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A five- man Appeal Panel has upheld and reaffirmed the civil sanctions imposed on First Nation Airways and one of its Pilots by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), abelnewsng reports. This was contained in the Report submitted by the Panel to the regulatory authority at the conclusion of the …

  Air France on Thursday said it was investigating how a passenger was put on the wrong plane, travelling with a boarding pass bearing the same name as another passenger on that flight. Ana Maria Bittencourt Marques, a 45-year-old nursing assistant from Porto Alegre in Brazil, departed from Paris’s Charles …

A Lufthansa flight emergency landed at Manchester Airport today – after a woman gave birth on board. Luckily, three doctors were on board the trans-Atlantic flight to help with the delivery, according to the M.E.N. The plane was travelling from Colombia to Frankfurt and was grounded at the airport on Wednesday …

Etihad Airways today announced its 2016 financial results, recording a net loss of US$ 1.87 billion on US$ 8.36 billion in revenues as one-off impairment charges and fuel hedging losses weighed against a solid performance of the core airline. The core airline business achieved steady passenger revenues of US$ 4.9 …

Tycoon to stay on as chairman after selling 31% stake to Air France-KLM in deal worth £220m The potential end of an era looms in British aviation after Sir Richard Bransonannounced he is selling 31% of Virgin Atlantic, relinquishing his controlling interest in the airline he founded in 1984. Branson will net …

A Delta Airlines pilot and a flight attendant flew off the handle Monday at LaGuardia Airport, causing a two-hour delay, sources said. The 54-year-old pilot had a dispute with a 26-year-old flight attendant prior to takeoff aboard the plane bound for Portland, Maine, sources said. He and the attendant exchanged …

What happens in our ears when an aircraft climbs? Pressure and pain in your ears during a flight can be extremely annoying, even painful. And almost as unpleasant is having to wait another 12 hours, or longer, before being able to hear normally again. I’d like to give you some …

Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, is pleased to announce that it will start services to Bahrain effective August 17, 2017 with the latest B737-800 New Generation with Sky Interior. Bahrain, a nation comprising more than 30 islands in the Persian Gulf has been at the center of major trade routes …

– 20 year demand for cabin crew exceeds 800,000 Boeing (NYSE: BA) released its 2017 Pilot and Technician Outlook today at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh and projects a demand for more than 1.2 million pilots and technicians over the next 20 years. Now in its eighth year, the outlook is a respected …

Dana Air has announced a ‘Buy two, get one free’ promo for passengers on its Lagos – Owerri- Lagos route, as part of the benefits of its existing partnership with the Imo State Government. According to the Communications Manager of Dana Air, Kingsley Ezenwa, “we are delighted to have introduced …