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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 …

The U.S. is expected to broaden its ban on in-flight laptops and tablets to include planes from the European Union, a move that would create logistical chaos on the world’s busiest corridor of air travel. Alarmed at the proposal, which airline officials say is merely a matter of timing, European …

*Seeks N200B debts payment owed Bi-Courtney Chairman Resort Group, Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN) stated that the over N300 billion given to airlines to revive their operations some years back was wrongly applied, adding that the nation’s aviation sector would have developed better than what it is now had government the …

The family of former Ondo State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, the late Deji Falae, has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to hold that Associated Aviation Nigeria Limited and the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) caused his death in an air crash through negligence, Abelnewsng reports. The deceased …

The Etihad Aviation Group Board of Directors today appointed Ray Gammell as interim Group CEO, and confirmed that James Hogan, current President and Group CEO, will leave the company on 1 July 2017. Consistent with the company’s leadership transition plan, Gammell will assume full management responsibilities from today. Gammell is …

….Partners MMA2 on fly and win promo Dana Air has been announced as the official airline of the National Security Summit on Kidnapping, Farmers –Pastoralists clashes, violent crimes and criminality in Nigeria scheduled hold on 11th and 12th of May 2017, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. Themed: Forging partnerships for effective strategies …

Pakistan International Airlines has taken a senior pilot off-duty for allegedly sleeping on a London-bound flight, risking the lives of over 300 passengers on board by handing over the aircraft to a trainee.Captain Amir Akhtar Hashmi had taken a two-and-a-half- hour nap in the business class passenger cabin on April …

Another week, another airline fiasco. Delta became the latest flier to become embroiled in controversy after Brian Schear, a customer who boarded a red-eye from Maui to Los Angeles with his family, uploaded a video to YouTube revealing their encounter with flight officials who demanded that his 2-year-old son give up …