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About two years after a similar report on deplorable facilities was released, nothing appears to have changed in the fortunes of both aeronautical and terminal infrastructure at major international airports nationwide.

The event recognizes the two most-deserving officers exchanged between the U.S. Air Force and the United Kingdoms Royal Air Force, according to a release from the British Consulate-General in Chicago.

Observers in aviation industry note that in February, a military aircraft crashed near Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, in which seven person died. They recalled that in 2021 alone, we had three crashes associated with the military — in Feb, 27, March 31 and the third one was in May 21. An aviation consultant has also observed that there has been an increase in the number of plane crashes and victims in recent times. Aviation consultant retired Group Capt. John Ojikutu, therefore,...

Share Ahead of the 2023 crucial general election, the factional fights for the soul of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State have again been rekindled by old foes and longtime political gladiators.  The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief GodswillAkpabio and the current National Care-taker Chairman of the APC, Senator John Udoedehe, are again locked in the fierce contest for supremacy over the party.At stake is the party’s leadership slot and the turf for the battle is Ak...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 9 May 2021 The Federal Government is still holding discussions for the establishment of a national carrier for Nigeria, three years after it unveiled the branding and livery for the proposed airline, named Nigeria Air. Officials of the Federal Ministry of Aviation stated on Friday that plans to get the airline up and running were still in place, as the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, tweeted last Thursday that discussions for the project was held at the Un...

Published: 6:00 AM May 1, 2021    Group Captain Beck, the station commander of RAF Marham, speaks to contractors at work on demolishing the hangar - Credit: SAC Craig Williams RAF A historic aircraft hangar has been demolished as work continues to modernise Norfolks main RAF base. Number 1 Hangar at RAF Marham was built in the late 1930s and housed heavy bombers during the Second World War. The structure, which most recently housed the RAFs Tornado jets, has now been demolished to make way fo...

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Margaret was already a fixture on London’s social and arts scene when she began secretly seeing photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones in 1958. The announcement of their engagement in February 1960 caught many by surprise. They were married on May 6, 1960, in the first royal wedding to be televised. (Armstrong-Jones was created earl of Snowdon in 1961.) The marriage was at first successful, and they had two children: David, Viscount Linley, born in 1961, and Lady S...

Industry sources said the sustained increase in the price of aviation fuel was worsened by the high exchange rate. As of yesterday, the dollar was exchanged for between N490 and N495 in the parallel market. Some operators link the price hike to the significant rise in airfares with a one-way Lagos-Abuja ticket reaching N120,000 last week. There are even fears of fuel contamination in some quarters which experts say could threaten flight safety. Engr. Femi Adeniji of Tropical Arctic Logistics, a...

Abandoned airplanes in a Nigerian airport By passenger traffic or flight movements, Nigeria ranks nowhere near the world’s top aviation countries. But the country has an odd record in the number of unserviceable and dead airplanes competing for space with serviceable ones at airports nationwide. WOLE OYEBADE examines why the mortality rate for airplanes is high without consideration for revenue-earning secondary value. However, stakeholders are unanimous that a complement of realistic busines...

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