Aviation
By Simon Ateba
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is a business man. He is the owner of Virgin brand of over 360 companies and the 236th richest person on earth, according to Forbes’2008 list of billioaires. And so when he was approached by Nigerian government officials during the tenure of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2003 …
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Jet Aviation began its Olympic last week, two days to the Beijing Olympics with the opening of its newest Facility Operations Branch, FBO, located in a brand new facility at Beijing’s Capital International Airport (PEK).
The opening coincided with the arrival of private aircraft for the Olympic Games, whose torch lighting ceremonies were Friday, 8 …
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By Simon Ateba
Talpable fear has gripped aviation chiefs in Lagos State over the directive given by the Federal Government that the administrative headquarters of the National Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, the National Airspace Management Authority, NAMA and the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, among others, relocate to Abuja, the Federal capital city.
The Federal Government …
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By Simon Ateba
A budget airline allowed a faulty jet to complete a 6,000-mile round trip from New York to Liverpool and back across the Atlantic despite knowing there was a problem with its engine monitors after it had been struck by lightning, a court heard.
Globespan Airways Limited was fined £5,000 for clearing a Boeing …
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By Simon Ateba
A small plane crashed into a seaside house in heavy fog early Monday, killing two people aboard and three children inside the vacation home. A woman and two children in the home were also injured.
Gearhart city officials said pilot Jason Ketchson and a passenger, Frank Toohey were aboard the plane that crashed before …
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