Month: February 2020

Aftermath Of Confirmation; FAAN Heightens Coronavirus Screening At Lagos Airport

  …Places Airlines, Health Officers, Other Secondary Partners On Red Alert As Nigeria confirms its first victim of the Coronavirus, the Regional Manager, Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Mrs Victoria Shinaba has stated the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria(FAAN) and officials…

Delta, LATAM Accelerate Industry leading Partnership With Loyalty Agreement

  … Launches  First Codeshare Flights Delta and LATAM Airlines Group (“LATAM”) have reached agreement to launch frequent flyer reciprocity across the carriers’ broad networks, offering customer benefits across more than 435 destinations worldwide. Additionally, the carriers continue to expand…

Dana Air Introduces Additional Flights On Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Uyo Routes 

    As part of it route consolidation and route expansion drive, Dana Air has introduced additional flights on it Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Uyo routes. According to Dana Air, the additional flights, which would be operated by the…

Coronavirus: Delta Reduces Flights To South Korea

      Delta is temporarily reducing the number of weekly flights it operates between the U.S. and Seoul-Incheon (ICN), South Korea, due to global health concerns related to Coronavirus (COVID-19). Beginning from February 29 through April 30, the carrier…

FG Shortlists Ethiopian Airways, Consortium For MRO, Aviation Leasing Companies

  The processes for the establishment of both the Aviation Leasing Company and the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility by the Federal Government has began with the short listing of one company, a consortium of A. J. Walters/Glovesly/Egypt Air…

NCAA Tasks Aviation Journalists On Developmental Journalism

  …As NCAT Urges Agencies, Airlines To Invest In Training   The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Nuhu Musa has urged aviation correspondents under the aegis of the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC)…

Mid Air Engine Failure Forces Caverton Helicopters To Land  In Escravos

  …As AIB Confirms Notification A Bell 412 EP helicopter operated by Caverton Helicopters with registration number, 5N-BVM, on Sunday lost an engine mid-air with passengers onboard. The helicopter was said to have departed FSO and was heading to Meren…

NAMA Commissions CAT 3 ILS In Lagos, Abuja

    The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has commissioned its newly installed Category 3 Instrument Landing System (ILS) at Runway 18 Right, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos as well as Runway 22 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja….

Happy Birthday To A Media Guru At 60

  February 14, 2020 (Valentine’s Day) was a day that will ever be remembered in the life of Elder Solomon Omon Ibharuneafe, a former Editor of Newswatch, Africa no 1 News Magazine and a former Chairman of the Nigerian Union…

Coronavirus: 2 B747F,3 B777F Carrying 300 Tonnes Of Medical Supplies Donated By Qatar Airways Departs For China

  …Supplies Heading To Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou … Donates 2,500,000 Face Masks, 500,000 Bottles Of Hand Sanitizer  Five Qatar Airways Cargo freighters departed for China today carrying approximately 300 tonnes of medical supplies donated by the airline to support Coronavirus…