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The Federal Government on Friday approved the sack of all the directors in the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) with immediate effect. In all, nine directors were shown the exit by the Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, after the approval by the federal government. Those affected by …

  A FLYBE plane has crash landed into a runway as it went in to touch down during storm chaos. The incident happened at Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport this afternoon as the plane was arriving from Scotland’s Edinburgh Airport. The jet’s landing gear reportedly “collapsed” as it was touching down amid …

Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, proudly announces that it will host the ICAO Global Aviation Training and TRAINAIR PLUS Symposium with the theme: “Together, Enhancing Training to Build Capacity” at the seat of the African Union, Addis Ababa from April 11 through 13, 2017. Group CEO Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. …

Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Academy (EAA), ICAO TRAINAIR Plus member and IATA authorized global training center, has graduated 184 aviation professionals at a ceremony held at the Academy’s Commercial and Cabin Crew Training Building on Saturday, February 18, 2017. Among the total graduates, 145 are females. The Group Chief Executive Officer, …

Air Peace on Tuesday took delivery of its twelfth aircraft, a 114-capacity Boeing 737-500. The aircraft, which landed at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos at about 2.15pm, threw staff of the airline into an ecstatic mood. The airline said the arrival of the aircraft will greatly boost its expansion …

Award winning Africa World Airlines welcomes 5th Aircraft…Plans to increase fleet size to 7 by end of this year. To commence regional operations….. Africa World Airlines yesterday welcomed the latest addition to its fleet . The 5th aircraft with registration no 9G-AFJ- touched down at the Kotoka International Airport in …

A small chartered plane with five people aboard crashed into a mall shortly after takeoff Tuesday morning from Melbourne’s Essendon Airport, Australian police said. All five on board were killed in the crash, police said. The four passengers were from the United States, and the pilot was Australian. Former FBI …

  A Turkish Airlines plane in Istanbul was evacuated Saturday after a suspicious note was discovered in one of its bathrooms. The Turkish Airlines cabin crew found the words “BOMB TO TORONTO” on the bathroom’s wall on Flight TK-17 during its pushback from the gate, a Turkish Airlines press official …

Flight diversions due to inflight medical emergencies make up a tiny portion of the millions of flights operated annually, but it is costly for airlines. With more people traveling by air, the actual number of inflight medical events has been gradually increasing over the years. Emirates, the largest airline by …

Delta is introducing complimentary meals on some of its longest domestic flights, including transcontinental routes between New York’s JFK and Los Angeles/San Francisco. The airline will be the only U.S. carrier to offer complimentary fresh meals from nose to tail on select coast-to-coast routes.   Beginning March 1, Delta will offer complimentary …