Aviation

   ......Over 37,000 passengers To depart through Terminal 3 this Friday.             Dubai-based airline Emirates expects higher than usual passenger traffic on its flights this upcoming weekend, starting from Wednesday, June 21, as travellers journey out for their summer holidays and Eid Al Fitr breaks, Khaleej times reports. Over 106,000 travellers will be passing

                Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has charged Airspace Managers across Nigerian airports to ensure strict and unhindered compliance to the implementation of the Federal Government Executive Orders recently issued by The Acting President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Managing Director Of  NAMA, Mr. Fola Akinkuotu, stated that all personnel should set template for

FG to assist airlines, may harmonize 35 multiple charges, TSC The woes of Nigerian airline operators may soon be over as Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has announced that the Federal Government has concluded plans to assist them by addressing challenges that have hampered the growth and development of the sector,

                Ted Reed, a Forbes contributor, who has been covering the airline industry since 1989 discusses the impact of the proposed ban of Laptops on U.S bound flights. He quotes varied experts’ opinions suggesting that the ban will be digging new holes to fill old ones. Here are some highlights: Laptop

            Nigerian carrier, Air Peace has given its expansion project a push with the arrival in Lagos of one of its newly acquired aircraft. The Chairman of Air Peace, Mr Allen Onyema, said in a statement that the aircraft, a Boeing 737-300, touched down at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos at about

            The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has listed only six agencies approved to interface with passengers at the country’s airports henceforth.  In a “Public Notice” issued, FAAN informed airlines, passengers and the general public of the new development. The Public Notice reads: “The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria hereby serves notice

  .....Low-cost, cheap and cheerful approach aimed at business travelers A new airline, JetWest, is set to begin operation in the Nigerian aviation industry. The airline, founded by a Nigerian entrepreneur, Dikko Nwachukwu, is being cleared for take-off and is billed to begin operation in December. Speaking about the plan, Mr. Nwachukwu said

… NCAA, FAAN interface with US security Following the final implementation of the executive order on ease of doing business at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, aviation authorities are interfacing with the American Transportation Security Administration (TSA), it has been learnt. The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt.

          United Airlines was forced to cancel a Venice, Italy-bound flight after the plane suffered a massive fuel leak while waiting to take off at Newark Liberty International Airport. Video captured by a passenger on board the Boeing 767-300 shows fuel gushing from its left wing. According to a United Airlines spokesperson,