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The danger bird strikes pose to aircraft has been dramatically highlighted by this shocking image, which shows a bird – described as an ‘eagle’ – lodged in the nose cone of a passenger plane. The bird crashed into the plane at El Fasher airport in Sudan. The Boeing 737, belonging …

Arik, the airline with the largest fleet in the country, will resume full operation Wednesday after Tuesday’s suspension of operations due to its inability to renew its aircraft insurance. “We have resolved the issues relating to the insurance. Our flights have resumed but our full operations will start tomorrow. Two …

Hundreds of air travellers booked on Nigerian Arik airline are currently stranded across the country, following the inability of the airline to airlift them to their destinations. Since early morning today, none of the airline’s aircraft has been operated to any destinations in Nigeria, West Africa and other routes. SaharaReporters …

• Oppose government’s operation of national carrier, airport charges • FAAN, NCAA explain airport charges on passengers For the Federal Government to effectively revive the aviation sector, it should steer clear of running a national carrier and rather be concerned with providing an enabling environment. This was the position of …

Foreign airlines flying to Nigeria have started to refuel abroad to bypass pricey, and increasingly scarce, jet fuel as the oil producer battles a hard currency shortage that has made fuel available only at a very high price. It is the second blow for airlines operating in Africa’s recession-hit biggest …

A Malaysian woman, who had been sentenced to seven months in jail by a lower court for insulting two public employees at the Dubai International Airport and snapping their pictures without their permission, was given a suspended execution of the jail term on appeal. The 36-year-old woman, holder of a …

A Malaysia-bound AirAsia X plane which took off from Sydney ended up in Melbourne instead after the pilot entered the aircraft’s wrong longitudinal position, safety officials revealed Wednesday. The Airbus A330-300 left Sydney en route to Kuala Lumpur on March 10 last year but air traffic controllers went on alert …

Sadly, we must have noticed not much hype is accorded to the aviation industry except when there is a Plane crash or bad news? Talk about entertainment, Sport, Telecom, Media, they have a voice. Time to let the world hear our voice. As Aviators, lets support the platforms lending us a …

Are you an Aviator? Are you concerned about the trend in the Aviation industry in Nigeria? Are you passionate about the Aviation industry? Do you have a stake in the Aviation industry in Nigeria? If you do, then this news will interest you. The Aviation StakeHolders Conference on Airport Privatization Conference …

A key demand of Brexit voters was to take back control of the U.K.’s immigration policy. Prime Minister Theresa May has promised she will — but hasn’t said what she’ll do with this control once she has it. Many Brexit supporters are hoping for a severely restrictive system. This would …