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Dana Air has restated its commitment to youth development and entrepreneurship in Nigeria, with its recent partnership with Africa’s Young Entrepreneurs (A.Y.E) Reality TV Show. The Communications Manager of Dana Air, Mr. Kingsley Ezenwa, while signing the partnership agreement with Africa’s Young Entrepreneurs said, ‘we are partnering with Africa’s Young …

At least eight people were injured after an airplane collided with a utility truck at Los Angeles International Airport. Officials say the single aisle commercial passenger jet collided with an airport utility truck shortly after landing on the taxiway near the runway, causing the truck to overturn. Eight people on …

London City is to become the first UK airport to replace its air traffic control tower with a remotely operated digital system. Instead of sitting in a tower overlooking the runway, controllers will be 120 miles away, watching live footage from high-definition cameras. The new system, due to be completed …

Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the UAE, has tasted success at the INSIGHTS Middle East Call Centre Awards. The annual competition is now in its 12th year and sets the regional benchmark for remote customer interaction success. The airline collected two prestigious awards at the ceremony held at The Crowne …

Health workers in Australia have warned of a “public health emergency” after footage emerged of young people in Northern Territory siphoning fuel from airplanes for sniffing. The video showed children as young as 10 breaking into the remote Elcho Island Airport and climbing onto the wings of planes to siphon …

Azman Air Services has commenced its first international operations, taking off from the Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano to Jedda, in Saudi Arabia, Channels television reports. Supervising the boarding exercise at the international terminal, the President of the airline, Mr Abdulmunaf Sarina, said two more aircraft will soon arrive Kano …

A wealthy Tribeca event planner, her pilot boyfriend and two young sons have disappeared in a plane in the Bermuda Triangle, authorities said Tuesday. According to the New York Post, the group had just spent Mother’s Day in Puerto Rico and were flying to Titusville, Fla., when their small twin-engine …

A small plane crashed on its approach to Teterboro Airport in New Jersey on Monday, killing two pilots and sparking fires that could be seen from New York, the Federal Aviation Administration and police said. The twin-engine Learjet 35 departed Philadelphia and went down at 3:30 p.m. EDT about a …

The airline industry is struggling with backlash from a string of recent confrontations with passengers. One of the latest involves a family that accused JetBlue over the weekend of kicking them off a flight for storing a birthday cake in an overhead bin reserved for safety equipment. But according to JetBlue …