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Workers of the Airline Services Logistics (ASL),a company located at the international wing of Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos have finally called of their 48 hours industrial action following the intervention of the organisation’s Chairman, Mr. Richard Akerele. AbelNews learnt that Akerele on getting the hint of the development paid …

Some eighty years ago, a largely unreported event took place which would help pave the way for modern air services between Nigeria and the rest of the world. On 9 February 1936 the weekly Imperial Airways’ flight from London to Khartoum connected with another flight to Kano, heralding the start …

LAGOS—Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Toucan Aviation Support Services, Achuzie Ezenagu, has called on the federal government to partner with private airline operators to establish a major Maintenance, Overhaul and Repair, MRO, in the country to serve as catalyst to the nation’s aviation development. Ezenagu who spoke at the just concluded …

Aviation union under the auspices of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), on Monday, kicked against plans by foreign airlines to sack about two thousand (2,000) workers in the aviation industry in a bid to cut cost. In a letter addressed to the Minister of State for Aviation, …

Hundreds of flights were once again grounded across Europe on Monday as French air traffic controllers continued their latest two day strike. The industrial action, according to Ryanair at least, is the 42st day lost to strikes by French air traffic controllers since 2009. THe budget airline opened a new war …

An electronic cigarette in a Delta Airlines passenger’s carry-on bag ignited Wednesday night while the aircraft was still on the tarmac, causing the flight to be delayed, the airline said. Delta flight 689 was scheduled to depart Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport at 7:25 p.m. and arrive in St. Louis at …

An Alaska Airlines passenger’s phone burst into flames on a flight en route to Hawaii, and the airline and the FAA say they are investigating. Anna Crail, a college sophomore, was watching a movie on her flight to spring break when flames began shooting out of her iPhone 6, she …

Dubai: Love took him to Russia, only for death to shatter their dreams. Shyam Mohan and Anju were on-board the flydubai flight that crashed in Rostov-on-Don — they were returning after a month’s holiday at home in Perumbavoor, Badani Kurishu, Kerala. A small town near the northern tip of Kochi, …

Dubai: The pilot and co-pilot of the fateful flydubai flight FZ981 both leave behind wives who are expecting children, Gulf News has learnt. Captain Aristos Sokratous, recently married, was expecting a son with his wife and was just days away from starting a new life back home in Cyprus. The wife of …

Brasilia: At least seven people were killed when a plane crashed into a house in Brazil’s Sao Paulo city, media reported on Sunday. The accident occurred on Saturday as the plane approached the northern suburb on the outskirts of Campo de Marte airfield, and crashed into the garage of a …