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Qatar Airways is buying a 9.6% stake in Cathay Pacific for HK$5.16bn ($662m; £506m), giving the Middle Eastern airline more access to China’s lucrative aviation market. The deal will make the airline Cathay Pacific’s third largest shareholder. It is the first known investment by a Middle Eastern airline into an …

Members of the League of Airports and Aviation Correspondents(LAAC) have elected new officials that will pilot the affairs of the association for the next three years. Mr. Olusegun Koiki was elected as the new chairman of the league with other six executive members in various capacities. The election was conducted …

  Emirates today celebrates the milestone delivery of its 100th Airbus A380 aircraft at a special ceremony with Airbus at the manufacturer’s delivery centre in Hamburg. His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Emirates’ Chairman and Chief Executive officiated the ceremony. He was joined at the event by Sir Tim …

…Say Air Transport A Tool For Integration … It Is The Beginning Big Relationship As We Integrate West Africa   The Governments of Côte d’ ivoire, Guinea and Senegal have hailed Nigerian carrier; Med-View Airline for commencing flight operations into French speaking West Africa counties on Friday, abelnewsng reports. This is …

The Nigeria Airways branch of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) today appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the delay in releasing the N45 billion approved for the payment of the pension arrears  of the former workers of the moribund NAL. This is just as they decried the …

The Istanbul Bosphorus Experience is a new program, specially designed by Turkish Airlines for its Business Class passengers who have a transfer time of seven or more hours in Istanbul. Turkey’s national flag carrier, recently awarded with four Skytrax World Airline Awards*, introduces this program to enable its transfer passengers …

  Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Mr. Allen Onyema has challenged lawyers in the country to think outside the box and position themselves to benefit from the boundless opportunities the aviation sector offers. Onyema gave the advice at the Nigerian Bar Association-Section on Business Law, Aviation Committee Conference tagged: …

  The Senate and House Committee on Aviation have ordered Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), Lagos to submit documents of the concession agreements, which gave the entity 12 years to manage MMA2 and which further increased it from 12 to 36. …

  Ethiopian’s newest 787 touched down in Addis Ababa following a non-stop 8,354 mile (13,444 km) delivery flight from Boeing’s Everett, Wash., facility. Ethiopian becomes the first carrier in Africa to operate the 787-9 and extends a tradition of setting aviation milestones. Ethiopian became Africa’s first carrier to fly the …

British Airways customers travelling between London and New York JFK, will get an even better night’s sleep in the sky as new bedding from The White Company goes on board from this week.   Club World customers on the airline’s flagship route can now enjoy luxurious bedding and amenity kits from the iconic …