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Dublin – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that leaders of the global air transport industry are gathering in Dublin, Ireland for the Association’s 72nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit. The AGM will open with keynote addresses by Shane Ross TD, Ireland’s Minister for Transport, …

A passenger plane bound for Barcelona crashed into a tow truck at Manchester Airport on Saturday morning, forcing the entire aircraft to be evacuated. Dramatic photographs from the scene shows the Airbus 320’s nose resting on the roof of the truck’s cab, which was pushed forward by the impact. Firefighters …

Monitor Flights From Middle, Far East, South Africa Security Expert Tells NDLEA Aviation Security Expert and the Chief Executive Officer of Centurion Securities, Group Capt. John Ojikutu (rtd) has advised the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to beam its search light on flights from Middle and Far East, East …

Trapped funds: BA – $100m, Iberia – $5m, Air France/KLM – $150m United States-based airline, Delta, and British mega car-rier, British Airways (BA), are poised to reap from the sudden withdrawal of United Airline’s service from the lucrative US-Nigerian route. This is coming at a time some of the carriers …

An Emirates flight EK 262 from Sao Paulo, Brazil to Dubai, United Arab Emirates was Saturday forced to make an emergency landing in Lagos due to the deteriorating health condition of a passengers believed to have ingested cocaine. After screening by anti-narcotic officials four other passengers are currently under interrogation …

According to a realiable Source, there was commotion at MMa2 today due to the cancelation of First Nation’s 2pm flight to Portharcourt.  Commotion ensued when the Airline was unable to refund passengers who purchased tickets online and paid through Pos machines. The reason for the cancelation is yet to be known. …

British Airways is evaluating its routes to Nigeria, adding to aviation-industry pressure on the government as sister carrier Iberia and U.S. competitor United Airlines halt flights to the oil-based market as traffic stutters and currency controls delay access to revenue. The U.K. carrier is struggling to repatriate its share of …

Emirates opens its new premium lounge at Cape Town International Airport. The lounge becomes the airline’s 39th across its global network. Source: Emirates    

Today Aer Lingus is celebrating 80 years of flying. The first ever flight took off on this day in 1936. Congratulations!

Governments of both the United Kingdom and Australia have on Wednesday this morning deported 40 Nigerians for various immigration offences. A batch of 36 deportees comprising 29 males and seven females arrived at the hajj camp area of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 7:25am on chartered aircraft with registration …