Category: TRAVEL & AVIATION

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended with immediate effect the parts A3 and D43 in the Operations Specifications of the Boeing B737 Aircraft type in the fleet of Max Air Limited. The Authority said in a statement signed by Sam Adurogboye, General manager, public affairs, that it’s action is based on several occurrences that involved the Boeing B737 aircraft type listed as follows: Loss of number 1 Main Landing Gear (MLG) wheel during the serious incident involving Boeing 737-400 aircraft registration marks 5N-MBO which occurred between Take-off at…

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L-R: Engr.  Kayode Ajiboye, former Director, Airworthiness Standards, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority NCAA; Dr Allen Onyema, Chairman Air Peace; Dr Gbenga Olowo, Outgoing President, ASRTI/ART Network; Senator Musa Adede, CEO, Kings Airline and Chairman of the Occassion; Mr Kabir Muhammed, MD, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and Eng Taoheed Odunowo, MD, Nigerian Airspace Management Agency at the Aviation Roundtable Q2 2023 Brunch Business Meeting themed: Aviation Reset: Agenda for A New Administration (Increasing the Numbers) held in Lagos on Tuesday Again, the federal government has been found liable for the…

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How time flies – In 2016, a Somalian suicide bomber smuggled explosives onto a commercial flight with the intent of blowing up the plane. Twenty minutes after the plane took off, the explosives detonated, and blasted a hole in the side of the plane. The bomber was instantly sucked out of the plane by nature and ended up being the only fatality in the flight.

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The Cross River State Governor has appointed an ‘inactive’ company, which primary activity at incorporation is crop and animal production, hunting, and related services activities as Lease Manager for Cally Air Aircraft. The Company, Meler’s Global Resources Limited with RC Number 1085541 was incorporated in December 2012 with its address as House 1, Road 16, opposite General Gas Oyo, Oyo State with Mr Eric Atuo having significant control and is inactive in the records of the Corporate Affairs Commission. The implication is that the company incorporated in 2012 may have…

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By NewsBits The Federal Government and the Enugu State Government are to partner to complete and operationalise the international wing of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, as well as build a cargo terminal to boost the state’s and nation’s economy and tourism capacity. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Kabir Yusuf Mohammed, and the Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, made this known after a tour of the ongoing international terminal building and the proposed site for the international…

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By Newsbits Arik Air on Monday, June 19, 2023, resumed the airlift of private pilgrims going for this year’s hajj with a total of 413 pilgrims airlifted from Murtala Muhammed International, Lagos to Medina, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This was contained in a release signed by Mr Adebanji Ola, the PR & Communications Manager The airline is expected to operate from Lagos, Abuja, and Kano simultaneously to clear the backlog of pilgrims going to Jeddah and Medina for the 2023 pilgrimage. The private pilgrims Arik Air is airlifting…

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By NewsBits President Muhammadu Buhari outgone President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renaming of 15 airports after some prominent Nigerians. The approval, according to a statement from the Ministry of Aviation signed by the Head of Press and Public Affairs, Odutayo Oluseyi, was given on Friday. The airports include Akure International Airport named after Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu; Benin International Airport now known as Oba Akinzua ii; Dutse International Airport renamed Muhammed Nuhu Sanusi; Ebonyi International Airport now known as Okadigbo Chuba Wilberforce; and Gombe International Airport renamed Brigadier Zakari Maimalari.…

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