Aviator of the day|Pretty Mrs. Josephine Sidikat Benard

Meet our Aviator of the day: Pretty Mrs. Josephine Sidikat Benard. Popularly called Auntie Sidi. She is an icon in the Aviation industry.This ageless and great Flight Attendant and Trainer has been in the aviation industry in Nigeria for decades. She has worked with Nigeria Airways, Max Air and Currently Ncaa. …

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Insider threat: Closing airport security gap

Aviation makes up a substantial part of the transportation industry. Its size, impact, integration and use by countries all over the world make it vulnerable to attacks. Over the years, we have witnessed persistent threats to the industry and recognise that they will continue as long as there are people …

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Family Searching for Delta Flight Attendant Who Hasn’t Been Seen Since Leaving LaGuardia Airport

Family members say they’re frantically looking for a Delta flight attendant from Queens who hasn’t been seen since last week, when she apparently quit her job ahead of a flight and walked out of LaGuardia Airport. The father of Sierra Shields says that his daughter was last seen leaving the …

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Unidentified Caller threatens to blow up airports in South Korea

South Korean police said they have on Friday heightened security, as Gimpo International Airport in western Seoul after they received an international phone call threatening to blow up all airports in South Korea. Police disclosed that a pre-recorded voice of a Korean woman was heard in the call made to …

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Stop arbitrary increase of airfares, NCAA tells airline operators

Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has threatened to sanction any airline operator that arbitrarily increases miscellaneous charges included in airfares without the authority’s approval. NCAA’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mr Samuel Adurogboye, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday, said any …

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Nigeria: How Amaechi Can Turn Local Airlines Around

During his recent tour of aviation agencies in Lagos, the Minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi stated that the federal government would be expecting more revenue inflows from its various parastatals in the aviation industry given its massive investments in acquisition and deployment of state-of-the-art technologies in the industry. What …

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Saving Nigeria’s Airports Through Private Sector Participation

If the Nigerian government and the airports authorities refused to accept the bad recent bad rating of the Port Harcourt international airport by the SleepingInAirports.net as the world’s worst, they must not contend that the disembarking of 32 passengers by Aero Contractors with an unauthorised equipment, a ladder at that, …

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