Category: TRAVEL & AVIATION

By NewsBits At least 64 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, the small Himalayan country’s worst air crash in three decades. Hundreds of rescue workers were scouring the hillside where the Yeti Airlines flight, carrying 72 people from the capital Kathmandu, went down. Local TV showed rescue workers scrambling around broken sections of the aircraft. Some of the ground near the crash site was scorched, with licks of flames visible. “We have sent 31 bodies to the hospital and are still taking…

By NewsBits The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted dust-haze weather conditions from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja predicted thick dust-haze with horizontal visibility of less or equal to 1,000m over the northern region during the forecast period on Monday. According to it, moderate dust haze with horizontal visibility range of 2km to 5km is expected over the North central region with prospects of horizontal visibility of less than or equal to 1,000m over parts of Niger within the forecast period. “Moderate…

Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of domestic airline, Max Air, Bashir Mangal, has passed on. Mangal died in the early hours of Friday, according to a statement made available by the airline’s media consultant. The statement read in part, “Inna lillahi wa inna Ilaihi rajiun, this is to announce the death of our beloved brother Alhaji Bashir Barau Mangal Vice Chairman/ CEO Max Air in the early hours of today Friday 23rd December 2022.May Allah grant him Jannatul Firdaus.” The deceased was the younger brother of the business…

By NewsBits By way of providing more options to its numerous passengers, Arik Air has announced the resumption of flights to Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, and Asaba, Delta State capital, effective Tuesday, December 20, 2022. This good news was contained in a press release earlier December 16, 2022, (today) by Mr Adebanji Ola, who serves the airline as PR & Communications Manager According to him, flights to Ilorin will originate from the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja and operate four times weekly while Asaba flights will originate from the General…

By NewsBits Emirates Airline has ramped up its operations to Gatwick Airport with the addition of a third daily A380 flight. The airline continues to scale up its UK operations to meet sustained demand ahead of the holiday rush. The additional frequency will offer enhanced capacity with more than 1,000 seats to/from Gatwick to Dubai, every day. Emirates flight EK11 will depart Dubai at 2:50hrs, flight EK15 will depart at 7:40hrs and flight EK09 will depart at 14:25hrs – offering customers even more flexibility and travel choices. Emirates currently serves…