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A young woman airline passenger has died in Dubai on her way from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to her hometown via Dubai International Airport. Her body has been lying in the hospital morgue for about two weeks. Twenty three years old Zaina Nagani boarded a Flydubai flight from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia …

Air Peace has attributed the disruption of some of its flights at the weekend to VIP movements, appealing to its customers to show understanding in the matter. In a statement signed by its Corporate Communications Manager, Mr. Chris Iwarah, the airline regretted that its loyal customers had to go through …

Virgin Atlantic will implement an upgrade of its IT systems from 12:00 (GMT) Saturday 12 November until 05:00 (GMT) on Sunday 13 November that will further improve the airline’s travel experience for its customers, providing them with more choice and better service. The upgrade will mean that, for a short …

As Dana Air marks the 8th anniversary of its commercial flight operations, the airline has reaffirmed its commitment to providing safe, reliable and customer–centric air transport services to its teeming guests. The airline has also flown over 4 million passengers in the last 8 years of its operations. According to …

The projected doubling of international air traffic volumes represents a tremendous opportunity for socio-economic development, and supports the prioritized development and retention of the Next Generation of Aviation Professionals (NGAP). So confirmed ICAO’s Secretary General, Dr. Fang Liu, the Director General of UNESCO, Dr. Irina Bokova, and Dr. Qian Tang, …

In line with its vision to offer a superior passenger experience and improve environmental performance through a modern and state of the art wide-body aircraft fleet, Emirates has retired the last Airbus A330 and A340 aircraft in its fleet from active service. This makes Emirates the first and only airline …

  Dana Airlines is 8 years! Dana Airlines Limited operating as Dana Air is a fully private sector-owned carrier. The airline commenced flight operations on 10 November 2008 and has since its inauguration progressively developed a route network bringing convenience and choice to the flying public. Congratulations from mamajsaviationblog

Tragedy was averted, yesterday, when a fully-loaded plane of Air Peace had to abort landing at Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri, when the pilot discovered that the runway had been invaded by cows, Vanguard reports. Passenger aboard the flight, Mr. Richard Akinnola, who narrated the incident to Vanguard, said the pilot …

On New Year’s Day 2016, Delta didn’t cancel a single mainline flight. It happened again the next day, and the next. Fast-forward to Sunday, Nov. 6, and the airline had gone 200 days this year without a single mainline cancellation—nearly two months shy of the end of the year. 1 …

Caverton Helicopters  has signed a firm order agreement with Viking Air (VKN, Victoria Int’l) for one DHC-6-400. The turboprop, the Nigerian operator’s second of the type, will be delivered during the first quarter of next year. Caverton Helicopters will utilize the turboprop for onshore pipeline surveillance and passenger transfer services …