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Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded Africa Best Employer Brand and Business Leadership Excellence Awards  at the 3rd Edition of AFRICA BEST EMPLOYER BRAND AWARDS ceremony held in Mauritius on December 06, 2016. AFRICA BEST EMPLOYER BRAND AWARDS recognizes top organizations …

One of the prominent Nigerian Airline Max Air Ltd will in the next two weeks resume it’s schedule …flights from Kano to Jeddah ( Saudi Arabia.) According to the airlines Media consultant Malam Ibrahim Dahiru Max Air will operate two schedule flights on Mondays and Thursdays every week from Kano …

Ethiopian Aviation Academy, the largest aviation academy in Africa, a full ICAO TRAINAIR PLUS Member designated as a Regional Center of Excellence and an IATA Authorized Global Training Center, is pleased to announce that it has graduated 107 Cabin Crew and Catering professionals as of December 10, 2016.  

Talk about when like minds unite. #VkCSAsUnite. The Customer Service Agents #CSAs, of the Defunct Air Nigeria, reunited yesterday at CMD Magodo. Now, your guess is as good as mine when like minds connect. It was fun all the way…. You cant beat the Vk Spirit. Can you? See more …

  • Scheduled holiday trips at risk • NCAA suspends five crewmembers for allegedly using marijuana Foreign airlines operating in Nigeria are panicking over current fuel shortage on the West African coast that may affect their operations especially as the Yuletide season beckons. While Nigeria, which is the major market …

The Lagos State Police Command says it has discovered a fake embassy operating in Lagos where many innocent members of the public had allegedly been defrauded. It was gathered that policemen attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) had swooped on the ‘embassy’ and arrested two Chinese and two Nigerians. …

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has said about 53 per cent of travellers give bribes to workers and officials at the Lagos and Abuja international airports. The ICPC Chairman, Ekpo Nta, said this, while unveiling a report on the Corruption Risk Assessment done on the Murtala …

Dana Air has denied a report by a newspaper, Ibom Telegraph, that one of its plane crashed in Lagos area on Sunday. The airline’s Media and Communications Manager, Kingsley Ezenwa, said there was no iota of truth in the report. He added that the report is entirely false and as …

Boeing said Thursday it has begun final assembly in North Charleston, S.C., of the first 787-10, the third and largest version of its Dreamliner jet family. “As we enter the next phase of the 787-10’s development, we eagerly watch our first airplane come to life,” said Ken Sanger, vice president …

The manager of South African Airways, one of the continent’s largest airlines, condemned the decrepit state of Nigeria’s airports while addressing aviation journalists in Lagos on Thursday. Mr. Ohis Ehimiaghe, SAA regional manager for North, West and Central Africa, described the nation’s airports, especially the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), …