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  1. Emergency Landing: Turkish Airlines Flight Diverts After Captain's Death

    Americas Emergency Landing: Turkish Airlines Flight Diverts After Captain's Death

    A Turkish Airlines flight made an emergency landing in New York after pilot İlçehin Pehlivan died mid-flight. The 59-year-old captain fainted shortly after takeoff from Seattle. Despite attempts to revive him, he succumbed to his medical emergency, leading to the diversion for passenger safety...
  2. Passenger Uproar: Airpeace Faces Backlash Over Alleged Flight Mismanagement

    Nigeria Passenger Uproar: Airpeace Faces Backlash Over Alleged Flight Mismanagement

    A recent viral Twitter video has spotlighted growing discontent among passengers who claim to have been mistreated by airline giant Airpeace. The video captures a frustrated passenger recounting an incident where the airline allegedly informed them they had missed their flight, despite being...
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    Business US aviation authority clears Boeing 737 Max to fly again | BusinessDay

    https://businessday.ng/aviation/article/us-aviation-authority-clears-boeing-737-max-to-fly-again/
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    Business Ethiopian Airlines Formally Submits Proposal To Take-over Arik

    The Management of Ethiopian Airlines has submitted a formal proposal to take charge of troubled carrier Arik Air, which accounts for more than half of air passenger in Nigeria, The Nation quoted an official statistics. Esayas WoldeMariam, Ethiopian Airlines’ managing director of international...
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    Business Medview Airline Plane Develops Fault Midair, Passengers Panic

    panic gripped over 100 passengers on Tuesday as Medview Airline flight from Lagos to Abuja was suspended midair after a fault was observed. According to Premium Times, a passenger on the flight said passengers suspected the plane, with flight number VL 2102, was faulty before takeoff, but they...
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    Politics FG Appoints 3 New Directors, General Manager For FAAN

    The Federal Government has appointed three new Directors and a General Manager for the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). A statement signed by FAAN’s Acting General Manager, Mr Henrietta Yakubu, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja. Yakubu said the newly appointed directors are Group...
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    Business Arik Air Suspends London, Johannesburg Routes

    Arik Air has suspended flight operations to London and Johannesburg, the two most lucrative routes of the embattled airline. The airline made this known in a statement made available to New Telegraph. It said the strategic business decision was meant to realign their operations and refocus on...
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    Business Bird Strike Caused Qatar Airways Incident - NCAA

    The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said the air return made by a Qatar Airways aircraft on Feb. 9 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, was caused by a bird strike on one of its engines. The NCAA made the clarification in a statement signed by its General Manager...
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    Business Arik Air Resumes New York Flight

    Arik Air on Wednesday said it has chartered a B767-300ER aircraft to minimise the disruption and inconveniences caused passengers on its Lagos-New York route. The airline also announced the resumption of flight to the American city from Thursday (today). Mr Ola Adebanji, the airline’s head of...
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    Business Arik Air Shut Down As Workers' Protests 7 Months Salaries Arrears

    Staff of Nigeria’s largest airline, Arik, have shut down its operations in Lagos over inability of the company to pay seven month salaries. The staff are currently staging a protest at the domestic terminal of the Murtala Muhammed airport. The protesters displayed placards containing...
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    Politics President Buhari Approves Mass Sack In FAAN, NCAA, NAMA

    Indications have emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government will soon resume its retrenchment exercise in the agencies under the Aviation Ministry. Sahara Reporters quoted the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, saying this on Saturday night during his...
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    Business Arik Air Carrying Over 100 Passengers Loses Engine Mid-Air

    An Arik Air aircraft lost one of its two engines mid-air with over 100 passengers on board at the weekend. The aircraft, a Boeing 737 with the registration number 5N-MJD, departed Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos, for Jos when the pilot discovered that the plane had lost one of its engines...
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    Business First Nation Airlines Shuts Down Operations

    Another domestic carrier, First Nation Airlines, on Thursday shut down operations, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has said. In a statement issued by the NCAA on Thursday and signed by its DG, it said, “The First Nation Airlines on its part is in the middle of an Engine Replacement...
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    Business 14 Airlines Shut Down Operation Due to Buhari's Inconsistent Policies

    No fewer than 14 foreign airlines have withdrawn their services from the country due to low patronage on account of the economic recession and foreign exchange crisis, Guardian reports. Foreign airlines operating in the country are estimated to have lost about N64 billion in the wake of the new...
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    Business Airlines Now Free To Fix Fares, Other Charges – NCAA

    The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority says all airlines’ tariffs for services rendered, which include fares, rates, add-on charges or terms and condition of service, have been fully liberalised. This was contained in a statement by the General Manager, Public Relations of NCAA, Sam Adurogboye...
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