrs of Tuesday December 20, 2016 over seven months’ …
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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has warned all industry stakeholders to avoid anti-competitive practices in the aviation sector. The Regulatory Authority is expressing concern over recent cases of disinformation prevalent in the industry. It is unfathomable that some questionable sources have been posting and circulating some cruelly fictitious stories …
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… Assures Nigerians Of 40-Day Sufficiency Of Petrol In its bid to ensure a hitch-free air travel across the country during and after the yuletide period, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has flooded the market with Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK) popularly called aviation fuel or jet-A1. He recalled that …
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Nigeria’s oldest airline, Aero Contractors, has said it has concluded plans to resume flights on Wednesday. The airline, which stopped scheduled services on September 1, 2016, due to lack of funds and its inability to pay for the maintenance of its aircraft, said it would resume operations with a few …
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