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A cargo plane has overshot the runway at Bergamo’s Orio al Serio international airport and crashed into a road. The airport in Italy’s Lombardy region was temporarily closed after the incident which happened at 4am Friday morning. Dramatic pictures showed a 737-400 aircraft belonging to courier firm DHL wedged onto …

British Airways and Ancestry, the largest provider of family history and personal DNA testing, played a very special part in an emotional reunion, between three sisters who met in person for the first time on board a flight from Austin to London. A video documenting it has been released today. …

British Airways i360, the world’s tallest moving observation tower, will open on Brighton seafront on Thursday 4th August. Groups of up to 200 visitors will glide up gently to a height of 138 metres in a futuristic, fully enclosed, hand-crafted glass viewing pod to admire breath-taking 360-degree views across Brighton, …

The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Engr. Saleh Dunoma, said that safety and security will be the focus of all airports for the 2016 Hajj operations commencing on Monday. He stated this at the Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto. The Managing Director, who was represented …

Dana Air has rewarded students with free tickets for their brilliant performance at the 7th edition of the National Travel Essay Competition and 6th Air Transport Youth Empowerment Seminar. Abel News has reported. The event was held at the training hall of the Nigerian Civil Aviation (NCAA) Headquarters Annex, Murtala …

Delta Airlines has come to the rescue of Nigeria’s football Dream Team by providing a dedicated charter flight to fly the team from Atlanta to Manaus in Brazil less than 24 hours before their crucial Rio Olympics football game opening match against Japan. Confirming this development, Delta Airlines Nigeria Public …

Shocking footage has emerged from inside the cabin of an Emirates jet seconds before it exploded into a fireball after crash-landing at Dubai’s international airport. Screams of terrified passengers can be heard as the cabin crew forced open the emergency exit doors, desperately trying to get all 300 people on …

Punch- The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria on Wednesday said that Saudi Arabian aviation authorities disqualified three Nigerian carriers from transporting Nigerian pilgrims for the 2016 Hajj. Alhaji Mohammadu Goni, Head of Aviation of NAHCON, who made this known at the commission’s Headquarters in Abuja, listed the affected airlines as …

Cameroon Journal, Yaounde – Flight restriction on Cameroon Airline Corporation, Camair-Co, from flying European airspace has been lifted, Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo’o, Minister of Transport, announced in a communiqué signed Monday August 1. However, the minister had earlier announced that the national carrier’s inability to fly to European countries was …

  Emirates Flight Training Academy, the new world class flight training facility developed by Emirates airline to respond to the industry’s growing need for pilots, has signed an agreement with Boeing under which both organisations will collaborate on a comprehensive training curriculum and software infrastructure to support Academy operations.  Emirates …