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I wonder while some people like taking suicidal risk? That best describes the case of a stowaway whose lifeless body was found on Arik Air’s flight from Lagos to Johannesburg. Arik Air in a statement said the dead body of the yet to be identified stowaway was found in the main wheel well of one of her A330-200 aircraft on arrival at the Oliver Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg South Africa on Wednesday, November 30, 2016. As narrated by Arik Air “Engineers of South African Airways Technical facility at the Oliver Tambo International Airport where the aircraft was scheduled for a routine maintenance check discovered the body of the stowaway during inspection phase”. While the airline says investigations into the incident have commenced, it has become very necessary for all those in charge of providing security at the airport to review their security procedures as this is neither the first time nor the last time this issue of stowaway will occur.

photo credit: google.com MTN Nigeria has really changed for good as they have introduced a lot of goodies to their loyal customers in recent times. If you a loyal customer of MTN, please request for 20 percent discount the next time you are flying from Lagos to Dubai via Emirates airline. I just got a text message from MTN that reads"For being an MTN loyal customer, MTN and Emirates airline are offering you up to 15% and 20% off your Economy and Business class tickets to Dubai and select cities" According to MTN, this promo runs from November 2016 to February 2017. If you are a loyal customer,  you can buy your next ticket on Emirates airline via www.emirates.com/ng/ngmtn using the password MTNCUSTOMER. It will be nice for Nigerian airlines like Arik Air to form  such alliance with GLO! 

It's a new day, please find the headlines below and follow the links to read the stories in full. Arik, Air Peace, Others To Commence Flight Operations To Niger Four Nigerian carriers,  Arik Air, Air Peace,  Overland Air and Azman Air services have been slated to start flight operations from Nigeria to Niger. The new development was disclosed during a meeting between Technical Committee from the Ministry of Transportation and the concerned airlines held on Wednesday 23rd of November, 2016 at the Aviation House, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) headquarters in Lagos. According to an official statement signed by the General Manager, Public Relations, Sam Adurogboye, the Committee and the Nigerian Civil Aviation have agreed to curb the voluminous road transportation between the two countries prior to commencement of flight operations. Before now, Nigeria and Niger had signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in 2015 to promote a s...

photo credit:  http://news.delta.com Trump has been elected the next President of America but his supporters need to be counselled on how to manage victory. The story is all over the internet on how a Trump supporter on board Delta Airlines flight bullied one Hillary supporter and the airline got a heap of blame for allowing the rude passenger to continue with that flight. The good news is that Delta has blacklisted the uncivilized passenger for life.  According to the Chief Executive Officer of Delta Airlines;  Ed Bastian "He will never again be allowed on a Delta plane"  The airline has also apologized to all the customers on-board that flight and promised to refund the cost of their tickets.

I love this! Ethiopian Airlines is honouring three of her crew members for returning large amount of money found on board. The airline is proudly tweeting it. That's the way to go Ethiopian, #honesty and #Integrity pay. User Actions   Following Ethiopian Airlines ‏ @ flyethiopian #Ethiopian awarded 3 Cabin Crew Members for their exemplary deeds for handing over large amounts of cash to passengers. #honesty #integrity

Abuja Runs Out Of  Supply As Aviation Fuel Scarcity Bites Harder Arik Air: Nigeria's largest airline worst hit by scarcity of aviation fuel Respite may be far from coming the way of airline operators who have been facing shortage of aviation fuel in the last one month as the scarcity bites harder across the country. At the moment, Abuja, the nation’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has run out of supply as major fuel suppliers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) do not have it in stock. According to an airline CEO, who spoke with Daily Trust yesterday, most operators are currently running helter skelter in order to meet their daily fuel supply for flight operations. Virtually all local carriers are affected while Arik Air which is the worst hit has slashed its flights in the wake of the deteriorating scarcity. Though Med-View Airline, Dana Air and Azman Air say they have operated their scheduled flights 100 per cent, it has been hect...

