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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said that it was making adequate preparation to handle the expected 30 million passengers’ traffic at the completion of work at the international airport terminal building under construction in Lagos. This is just as the agency said that apart from the Turkish …

The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) on Tuesday threatened to picket Virgin Atlantic Airline within the next 15 days over last year’s sack of 20 Nigerian workers. NUATE’s Assistant General Secretary, Olayinka Abioye, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. The airline had in …

Turkish Airline has paid the prescribed compensation to passengers whose luggage were delayed in the infamous Flight TK 624 scheduled service from Istanbul to Abuja. The prompt compensation by the airline followed the intervention of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority(NCAA), through the Consumer Protection Officers (CPO) of the regulatory authority, …

Frequent fliers are used to occasionally finding one of their bags hasn’t arrived at their destination with them, whether due to a tight connection or airline error. But few have ever been told prior to boarding that their checked luggage simply wouldn’t be joining them on the same flight. That’s …

A passenger plane carrying 163 people was forced to turn back 40 minutes into the flight after it was discovered one of the plane’s doors was not completely shut. The flight, operated by low-cost Korean Air subsidiary Jin Air, left Cebu in the Philippines on Sunday, bound for Busan in …

Worth Sharing….. A lady worked at a meat distribution factory. One day, when she finished with her work schedule, she went into the meat cold room (Freezer) to inspect something, but in a moment of misfortune, the door closed and she was locked inside with no help in sight. Although …

Meet our Aviator of the day-Emmanuel Edem formerly of ADC Airlines and Virgin Nigeria. He is popularly called Manni. Who is Emmanuel Edem? “Simply put, Emmanuel Edem is a Fun loving, easy going, thrill seeking, self expressive complete gentleman. He has about a decade experience in the aviation industry. He is …

There were more airline deaths worldwide due to deliberate acts in 2015 than to accidental air crashes for the second year in a row, according to an industry tally. There were only eight accidental airline crashes last year accounting for 161 passenger and crew deaths — the fewest crashes and …

The Minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said 1.41 percent aggregate contribution of the sector to the Gross National Product (GNP) is unacceptable by government. He admitted however that the maritime sector’s contribution to the nation’s GDP remains appreciable with the potential largely untapped. Transportation sector, the minister stated, …

African Airlines Missing On Lists… AirlineRatings.com, the world’s only safety and product rating website, which was launched in June 2013, has announced its top 20 safest airlines and top 10 safest low cost airlines for 2016 from the 407 it monitors. Top on the list for the third year is …