LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-British Airways is to retire its fleet of Boeing 747 with immediate effect due to the effects of the COVID-19 crisis. The airline has used the craft since July 1989 and is currently the world’s biggest operator of the 747-400 model. It was planning to retire the fleet of 31 craft in…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said on Tuesday that the new case of Coronavirus came in through British Airways. The PUNCH reports that Nigeria recorded another case of COVID-19 in Lagos State, Nigeria on Tuesday. The affected person is a 30-year-old Nigerian lady, who returned from the United…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presently, International flight in and out of Muritala Mohammed International Airport has been suspended. Most international flight has been diverted to Accra, Ghana. For instance, British Airways and Emirate Airlines are among the carriers unable to land at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos and were instead rerouted to Ghana. The diversions…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A British Airways flight heading to Abuja from London on Tuesday returned to Heathrow Airport after the plane lost one of its engines mid-air. The airline confirmed that BA 083 flight returned to Heathrow and was met by the emergency services as a precaution measure after what it called “a minor technical…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghana’s Aviation Minister Cecelia Dapaah has warned British Airways (BA) it could face sanctions, after reports of bed bugs on some of the airline’s flights into the country. A British newspaper reported this week that a BA flight to Accra was grounded at London’s Heathrow Airport for four hours, after the insects…