Australia, UK deport 40 Nigerians for immigration offences

Governments of both the United Kingdom and Australia have on Wednesday this morning deported 40 Nigerians for various immigration offences. A batch of 36 deportees comprising 29 males and seven females arrived at the hajj camp area of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 7:25am on chartered aircraft with registration …

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Inspiration Morning thoughts With Olaitan Olaniran

My Morning Thoughts: Wrestlers. A childhood friend of popular WWF super star. John Felix Anthony Cena Jr., popularly known as John Cena, granted interview to an online celebrity news channel. Recently . . guess how he described him during his childhood years . . ‘ John was just like any …

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What Happens to Your Body When You Drink Alcohol on a Plane?

Soon the holiday season will again be upon us and the numbers of leisure travellers descending on our airports will peak. You know the feeling all too well: excitement; finally having the time to make a journey you’ve looked forward to; visiting relatives in far-off countries; a long-awaited hiking break; …

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Happy Children’s Day to Our Children

I remember with nostalgia when i was a child. Children’s day was characterised by different activities which to us then was great fun. We would walk miles to the stadium for the ceremonial match past, with the governor of the state present. We had Competition amongst participating schools. We were …

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Korean Air plane catches fire on Haneda runway, Tokyo

More than 300 passengers and crew were evacuated from a Korean Air plane in Tokyo, Japan after a fire broke out in its left engine. Flight 2708 was preparing to take off from Haneda airport en route to Seoul on Friday morning, said officials. The engine was sprayed with foam …

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MH370: BBC reader finds possible debris in Mozambique

Experts following the disappearance of MH370 say it is likely that a new piece of debris found on a Mozambique beach came from the missing plane. A reader contacted the BBC on Thursday to say he recently found the fragment on the Macaneta peninsula. The authorities have been notified. The …

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London bound flight makes emergency landing after unclaimed mobile was found

A Turkish Airlines flight, which was bound to go to London, had to make an emergency landing at Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade. The flight took off from Istanbul airport on 26th May, 2016. After the Boeing 777 flew from Istanbul, one of the air hostesses found an unattended mobile …

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Turkish Airline: “We’re proud to be the Official Airline Partner for UEFA Euro 2016!”

“We’re very excited to unveil our ‪#‎EuropesBest‬ campaign for the UEFA EURO 2016! Show us your passion with the #EuropesBest hashtag for a chance to win UEFA EURO 2016 tickets. For more info about our competition visit our official #EuropesBest website now. www.meeteuropesbest.com” Turkish Airlines

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United Cancels Nigeria Route, Ending Its Only Flight to Africa

United Airlines will stop flying to Nigeria next month, ending the carrier’s only route to Africa because of weakness in the energy sector and difficulties in collecting money from tickets sold in that country. The daily route from Houston to Lagos had underachieved for years but was kept alive because …

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ICAO launches homepage for the 2016 ICAO World Aviation Forum!

ICAO launches homepage for the 2016 ICAO World Aviation Forum! This event is designed for highly placed government officials responsible for transport and infrastructure, finance, economy, and tourism; and key industry and financial partners. The objective of IWAF 2016 is to identify needs, facilitate the funding and financing required to …

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