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Dubai: Aristos Sokratous, the Cypriot pilot of the flydubai jet that crashed in southern Russia, had informed the airline that he was leaving for a job with Ryanair on Monday, a source close to Sokratous told Gulf News. Sokratous, recently married and expecting a son with his wife, was just days …

Investigators are looking at pilot error or mechanical failure as possible causes of a FlyDubai flight’s deadly crash in Russia, a representative from Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a briefing today. Investigators suggested earlier that bad weather could have been the primary cause, but now they say that if the …

This week, I was stuck halfway across the country fuming over a transportation fail. Wednesday, I learned that American Airlines will throw you under the bus — er, plane — if you arrive at the airport AFTER your scheduled boarding begins but BEFORE you have had a chance to load your digital …

An American Airlines passenger claims to have caught a spooky image of a UFO near the top-secret Area 51 military base the day before Halloween (pictures below). The photographer noticed a strange, “blinding bright light” on his flight from San Jose, California, to Houston as the plane was flying near Luning …

A passenger jet has crashed in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, killing all 55 passengers and seven crew on board, officials say. The FlyDubai Boeing 737-800, coming from Dubai, missed the runway as it attempted to land at 03:50 local time (00:50 GMT) on Saturday. It is not clear …

By Anurag Kotoky (Bloomberg). Airbus Group, whose A380 jet doesn’t have a single customer in India, is still looking for a carrier in the South Asian country to buy the superjumbos, betting infrastructure growth in the world’s fastest growing air travel market will fail to keep pace with the rise …

DRONES ARE A big business and getting bigger, a reality that comes with both economic opportunities and risks. The UAV market is set to jump from $5.2 billion in 2013 to $11.6 billion in 2023. Opportunities for delivery services, cinematography, and even flying cell towers could introduce thousands of jobs and …

Passengers on a British Airways flight bound for London from Johannesburg experienced a soggy landing on Sunday, March 13, after a leakage caused flooding in the plane’s cabin. “A trolley knocked a water pipe and unfortunately it created a leak,” a spokesperson for British Airways told Business Insider over email. …

Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has said that the Federal Government would unveil the new national aviation policy within the next two weeks. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by Mr Sunday Iyogu, the Principal Information Officer in the minister’s office. According to …

In Memory of Shakirat Ekundayo Oshodi of Dana Air. How time flies…May her soul continue to rest in Peace.