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Gentlemen of the Press, we bring you greetings from the entire membership of our Unions and welcome you to this very important press release, as the two most prominent Unions – Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) and the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and its ally, the Nigeria Union of …

Poised to have a strong presence on the West Coast, Med-View Airline will on Friday, October 27,2017 spread its wings to Abidjan, Conakry and Dakar with an inaugural flight, abelnewsng reports. With the three new cities, the airline now has six destinations on the West Coast as Accra, Monrovia and …

A plane carrying two people taking part in a memorial event to mark the 1972 Andes air disaster has crashed in Uruguay, killing one of them. The light Piper aircraft crashed in the sea during a beachside anniversary barbecue near Montevideo on Sunday. The passenger’s body was found in the …

The French civil aviation authority (DGAC) has recommended that airlines reduce their flights by 30 percent on Tuesday due to a strike call by civil service unions, the transport ministry said on Friday. The airports affected are likely to include Paris’ two main airports, Charles de Gaulle and Orly, as …

Embattled low-cost airline Ryanair said its chief operations officer will depart the company at the end of the month. Michael Hickey will be the first executive to leave the company after a rostering error led to the cancellation of thousands of flights. In his role, Mr Hickey was responsible for …

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) forecasts Africa will be a market of 350 million airline passengers by 2035 and identified four priorities which must be addressed if aviation is to deliver maximum economic and social benefits for the countries on the continent. African aviation currently supports 6.8 million jobs …

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has commissioned the multimillion ultra modern six level car park at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA),Lagos, abelnewsng reports. The edifice was officially commissioned by the Managing Director of FAAN, Engr. Saleh Dunoma represented by the Director of Engineering Services, …

Air Peace has commended the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Federal Airports Authority (FAAN) for preventing the disruption of its flight operations by aviation unions at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos on Thursday, saying they discharged their responsibility to protect law-abiding members of …

Delta today reported operating performance for September 2017. The company carried 14.7 million passengers across our broad global network in the month. During the month, Hurricanes Irma and Maria affected operations across the Caribbean and southeastern United States. Hurricane Irma significantly affected operations with 2,200 flights cancelled from September 7-12 at …

In October 2002, Emirates became the first airline to link Japan and the Gulf region with non-stop flights when it introduced its four-times-per-week service to Osaka. Now serving three points in Japan daily, Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, has carried over 3.9 million passengers* in 15 years of service to Japan. The number of passengers carried in …