A snake on a plane prompted United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier Emirates Airline to cancel one of its flights from Muscat, in neighbouring Oman, to Dubai on Sunday, UAE daily Gulf News reported on Monday. The daily quoted an Emirates spokesperson as saying that flight EK0863 from Muscat to Dubai …
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After months of speculations, the Federal Government today removed heads of parastatals including the Acting Managing Director of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency(NAMA), Director-General, Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), Rector, Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) Zaria and Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB). President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of …
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Ahead of this week’s cabin crew strike, British Airways has cancelled 48 flights – including some long-haul departures, with four flights to and from California axed.Members of the Unite union working for BA’s Mixed Fleet operation at Heathrow are walking out on Tuesday10 and Wednesday 11 January in a dispute …
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For the umpteenth time, former workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways converged in Lagos for a special prayer to seek divine intervention over the delay in the payment of their entitlements, which amounts to over N80 billion. According to Daily Trust report, Some of the ex-workers under the platform of …
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The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority’s Directorate of Licensing, had their New Year get together Party today. Other departmental staff were there to celebrate with them in their usual tradition. See more photos:
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Five people have been shot dead by a gunman at Fort Lauderdale airport in Florida, say officials. It happened at the baggage claim area in Terminal 2, just before 1300 local time (1800 GMT), the airport confirmed. Five people were killed, eight injured and one person was unharmed in custody, …
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Foreign airline operators have rejected the Kaduna Airport as alternative following the plans by the Federal Government to close the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (NAIA) for repairs. The operators say they would prefer Lagos, Port Harcourt and Kano terminals as alternative. Speaking yesterday at the Stakeholders …
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A Liverpool man found dead on an Amsterdam railway line was working his ‘dream job’ as a cabin crew member, friends have said. Michael Moran’s body was found on Monday, and authorities believe he had been hit by a train. His death is now being investigated. Michael, believed to have …
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Etihad Airways, one of the three Middle East carriers which have shaken up the global aviation business over the past decade, is to lay off some staff, in the latest sign of difficulty among the region’s airlines. According to a spokesperson for the airline, it is embarking on a restructuring …
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OTTAWA — It was 7 a.m., and 99 passengers and six crew members were aboard a 737 on the tarmac at Calgary International Airport, bound for a sunny holiday in Cancun, Mexico. There was one problem, however. The flight’s captain was passed out in the cockpit, apparently from drinking. The …
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