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Miracle: Pilot Ibironke Rotimi-Olajide of Azman Air and her team Survives a Ghastly Car accident in Kaduna, after a successful flight. In a her state of gratitude to God this morning, she took to facebook and posted this testimony below: “God is great!!my story goes like this. 15/01/2017 is a …

Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, is delighted to announce that it will launch seven new destinations within five months during the 2017 calendar year.  This is one of the greatest expansions in Ethiopian’s long and illustrious history. From February to June, Ethiopian will launch new service to Victoria Falls …

Newly appointed Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Capt. Fola Akinkuotu has promised that under his watch, the agency would strive to keep pace with dynamics of the industry by aggressively improving technology and building a robust staff capacity that would effectively man the sophisticated infrastructure of …

Last week, Association of Professional Flight Attendants lost in the first step of a grievance process where it argued that American Airlines has provided new uniforms that cause adverse health reactions for thousands of employees. The union, which represents the carrier’s 25,000 flight attendants, said American should either allow members …

A Turkish cargo plane flying from Hong Kong has crashed in Kyrgyzstan, killing at least 37 people, most of them on the ground, officials say. The Boeing 747 TC-MCL aircraft operated by ACT Airlines crashed as it landed in fog at Manas airport, 25km (15 miles) north of the capital, …

  This is an old defunct Ghana Airways DC 10, but has been turned into a 118 seater restaurant, serving both local and international cuisines to both local and international hungry travellers.

Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday granted citizenship to 335 foreigners and rejected 165 applications. The Minister of Interior, retired Gen. Abudulrahman Dambazau, said on Wednesday that the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Nigerian citizenship received 500 applications and recommended 335 of the applicants for approval. He explained that 245 of …

The Senate has directed Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, to return on Tuesday  to give further detail on the planned closure of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The order was given  on Thursday after Sirika’s appearance before the lawmakers on the issue. President of the Senate, Dr Bukola …

According to STANDARD Digital report, Kenya Airways yesterday started the latest round of sacking that will affect 38 employees as it struggles to remain afloat. The airline had sent home 80 employees last July following an earlier decision taken in March 2016 that about 600 of its staff would be …

Federal Government planning to merge Merge Aero and Arik Air as the new national Carrier? Since the government announced plans to float the National Carrier this year, there has been speculations concerning this. Sources have informed mamajsaviationblog of plans by the Federal government to Merge Aero and Arik Air as the …