FOREIGN Airlines have started giving notification to the federal government of their intention not to operate from Kaduna airport after the closure of Nnamidi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for repair works on the runway. The airport will be closed for six weeks with effect from March 8.

THE Managing Director of Med-View Airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole, has called for cooperation between the airlines operating in Nigeria and the Nigeria Immigration Service as both are the first contacts people coming to Nigeria meet. He added that whatever impressions the people take away from their interactions with these two bodies go a long way to shape the impression about Nigeria.

Aggrieved passengers of Arik Air, who yesterday stormed the airline’s headquarters to demand for the refund of their air ticket fares after series of cancellation were prevented from gaining access to the airline as the gates were locked and manned by fierce- looking security officials.

China’s first homegrown big passenger plane will make its maiden voyage in the first half of this year, state media said Monday, as the country seeks to challenge foreign giants Airbus and Boeing.

The NCAA would ensure that the regulations are much more far-reaching and the airlines operational books will be looked into with increased regularity