LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A flight travelling from Cancun, Mexico, to London was forced to divert and land in Maine this week after two passengers on board began fighting. The emergency landing around 21:30 EST (01:30GMT) on Tuesday resulted in all 267 passengers on board being forced to spend the night in Bangor, Maine. By the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A significant number of Nigerian passengers faced unexpected delays and frustration after an Air France flight, en route from Paris to Abuja, was diverted to Lomé, Togo, due to severe weather conditions in the Nigerian capital. The incident prompted swift action from the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, who…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boxing heavyweight legend Mike Tyson is “doing great” after suffering a medical emergency while on a flight from Miami to Los Angeles, seeing paramedics rush onto the plane at LAX less than two months out from his professional return to the squared circle against Jake Paul on Netflix. Tyson began feeling nauseous…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has stated that it will soon issue an order, compelling airline operators to commence payment of compensation to passengers for delayed and cancelled flights not ‘caused’ by natural occurrences. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, said this during a meeting with airline operators in Abuja on…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Airlines in Nigeria said on Monday flights were being disrupted after ground staff began an indefinite strike to demand higher pay. Air Peace, which has the biggest fleet in Nigeria, and smaller carrier Dana Air said the strike by the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) was delaying flights and hoped the issue…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dubai’s Emirates has suspended flights to Nigeria for the second time since September citing an inability to repatriate funds from Africa’s biggest economy, the airline said on Thursday. Nigeria is facing severe dollar shortages, forcing many citizens and business to seek forex on the black market, where the naira currency has progressively…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Dubai’s Emirates plans to reduce flights to Nigeria this month due to troubles repatriating revenue from Africa’s most populous nation, according to a letter sent to the government and seen by Reuters. Emirates plans to cut the number of flights to Lagos to seven from 11 by mid-August, the letter said, adding…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dutch police say they have found a stowaway alive in the wheel section of a plane that landed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport from South Africa. Flights from Johannesburg to Amsterdam take about 11 hours, with the cargo plane believed to have made one stop, in Nairobi, Kenya. It is very unusual for…