Airlines operating in Nigeria are beginning to catch the #BlackFriday fever as  Etihad offers 15 per cent discounts off flights departing from Lagos to New york, London or Abu Dhabi. This offer runs from November 23 till 30th and customers can access this discount at any Etihad's Sales office in Nigeria on presentation of #Jumia BlackFriday receipt.

photo credit: www.express.co.uk About a 100,000 passengers are currently stranded around the world as Pilots from Lufthansa German airline commenced a two day strike at midnight due to a protracted dispute over salaries.  Lufthansa says  about 100,000 passengers will be affected by flight cancellations.   Pilots’ union ;Vereinigung Cockpit (VC)  which has been coordinating the strike - along with 13 others  unions since April 2014 said in a statement that almost 900 flights were cancelled by Lufthansa on Wednesday including all the long-haul and short-haul connections departing from Germany. Hope this will not lead to chaos at major airports around the world! Lufthansa needs to find a lasting solution to the issues raised by the pilots.

photo credit: www.google.com It is painful to watch a  65 year old airline go down! But that is the situation the Chairman of  65 year old TransAsia Airways; Vincent Lin is facing at the moment. He  has announced plans to  dissolve and wind  down services of the Carrier due to financial difficulties. Vincent Lin said the  company had decided to bow out of the aviation industry because of its deteriorating financial situation. He made the announcement after the company's board passed a resolution at an extraordinary board meeting on Tuesday to dissolve TransAsia Airways, which was founded in 1951. Lin described the decision as a "painful" one. He said all efforts to revamp the company  after the airline was involved in fatal accidents on domestic routes in July 2014 and in February 2015  did not yield positive results as the accidents had tarnished its image and drove its passenger load factor to below 70 percent. TransAsia floated ...

photo credit: google.com A Virgin Atlantic plane has made an emergency landing at the Goose Bay airport Canada following what the airline termed a "technical issue". A spokesperson for Virgin Atlantic; Lisette Kwong told www.cbc.ca the company will send another plane to Goose Bay immediately to enable the affected passengers continue their travels. The flight from London to San Francisco was diverted when the pilot "requested a priority landing" as a precaution, following what the airline is calling a "technical issue." "We would like to apologize to customers for the delay to their journey, and are working hard to ensure they can continue as soon as possible," Virgin wrote. The truth is that any aircraft can develop technical issues, how an airline manages the situation whenever it occurs is what matters and I think Virgin is taking a customer-centric step to minimize the impact on the affected customers.

Boeing 737NG  Source: http://www.boeing.com Manufacturing giant Boeing has announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive to succeed Vice Chairman Ray Conner due for retirement in 2017 even as it sets a new unit to manage business services. The President , Chairman and CEO of Boeing; Dennis Muilenburg in a statement published by http://boeing.mediaroom.com named Kevin G. McAllister president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes . Muilenburg also appointed Stanley A. Deal president and CEO of Boeing Global Services, a new business unit to be formed from the customer services groups.  According to the statement” Boeing Global Services will bring together core capabilities currently within Commercial Aviation Services and Boeing Defense, Space & Security's Global Services & Support group” Boeing says some defense and commercial customer fleet support will remain within the two existing business units while the new unit will provide a broad portfolio...

 Now we have the list of most punctual airlines in the world and expectedly, no Nigeria Carrier made the list. Even United States Carriers are nowhere to be found.  In aviation business,On Time Performance is keybecause apart from safety, time and speed are what  people pay for when they choose to travel by air. https://www.airhelp.com ranking is one of the most comprehensive of its kind and takes into account a number of metrics in three key areas: Quality and Service, On-Time Performance and efficient processing of complaints and compensations. Here are the winning airlines starting from the fourteenth in the list to the First: British Airways, Emirates, Air France, Lufthansa, Finnair, Air Canada, Cathay Pacific Airways, Air Baltic, Virgin Atlantic Airways, KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Air Dolomiti and Qatar Airways. Congratulations to these Carriers!