Aviation
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Defunct Air Namibia owes N$3.5bn to creditors
The liquidators of Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) say the defunct state-owned airline’s liabilities total NAD3.5 billion Namibian dollars (USD247.3 million), NAD2.3 billion...
Air Senegal commences flight operations to Baltimore, USA
Air Senegal Thursday commenced scheduled flight operations to Baltimore, United States with an A330-900 290-seater aircraft. The flight operations was initially scheduled to...
Cross River’s Cally Air face major cash and operational issues- at risk of grounding
Cross River state Cally Air is at risk of being grounded barely a month after it started operating with its shareholder, an...
19 Year-Old Aircraft: What we know about the United Nigeria airline
A local airline, Private Airlines Services Limited with a call sign ‘ United Nigeria” operates a fleet size of 4 Embraer...
Insecurity: Nigeria takes delivery of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from U.S.
The first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from the United States has been delivered to Nigeria as part of military...
NAF finally confirms crash of Alpha Jet aircraft, says it’s in Zamfara not Kaduna
“On July 18, 2021, around 12.45 pm, a Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet aircraft, returning from a successful air interdiction mission between the...
Nigerian Air Force refutes Alpha jet crash in Kaduna on Sunday
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday denied report another of its Alpha jet crashed in Kaduna. NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information...
Two months after, Kaduna records another military aircraft crash
Barely two months after a Nigerian military plane crashed in Kaduna killing Nigeria’s army chief, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 others including top...
Five airports get Instrument Landing Systems for aircraft landing under poor weather conditions – Sirika
Five airports have been fitted with Instrument Landing Systems (ILS) to enable aircraft to land under poor weather conditions just as plans...
Airlines’ N37bn debt overhang: We will go after them to collect the money – Aviation Minister
The Federal Government said on Thursday that airlines flying the country’s airspace are owing a humongous N37 billion and threatened to go...
UPDATE: Ethiopian Airline cargo plane slides into grass at Lagos Airport
A cargo plane skidded off and slid into the grass while taxiing after landing at the Murtala Muhammed 2 airport in Lagos...
Beechcraft 350 Aircraft Takeoff Accidents: Per Second News Review After Second Crash in 3 Months
Two deadly Beechcraft King Air accidents at the end of June 2019 helped propel aviation safety into one of its darkest periods on...
Singapore Airline posts $4.3 billion loss after ‘toughest year in history’
Singapore Airlines racked up a whopping $4.27 billion net loss for the year after the worst crisis in its history sent passenger traffic...
NCAA lifts 45-day flight suspension slammed on Azman Air
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has lifted the suspension imposed on the airline. NCAA had suspended the...
Guangzhou displaces Atlanta as busiest airport in 2020
The Airports Council International (ACI) World has published its preliminary world airport traffic rankings – covering passenger traffic, cargo volumes, and aircraft...
Green Africa Airways acquires the first of three aircrafts for new airline in Lagos
A Lagos based start-up carrier Green Africa Airways has received its first aircraft, an ATR 72-600, on 23 April, Per Second News gathered....
