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Aviation News Headlines for Wednesday March 15, 2016

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Kaduna Airport: Foreign Airlines Ignore FG,s Plea photo credit: Vanguardngr.com Except Ethiopian Airlines, other foreign airlines operating in Nigeria are yet to heed the Federal Government’s plea to use Kaduna Airport as alternate airport to Abuja during the six weeks closure of Abuja Airport runway for repair works.  This is just as passengers of these foreign airlines have been making private alternative arrangements to board their flights from Lagos.    http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/03/kaduna-airport-foreign-airlines-ignore-fgs-plea/ Headphone Batteries Explode on Flight to Australia headset: photo credit: google.com A woman whose headphones caught fire on a plane suffered burns to her face and hands, Australian officials said Wednesday as they warned about the dangers of battery-operated devices in-flight. The passenger was listening to music on her own battery-operated headphones as she dozed about two hours into the trip from Beijing to Melbourne o

Abuja Airport Closure: Nigeria's Aviation Ministry Launches Website to Promote Access to Information

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photo: Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja. Photo credit: Google.com It is no longer news that one of Nigeria’s busiest airport and the gateway to Nigeria’s Capital City ; Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Abuja , will be closed for the next six weeks with effect from tonight Tuesday March 7, 2017. Easy access to information is crucial as this time and the aviation ministry has taken a proactive step by launching a dedicated website www.abujaairportclosure.info to furnish airport users with information about operations at Kaduna airport .So, if you need any information about Abuja and Kaduna airports this period, just login to   www.abujaairportclosure.info .