Aviation

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After six years on its fleet, Nigeria’s Max Air dispatches its oldest Boeing 747-400 to the “desert’’

``The aircraft spent almost 20 years with the airline as HL7472 before leaving in February 2016. During this time, it amassed an impressive...

UK to end passenger locator forms, mask rules at Heathrow airport

The UK said all mask mandates at London’s Heathrow Airport will be dropped from Wednesday, Per Second News gathered. The Heathrow airport said...

British Airways faces disruption, mass flight cancellations as catering staff announce strike 

    British Airways passengers face the possibility of a fresh wave of disruption and mass flight cancellations as outsourced catering staff have...

Airline passenger enters cockpit, damages controls

  A passenger entered an American airline plane and caused extensive damage, reportedly wrecking the flight controls, Persecondnews.com gathered. The American Airlines flight in...

Pandemonium At Lagos Airport As Catering Truck Blown Away, Gets Stuck Under Air Peace Boeing 777 Plane

A catering truck on Friday was overturned and blown away by the thrust of an Air Peace aircraft, Persecondnews.com gathered.   The catering truck...

Delta Passenger’s Christmas Presents in Checked-In Luggage Replaced With Dog Food, Garbage

A Delta airline passenger recently had several Christmas presents in her checked luggage replaced with dog food, garbage and other unwanted items following...

Omicron: FG bans flights from Canada, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia 

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh In a retaliatory action taken against Canada, the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, the Federal Government has announced...

Emirates, Qatar, 5 others ranked leading airlines by new World Class rating system

  Seven airlines has been awarded the WORLD CLASS 2022 by APEX (Airline Passenger Experience Association), after a comprehensive evaluation of quality of...

Man survives flight from Guatemala to U.S hiding under Plane’s wheel

A Guatemalan man hidden in the wheel well of an American Airlines aircraft survived a flight of more than two and a half...

New National Carrier — Air Nigeria — for inauguration April 2022, says Aviation Minister

Nigeria’s new national carrier, Air Nigeria, will debut by April 2022, according to the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika. The new national...

Water truck crashes into Max Air plane at Abuja airport

  A water bowser truck collided with a Max Air jet on Sunday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe airport, Persecondnews.com gathered. The truck during approach hit...

Plane tickets set to increase due to rising oil prices – IATA

  Plane tickets are set to become more expensive as a result of rising crude oil prices and labour costs, warned head of...

FG approves N47bn contracts for Aviation, Nigerian Customs Service, others 

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved various contracts worth N47 billion for the Ministries of Aviation, Works and Housing and the bNigerian...

51-year-old man with Covid-19 dies on flight from Turkey to Germany

  A 51-year-old man died on a Pegasus Airlines flight from Turkey to Germany last month had coronavirus, according to officials in Germany....

COVID-19: Colombia, Dominican Republic and 5 others to remain on UK’s red list  

Dale Keller, chief executive of the UK Board of Airline Representatives, has said that the the list of Red Countries was useful as...

Lithuanian airlines lease two Airbus A320-232 of 17.8 and 14 years old to Nigeria’s Aero Contractors

  By Victoria Ayuwei   Heston airlines, a Lithuanian based carrier, has sealed a deal with Nigeria’s Aero Contractors for the lease of...