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Like many employees at United, Anton Salameh fell in love with flying as a kid. His younger brother by 13 months, Stefan Salameh, thought it looked cool, so he followed in his big brother’s footsteps. The two learned how to fly in high school, when they ran an airplane washing …

NCAA, FAAN, NAMA set to implement decision Despite the plummeting fortunes of domestic airlines in the country due to the harsh economy, they will have to pay up their debts worth more than N30 billion or be grounded by regulatory agencies. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Federal Airports Authority …

Nice to hear….Read: BEIJING: China’s unruly plane passengers who use mobile phones, smoke or occupy seats by force on aircraft will face hefty fines of up to USD7,500 under a proposed revision to a civil aviation law, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reports. Those who use other prohibited electronic …

Read this and lets have your thoughts… New Delhi: Emirates flight EK-521 crash-landing in Dubai has become a test case of how not to evacuate passengers in an emergency. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is planning to circulate videos of evacuation clicked by fleeing flyers of EK-521 to …

The Federal Government has commenced the airlift of Muslim pilgrims with the inaugural flight to Saudi Arabia from the Sultan Abubakar III Airport, Sokoto on Monday. According to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, about 80,000 pilgrims will be airlifted in the next five weeks through flight operations in 17 …

The Federal Government says it has taken Turkish Airlines to court for alleged impunity and violation of the rights of some Nigerian passengers. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, filed a three-count charge against the airline and two of its principal officers, Liker Ayci …

Jimoh Ibrahim’s public declaration to vie for the governorship of Ondo state, reasons and the plans he had for the state was trending over the weekend on the social media and he got a lot of bashing from his followers.. Here are some Hilarious tweets… Na wah o. Nigerians don …

RT live has reported a worldwide system failure by Delta Air Lines. Social media users have posted photos showing long lines of passengers waiting to check-in at airports. “Our systems are down everywhere. Hopefully it won’t be much longer,” Delta Air Lines said in response to a passenger’s tweet. According …

The civil aviation authorities of Ghana and Niger Republic have endorsed Air Peace’s plan to spread its wings in foreign lands, saying the airline gives priority to safety and global best practice in its operations. In a related development, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Air Peace, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Olajide …

Med-View Airline is one of the carriers approved by the Federal Government for this year’s Hajj operations and the carrier has consistently done so for the past 10 years. Speaking on the airlift of pilgrims, the Executive Director (Technical) for Medview Airlines, Alhaji Lookman Animashaun said that the airline would …