South African Airways faces wind-down or liquidation as cash runs out

South African Airways (SAA) faces a wind-down or liquidation after specialists appointed to try to save the state-owned airline said on Thursday they had...

Arik Air cuts workers’ salaries by 80 percent _ 90 per cent of...

Kelvin Osa Okunbor The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is ravaging Nigeria’s aviation industry, forcing flag carrier Arik Air to take drastic measures including 80 per cent...

Aviation ministry denies flights’ approval for five governors

Faith Yahaya, Abuja FIVE governors’ requests for flights’ approvals were denied by the Ministry of Aviation since the closure of the airports to check the...

We approved flight by Caverton helicopters into Port Harcourt-FG

Faith Yahaya, Abuja The Federal Government said it approved Caverton Helicopters that flew into Port Harcourt. The federal government also noted that the arrest of Caverton’s...

NCAA explains flights exemption

Kelvin Osa Okunbor Nigerian  Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Tuesday clarified the categories of international operations exempted from the flight ban rolled by government in...

Local airlines, others count losses in billions

Kelvin Osa Okunbor Carriers cut flights, cargo dips by 70 % Losses unquantifiable, says AON The shocking effects of COVID-19 spread is raving Nigeria’s aviation...

Nigeria Closes Airports To International Flights Over Coronavirus

The Nigerian Government has ordered the closure of airports to international flights. This was done in preventing the further import of Coronavirus into the country. The...

Coronavirus: Airlines charge Nigeria to reduce entry points to two

The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), the umbrella body of indigenous carriers in the country has called on the Federal Government as a matter...

Turkish Airlines To Cancel Flights To Nigeria Over Coronavirus

Turkish Airlines has announced that it would be undergoing flights cancellation in Nigeria over the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The airline, in a statement released...

Coronavirus: Turkish Airlines Bars Passengers From China, Four Other Countries

Nine days after importing Coronavirus into Nigeria through the airlifting of an Italian passenger, who tested positive to the deadly virus, Turkish Airlines has...

Factors Beyond Our Control Responsible For Flight Delays, Diversions –British Airways

British Airways has apologised to its Nigerian passengers abandoned in Accra, Ghana, following last week’s flight diversion and delays that characterised the country’s airspace. The...

NCAA Urges Airlines To Inform Passengers Ahead During Inclement Weather

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has directed airlines, local and international, to inform their passengers ahead of time of any flight delay or cancellation. The...

Max Air Flew Without Serviceable Cockpit Voice Recorder During Serious Incident –AIB Report

Preliminary report by the Accident Investigation Bureau has revealed that Max Air operated to Saudi Arabia for the 2019 hajj exercise with unserviceable Cockpit...

Passenger plane comes under Syrian fire, makes emergency landing

Russia said on Friday that a passenger plane carrying 172 passengers from Tehran to Damascus made an emergency landing at the Russian-controlled Hmeimim Air...

52 injured, no fatalities after plane skids off runway in Istanbul

At least 52 people were injured, but there were no fatalities, on Wednesday after a passenger plane skidded off a runway and caught fire...

British Airways suspends all flights to China over coronavirus

British Airways has suspended all direct flights to and from mainland China after Britain warned against all but essential travel to the country due...

135 passengers escape death in another plane accident in Iran

(Reuters/NAN) A Caspian Airlines plane skid off the runway onto a highway on landing at an airport in southwestern Iran on Monday. But all passengers...

737 Max designed by ‘clowns’ supervised by ‘monkeys’ – Boeing staff

Boeing’s 737 MAX plane is “designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys”, a company employee wrote in one of a trove...

Revealed: Crashed Ukrainian plane had 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians

The Ukrainian plane that crashed outside Tehran on Wednesday morning, killing all on board, was carrying 82 Iranians and 63 Canadians, Ukraine Foreign Minister...

164 passengers escape death as plane skids off runway

One hundred and sixty four passengers were rescued on Tuesday as passenger plane operated  by Pegasus Airline skidded off the runway in the Turkish...