International Air Transport Association (IATA), operational audit, has rated RwandAir Express among the world’s safest airlines for 2015 after passing operational audit. IATA Vice-President, Raphael Kuuchi, said on Tuesday in Kigali that the recognition came into effect at the weekend during the handing over of the certificate of recognition at …

West Africa’s largest carrier, Arik Air, says it has chosen to source all onboard wines from the Wildekrans Wine Estate, which sits just an hour away from Cape Town city centre. Each of Arik’s long haul services – New York, London and Johannesburg – will have a ‘From Our Cellar’ wine …

An American Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N109NN performing flight AA-256 from Los Angeles,CA to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 81 passengers and 8 crew, was climbing out of Los Angeles when the crew stopped the climb at FL270, continuing at FL270 for another 25 minutes before reporting smoke on the …

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), said it has commenced the process of the constructing of a new, befitting corporate headquarters. The initiative is coming some days after the Minister of Transport, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi on his first visit to the corporate headquarters of FAAN directed that the authority …

Meet our Aviator of the day-Korede Adeleye. Korede use to work with Virgin Nigeria and Air Nigeria. When you talk of versatility think Korede. She is a well rounded woman and an asset to any organization. Although she has moved on to the HR world, she has no doubt made her …

When babes were babes..Lol…. This was when we use to ditch at the apapa sea school…Dreaded dictching drill way back. We use to gulp that salty and very unclean water. Fortunately the new school crew are lucky as they have been spared from that nightmare. Aint they? Memorable Moments…

More than 7.5million rupees (£77,000) worth of gold has reportedly been discovered hidden beneath a seat on a flight. Custom officials found almost seven pounds worth of the yellow metal on an Air India flight, which landed at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad, India, yesterday, local media reports. Based on …

Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) is to  organise a two-day workshop targeted at improving safety of air navigation within the runway and associated airside facilities at the airports. Speaking on the coming event, the Managing Director of NAMA, Engr. Ibrahim Abdulsalam noted that the workshop is expected to eventually “culminate …

…I am Not Aware Of This –Adurogboye The Directorate of Consumer Protection, a department under the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), may be scrapped soonest if feelers reaching AbelNews is anything to go by. AbelNews gathered that the directorate may be scrapped and merged with the department of Airport Operations …

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, delivered solid operational performance in 2015 by achieving continued growth in passenger and cargo volumes. The airline carried 17.4 million passengers last year, a significant increase of 17 per cent over 2014 levels and operated 97,400 flights which covered 467 …