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President of the Association of Foreign Airlines and Representatives in Nigeria, AFARN, Mr Kingsley Nwokeoma, has asked the federal government to show evidence that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has indeed cleared all valid foreign exchange backlogs they owe foreign airlines.    Nwokeoma told Vanguard that although foreign airlines …

  A United Airlines Boeing 777 made an emergency landing after suffering a mid-air fuel leak in the fifth safety incident in a week.     The incident occurred on Monday, March 11.         The latest incident from the beleaguered aircraft manufacturer saw fuel spill from the …

Shocking new documents have revealed last-minute changes made to the doomed MH370 flight that vanished ten years ago today, with an expert claiming the evidence shows the captain deliberately crashed in a shocking mass murder-suicide.     The plane’s flight plan shows an extra 3,000kg of fuel was added to …

An American mother of two died after suddenly falling ill on an American Airlines flight home from the Dominican Republic.    The 41-year-old woman — identified by a relative online only as an Indiana mother of two — was onboard American Airlines Flight 2790 from Punta Cana to Charlotte, North …

  Foreign Airlines operating in Nigeria have applauded the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the clearance of the backlog of part of the foreign exchange they could not repatriate to their country as part of revenue from ticket sales.   Recall that the CBN had fulfilled its pledge to …

The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced the complete settlement of foreign exchange (FX) owed to all foreign airlines operating in the country.   Mrs Hakama Sidi Ali, Acting Director of Corporate Communications at the CBN said on Tuesday, January 30, that the final tranche of $64.44 million brings the …

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected approximately US $61.64 million into the hands of foreign airlines operating in the country, a move intended to send the Naira soaring This targeted dollar releass aimed at clearing a portion of the backlog of matured foreign exchange obligations owed to …

An emergency landing on Friday of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 jet in Portland, Ore., led the company to ground dozens of similar models of the plane in its fleet. But it also raised troubling new questions about the safety of a workhorse aircraft design dogged by years …

  The International Air Transport Association has warned the Central Bank of Nigeria that some foreign airlines may be forced to quit the Nigerian aviation market if nothing is done about the $790m ticket revenue currently trapped in the country.   The IATA Regional Vice President, Africa & Middle East, …

An American Airlines flight attendant was found dead in a Philadelphia, USA airport hotel room with a sock in her mouth, two days after she was supposed to check out. The 66-year-old woman from Las Vegas was discovered unresponsive by cleaning staff at the Philadelphia Airport Marriott hotel on Monday …