Aviation

Unions in the aviation industry have directed the withdrawal of all flights to Owerri, Imo State, from all airports in Nigeria.

Nasa cannot yet explain all of the mysterious sightings that have been spotted in the sky, a major new report has said. A panel assembled by the space agency to examine Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, or UAPs, said that more and better data is required to be able to explain them. Recently, a number of people – primarily military pilots – have said they have spotted …

As the issue of trapped $464m foreign airlines’ funds lingers, British Airways may stop flying to Nigeria as from December 1, 2022. The United Kingdom airline this morning closed inventory which means travel agents would not be able to issue fresh tickets for their clients, but individuals can buy tickets only online, only in dollars. The decision, according to BA, …

The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has condemned the expensive cost of fuel and gas, and demanded that pending when the nation’s four refineries would begin local production, President Muhammadu Buhari must halt any plan to remove fuel subsidy. The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has condemned the expensive cost of fuel and gas, and demanded that pending when the nation’s four …

Emirates Airlines has announced the suspension of its flights from Nigeria with effect from September 1, 2022. The decision was due to the inability of the airline to repatriate its funds from Nigeria. Recall that the airline had in a leaked letter to the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, said it would reduce its frequencies in Nigeria from 11 …

Overture jets would cut the travel time from London to Lagos and New York to London to about 3.5 hours, down from around 6.5 hours will start making flights from 2029. American Airlines on Tuesday agreed to buy up to 20 of the jet from aircraft maker Boom Supersonic, saying they will cut the time of long-haul flights over water nearly in …

A cabin crew member onboard a SunExpress flight claimed they discovered a severed snake head inside their meal, Turkish online news publication Gazete Duvar reported. The crew member was onboard a flight from Ankara, Turkey, to Düsseldorf, Germany, when they found the reptile’s body part, according to Gazete Duvar. A video which appears to show the snake head in the meal was …

Former Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich, has been charged with exporting two US-origin planes to Russia without a licence by American authorities. The US Justice Department ordered the seizure of two aircraft owned by the Russian oligarch today, saying they had been used in violation of sanctions on Russia imposed over its invasion of Ukraine. The department said in court filings that the two aircraft, a Boeing …

The government of the United Kingdom said on Thursday that it has frozen the assets of Russia’s state-owned Aeroflot PJSC and two other Russian airlines to prevent the companies from selling their unused landing slots at British airports worth an estimated £50 million ($62 million). The country’s largest airline and flag carrier, along with its subsidiary Rossiya Airlines JSC and …

The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has alerted Nigerians to an imminent disruption in flight operations as the scarcity of aviation fuel popularly known as Jet-Al worsens. The spokesperson for the association, Obiora Okonkwo, in a statement on Monday, said the fuel scarcity was affecting smooth operations of air transport, adding that it would lead to flight rescheduling and cancellations. He …