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The Ibom Air owned by Akwa Ibom Government on Friday conducted its maiden flight from Uyo to Ikeja, Lagos State.

Ibom Air, the first commercial airline to be owned and operated by a state government in Nigeria and Africa, will begin full commercial operations on June 7, an official said.

At least 41 people were killed after a Russian plane made an emergency landing and burst into flames at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow.

Governor Rochas Okorocha has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will commission the biggest cargo airport in Nigeria, Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says investor-interest is on the rise in Nigeria based on the tracking of investment announcements which indicates a 37% increase from 2017 to 2018.

FAAN has deployed over 50 Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras to check criminal activities at the new terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja.

Nigeria plans to set up an aircraft leasing company to help domestic and African carriers obtain new planes and is seeking private partners for the venture

Boeing is temporarily cutting production of its best-selling 737 airliner in the continuing fall-out from crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia.

An unnamed Nigerian woman, who headed to Ethiopia, was nabbed with a carry-on bag with 4.7 kilos of the drug concealed inside 159 packages of chocolates and three pairs shoes.

A British Airways flight destined for Dusseldorf in Germany has landed in Edinburgh by mistake, after the flight paperwork was submitted incorrectly.