Tag: Flight
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COVID-19: 25 passengers on flight from Kano to Beirut test positive
At least 25 passengers on a flight from Kano to Beirut on Wednesday have tested positive for COVID-19, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health has confirmed. The government of Lebanon had asked Middle East Airlines to evacuate its citizens from foreign countries last month. On May 5, an aircraft with flight number ME570 took off from Kano…
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Covid-19 And That Flight From Abuja, By Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene The trip was not planned. As concerns over the spread of Covid-19 grew and the country inched more and more towards the abnormal, I figured travel might be restricted before the end of the week. A call that Tuesday morning confirmed that feeling: I decided to travel out of Abuja immediately. …
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Russia to ban all int’l flights as COVID-19 cases rise to 840
Russia says on Thursday that it will ban nearly all international flights from Friday and recommend new restrictions, as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 840. According to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Russia will stop all regular/charter flights from domestic airports to and from foreign countries, except flights associated with Russians…
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Xenophobia: Finally, flight departs South Africa with 178 Nigerians on board
The flight conveying Nigerians has finally departed Johannesburg, South Africa. The six- hour flight is expected to land at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 11.15 pm. The flight took off at about 2.30pm with 178 Nigerians on board. The flight, which was earlier scheduled for 9am suffered some hitches, leading to the late…
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No bomb on Abuja-Lagos Air Peace flight – FAAN
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has described as a false the alarm the claim that a bomb was planted on an early morning Air Peace flight from Abuja to Lagos on Wednesday. The General Manager, Corporate Affairs of FAAN, Henrietta Yakubu, made the rebuttal in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Mrs Yakubu…
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Airlines make alternative flight arrangements as unions continue picketing of MMA2
Airlines operating at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA2) Lagos, have been forced to make alternative arrangements to fly their passengers as aviation unions continued their picketing of the terminal on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the airlines have moved their passenger boarding and processing to the General Aviation Terminal (GAT)…
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Egypt, Russia resume direct flights after halt of more than 2 years
Direct flights between Moscow and Cairo resumed on Thursday, more than two years after Russia banned flights to Egypt in response to a terrorist attack. A plane from Russian carrier Aeroflot flying from Moscow landed early Thursday at Cairo airport with 120 passengers aboard, sources at the airport said. Hours later, an Egypt Air flight…
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Panic as Abuja-Frankfurt flight drops 5,000 feet
There was commotion amongst passenger on a Frankfurt-bound flight on Sunday when the airplane suddenly came down midair from 35,000 feet to 5,000 feet. According to a report by Premium Times, the LH595 flight, operated by Lufthansa airline, left Nigeria’s capital Abuja for Frankfurt, Germany, at about 11.15 pm. Trouble started shortly after takeoff when…
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U.S. lifts flight electronic ban on Qatar, Turkey, others
Qatar on Thursday became the third nation on a list of eight Muslim-majority countries, where ban on electronic devices in aircraft cabins heading to the U.S. has been lifted. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the U.S. had earlier (on Tuesday) removed Turkey and Dubai-based Emirates Airlines from the list. TheNewsGuru.com reports that in late March, the Trump’s…
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London’s Heathrow Airport cancels 100 flights due to fog
London’s Heathrow Airport said it had cancelled approximately 100 out of about 1,300 scheduled flights on Monday as foggy weather reduced visibility at Europe’s busiest hub. The airport, located to the west of London, operates at full capacity meaning it struggles to fit in its full schedule when weather conditions mean aircraft need to leave…