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IT WAS the stunning rebuke from a major airline that left a teenage girl in shock after she claimed she was sexually ­assaulted on an international flight. Chelsea Schiffel said she was groped by an elderly man sitting next to her on a United Airlines flight from LA to Sydney …

The account of a UC Berkeley researcher who was removed from a flight after a fellow passenger heard him speak Arabic on his phone has drawn condemnation and outrage for the airliner, Southwest, about a perceived pattern of barring travel. Khairuldeen Makhzoomi, a senior at the university, was removed from …

Dubai: Thundershowers raged over Abu Dhabi from Thursday night until early morning Friday as different intensities of rain pour over Dubai and areas of northern emirates on Friday. The surface low pressure area deepened as forecast on Thursday till Friday, bringing different intensities of rain in the UAE. Unstable weather …

The rudder travel limiter of the Indonesia AirAsia Airbus A320 began acting up in January 2014. Attempts to fix it were unsuccessful, and failures became increasingly frequent. In the course of 74 flights between December 19 and December 27, 2014, the airplane’s electronic centralized aircraft monitoring system, or ECAM, reported …

Air Peace to commence Direct International flights from the Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu this year. This was made known by the CEO of Air Peace, Barr. Allen Onyema at the Enugu Investment Summit holding in Enugu.  Air Peace Limited was named Airline Partner for the Oganiru Enugu State Investment Summit. The …

Meet Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, Vietnam’s first female self-made billionaire. Much of her net worth comes from her company VietJet Air, which on its website calls itself a “dynamic, innovative airline.” But some might have other words for what it is her company is doing. Indeed, VietJet isn’t known so much for its CEO …

The European Parliament has approved a joint system for police and justice officials to access airline passenger data on all flights to and from the EU. The measure was passed by 461 votes to 179 against. Counter-terrorism officials have lobbied for years for the introduction of Passenger Name Records (PNR), …

Dozens of heavily armed military police flooded into Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on Tuesday night, evacuating part of the busy travel hub and arresting one man during a four-hour security alert. The incident came as the Netherlands has been on high alert following the 22 March attack on Brussels airport and …

President Buhari’s administration has pledged to look into the re-establishment of a new national carrier for Nigeria. The subject has been one that conjures up, memories of costly, previously failed attempts at national airlines. With this in mind, I also recall the famous quote by George Santayana: “those who fail …

Senegal plans to launch a new national airline to replace loss-making Senegal Airlines, which had its air operator’s certificate revoked last month amid mounting debts, Finance Minister Amadou Ba said on Monday. “Senegal has initiated the creation process of a new airline”, he said at a news conference with his …