Aero resumes flight operation after Senate’s intervention

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Aerocontractors Airlines is expected to resume full flight operation today (Monday), 18 days after it suspended it following protests by workers over work conditions.

The airline had by the weekend commenced skeletal services, including test and positioning flights.

FG ’ll own no equity in new national carrier – Minister

Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah

The Federal Government will own no share in the planned new national carrier, the Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah, has said.

Returning pilgrims’ aircraft crash-lands in Kano

JetBlue Airways Flight 292 making an emergency landing at the Los Angeles International Airport; September 21, 2005 (pix: Wikipedia)

KANO - A Yola bound chartered aircraft with about 500 Nigerian pilgrims and other cabin crew members on board from Saudi Arabia Monday crash-landed at the Mallam Aminu Kano Airport when one of its tyres burst while on emergency landing.

A new wave of ‘rash decisions’ in Nigeria’s aviation industry

THE past one-week had been one of the most difficult periods for the Ministry of Aviation and British Airways.

FG vs BA face-off: Cameron writes Jonathan

British Prime Minister, David Cameron and President Goodluck Jonathan during his two-day official visit to Nigeria.

ABUJA — British Airways lobbyists have pressured the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, to intercede on behalf of the airline to save it from losing more than 50 per cent of its flight frequency to Nigeria following the treatment meted out to Nigeria airline, Arik Air, at Heathrow Airport.

Flight dispute: BA loses special privileges at MMIA

Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah

The United Kingdom flag carrier, British Airways, has lost its Boeing 747-400 dedicated parking bay at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, which is Nigeria’s flagship airport.

Terror: Airplane Crashes Into Crowd At Reno Air Show Killing 9 and Injuring 56

Jimmy Leeward (Sept. 15, 2010). Photo: Marilyn Newton/The Reno Gazette-Journal/AP

RENO, Nev. — The death toll in the terrifying crash of a World War II-era plane during a Reno air race has risen to at least nine people, including the pilot and eight spectators, authorities said Saturday.

Bombings: Foreign airlines planning boycott of Abuja airport

Abuja UN HQs Bombing

Except the Federal Government finds a way to stem the rising cases of bombings in the country, foreign airlines may soon cancel flights into the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

Government to introduce shuttle services at Sam Mbakwe Airport

Owelle Rochas Okorocha with the Deputy Governor and Chief of Staff at the Sam Mbakwe Airport recently

His Excellency, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has promised to introduce shuttle services at the Sam Mbakwe Airport to convey passengers down to Owerri, the Imo State capital.

Six passengers escape death at PH International Airport

Port Harcourt International Airport,Omagwa

PORT HARCOURT - ABOUT six staff of a multinational Oil Company reportedly escaped death by a hairs breath on Thursday when a chartered aircraft they boarded skidded off the runway at the Port Harcourt international airport, Omagwa.

FG to construct rail line from Lagos to Uyo

The Federal Government has announced plans to construct a railway line from Lagos to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State as part of efforts to boost transportation in the country.

Arik aircraft in near mishap in Enugu

ENUGU – WHAT would have been a tragic air disaster was averted, Monday, when an Arik aircraft scheduled to fly Enugu to Abuja by 8.50am almost crashed four minutes after take-off from Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu.

FG to spend N2.2tn on road, railway projects

PRESIDENT JONATHAN GOODLUCK

The Federal Government will spend N2.2tn on the development of the transport sector over the next three years.

Nigeria’s new N7bn presidential jet banned worldwide

The new Falcon 7x presidential aircraft at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

Almost 70 days after the new N7.65bn presidential jet, Falcon 7X, touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, from the manufacturer’s factory in France, Dassault Aviation, French European authorities have banned the jet from flying in Europe and other parts of the world over safety issues.