Tempers flared yesterday morning at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos, as Medview Airline "suddenly" cancelled a scheduled flight to London. The passengers, in their numbers, frowned on the "unfriendly conduct" of the operator, alleging that they were not carried along. But for the intervention of men of the Nigerian Police, the chaos that […]
Barring any last minute changes in plan, President Muhammadu Buhari is expected back in the country on Thursday (today) from London. Buhari had penultimate Monday commenced a 10-day holiday and proceeded to London on the same day. The Presidency had, in a statement, indicated that the President would during the visit to the United Kingdom, […]
NIGERIA’S foreign exchange crisis has taken another huge toll on its air travel industry as cost of air fares on some foreign routes have soared following the recent decision by some foreign airlines to relocate their ticketing and sales offices to Ghana. This was as Spanish national carrier, Iberia Airlines would suspend its Lagos-Madrid operation […]
THE Victorian Society of London in the late 19th Century witnessed a series of murders committed in the East End slums by a man the media called Jack the Ripper. He did it in the ill-lit corners and alleys of the city, suggesting that lack of flood light was a strong factor aiding the commission […]
Following the eradication of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in some West African countries, Arik Air has resumed flight services from Lagos to Freetown, Sierra Leone beginning from February 23, 2016. It would be recalled that the flights were suspended in July 2014 in the wake of Ebola outbreak. The airline said in a statement […]
Following the controversy that trailed the report that Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the two British carriers that fly London- Nigeria route, had fired all its Nigerian employees, the airline has reacted. The airline was equally alleged to have sacked its crew members working in its Lagos office. Among its Nigerian workers that were reportedly sacked were […]
Medview Airline will on November 20 flag off flight on the Lagos-London route. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole said the United Kingdom and Nigerian civil aviation authorities and their foreign affairs ministries had given the airline all approvals required to operate direct flight between the two countries. Unlike […]
A Katsina state ministerial nominee, Senator Hadi Sirika on Wednesday stressed the need for the reintroduction of a national air carrier, saying it would enable Nigeria reciprocate the many bilateral agreements it entered with other nations. Sirika who is a Pilot and being touted to head the Aviation Ministry during his screening at the senate […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has grounded two foreign registered aircraft with immediate effect for allegedly flying illegally into and within the country’s airspace. The aviation industry regulator said the United Kingdom and Mexico-registered planes had flown into Nigeria without approval from the relevant authorities. A statement by the Acting General Manager, Public Affairs, NCAA, […]
A male cabin crew member of popular aviation company, Arik Air, who has been identified as Chika Egwu Udensi was on Monday night arrested at Heathrow Airport, London, by the United Kingdom Border Force for allegedly possessing items suspected to be 2.76 kilogramme of cocaine. According to Arik Air spokesman, Mr. Ola Adebanji, the company is […]