Over a 120 London-bound passengers of Medview Airlines were on Sunday left stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos due to the airline inability to airlifts its passengers as scheduled It was learnt that some of the passengers arrived the Lagos airport as early as 10 am in order
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Etihad increases its flights to Egypt and Nigeria
Lagos Airport to get ICAO certification by July 21st
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) had announced on Thursday that the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, would be certified on July 21. FAAN Director of Operations Mr. Rabiu Yadudu made the disclosure while speaking to newsmen on the sidelines of the Quarterly Breakfast Meeting of the Aviation Roundtable (ART)
STOWAWAY LOGISTICS
How Nigerian under 15-year old survived 12 hours hidden in a plane’s wheel compartment between Lagos and London Last week Nigerian authorities launched an investigation into claims that a teenager survived 12 hours hidden in the wheel compartment of a plane between Lagos and London. An aviation official told Moov LogisticsNews
16 dead as US military plane crashes in Mississippi
At least 16 people were killed when a US military plane crashed in rural Mississippi on Monday evening, a regional emergency management official said. No official details were immediately available on the circumstances of the crash in northern Mississippi's LeFlore County, about 100 miles (160 km) north of Jackson, the
US laptop ban lifted on Kuwait Airways and Royal Jordanian
Kuwait Airways and Royal Jordanian have become the latest Middle Eastern airlines to let passengers take laptops in the cabin on US-bound flights. Both carriers said they had worked with US officials to tighten security checks on flights from Kuwait and Jordan. The US imposed the ban in March on direct
Ethiopian Airlines starts flight services to Kaduna, Aug.1
Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it is commencing scheduled flight services thrice a week to Kaduna in North Western Nigeria from August 1, 2017 The airline made the announcement in a statement signed by its Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, in Lagos last week. GebreMariam said the airline would operate the
How To Protect Yourself From Rising Airport Luggage Theft
With the summer travel season is in full swing, it’s time to consider an unglamorous irritant: luggage theft. Thanks to Osama Bin Ladin and other terrorist threats, resources from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to local police have been deployed to protect travelers in airports across the United States and the
Arik Air Set to resume flight Operation …..
....Launches Customers Satisfaction Unit Arik Air is set to resume daily flight operations on Abuja-Accra route, beginning from Monday, July 17, 2017 after months of absence. Arik Air, the erstwhile largest carrier in West Africa was takenover by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in February, when its showed signs
Qatar Airways just got an exemption from Trump’s laptop ban
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar Airways said on Thursday that passengers traveling to the United States can now carry their laptops and other large electronics on board, ending a three month in-cabin ban on devices for the Doha-based airline. Qatar Airways joins Emirates, Turkish Airlines and Etihad Airways who have also announced