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The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has wade in and arrested a level 6 officer, of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Christy Olabode for allegedly diverting and stealing N70 million belonging to the agency. This is just as FAAN said that it has suspended Olabode, the staff …

Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Arik Air, has won another accolade with the award of West African Airline of the Year bestowed on it at the Ghana Aviation Awards 2016 held in Accra on Friday, July 29, 2016. The award, according to Ghana Aviation Awards Events Director, Richard Abbey Jnr., was …

We are pleased to announce that Meridiana fly launched their Milan Malpensa (MXP) to Lagos (LOS) route successfully earlier today. Dre aviation is the country representative and GSA for the airline in Nigeria and are pleased with the initial launch which went seamlessly. The route will be serviced initially once …

An Emirates Airlines Boeing 777-300, registration A6-EMW performing flight EK-521 from Thiruvananthapuram (India) to Dubai (United Arab Emirates) with 275 people on board, was on final approach to Dubai’s runway 12L at 12:41L (08:41Z) but attempted to go around from low height. The aircraft however did not climb, but after …

Dre aviation have announced a further strengthening of ties with Dana Air, Nigeria’s leading commercial airline. As part of dre aviation’s expansion across West Africa, they have seconded Sandip Chowdhury from Dana Air to support their airport supervision contract of Meridiana fly’s operations in Lagos. Sandip is a seasoned airline …

DOHA, Qatar – On 12 July 2016 Qatar Airways announced that it held a 15.67 per cent shareholding in International Airlines Group (IAG) and reiterated that it may consider increasing its stake further within the allowable limits. Non-EU shareholders of IAG including Qatar Airways are subject to an overall cap …

Leaders of Southwest Airlines’ pilots and mechanics unions have called for the ouster of the Dallas-based company’s CEO, Gary Kelly, and chief operating officer Mike Van de Ven in a vote of no confidence, the unions said Monday. “As tenured employees and frontline leaders of this company, we can no …

Newly released video, obtained by the Lexington Herald-Leader, shows a Lexington man being subdued by a pilot after a confrontation with the flight crew of an American Airlines flight to Charlotte. Lexington native Brian Colón, 23, shot the video on the July 21 flight that ended in the arrest of …

A Korean tourist who was arrested after he became violent when he wasn’t allowed to do yoga on a plane leaving Hawaii won’t get additional jail time. But he must pay United Airlines more than $44,000. A federal judge in Honolulu on Thursday sentenced Hyongtae Pae to time served, which …

Airline pilots describe being pushed to the limit and warn about the impact on flight safety in a cache of leaked documents that give a unique and occasionally hair-raising insight into the aviation industry. Crews complain about fatigue and potentially dangerous schedules at a leading budget airline, which is already …