Monthly Archives: August 2021

19th Feb 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Windhoek-based Air Namibia is to start scheduled passenger flight operations between Accra, Ghana and Windhoek, Namibia via Lagos, Nigeria on June 29, 2018. The airline will operate four flights per week using an Airbus A 319. The aircraft offers…

15th Feb 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Passengers on a United Airlines flight to Hawaii have described hearing a "bang" before the plane started "really started shaking", with one calling it the "scariest flight of my life". Flight 1175, which was travelling to Honolulu from San…

15th Feb 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Robbers operating within the perimeter fence of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday evening attempted to burglarize a Ghana-bound ERJ jet, the latest attack upon an aircraft preparing for takeoff. The incident occurred a few hours…

12th Feb 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu A security scare occurred at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) in Lagos on Thursday night as burglars attacked Air Peace aircraft at the airport while it was taxiing to take off to Abuja. The aircraft, a Boeing 737 was attacked at 7:35…

12th Feb 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Barely few hours after the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) dismissed the allegation of Air Peace on attempted theft on one of its aircraft on the runway 18 Right of Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos, the airline said…

12th Feb 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has described as baseless the allegation of burglary attempt on the cargo hold of one of the aircraft of Air Peace on the runway 18Right of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos…

12th Feb 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Ethiopian Airlines, the largest  Aviation Group in Africa and Goldstar Air, Multiple Award Winner and Wholly Owned Ghanaian airline have signed an agreement  for strategic partnership to use Ethiopian”s Maintenance Repair Organization (MRO). The MRO of Ethiopian Airlines has…

8th Feb 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu According to the UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organization), 52% of all international arrivals arrive at their destination by air. Therefore, it does not require a giant leap of faith to identify the airlines that bring tourists to…

8th Feb 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Dana Air has denied media reports that the door of one of its aircraft fell off after landing and whilst taxing in Abuja airport today. In a statement the airline said "We wish to state categorically that this could never have…

6th Feb 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Kenya Airways will launch its first non-stop service between Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and Cape Town International Airport, South Africa starting from 6 June, 2018, according to Routesonline.   Although, the airline is yet to officially announce the route, a dummy booking by The Afritraveller on…