Gatwick Airport workers jailed for £2.4m catering theft scam caught on CCTV

  Gatwick Airport workers who plotted to steal millions of pounds from their employer are caught red-handed in a CCTV footage. Masses of cigarettes, perfumes, alcohol and electrical goods with a combined value of £2,432,665 were stolen in the scam between January 1 and August 1 2013. The large-scale conspiracy …

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Royal Jordanian and Qatar Airways offer passengers even more shared destinations

Royal Jordanian and Qatar Airways have announced an expansion of their current code-share agreement, which will add six new destinations to ‌ Royal Jordanian’s network. RJ will enhance Qatar Airways’ network with the addition of flights from Amman to Doha, furthering the existing Qatar Airways code-share on Royal Jordanian operated …

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US Deports 41 Nigerians, Arrives Lagos Airport

A total of 41 Nigerians,who  were today deported from the United States to Nigeria arrived the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos. A source who spoke to abelnews.com on the condition of anonymity stated that the aircraft  that brought the deportees; Miami International arrived the airport at …

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Jimoh Ibrahim, UBA disagree over N120bn aviation fund

There was a mild drama at the investigative public hearing on the alleged mismanagement of N120bn Aviation Intervention Fund, organised by the Senate Committee on Aviation on Wednesday when the former Chairman of the defunct Air Nigeria, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, denied collecting N35.5bn from the Bank of Industry. But members …

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Fashion In Flight: A History of Airline Uniform Design

The airline uniform occupies a unique place in the history of women’s wear. For more than eighty-five years, the airlines’ passenger-service and safety professionals—variably called stewardess, hostess, and flight attendant—have been dressed in outfits designed to signify a distinct role in the workplace, project the identity of their employer, and …

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Nobody in Nigeria can seize my property — JIMOH IBRAHIM

The Group Chairman of NICON Investment Limited, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, said yesterday that nobody in Nigeria can seize his properties. Ibrahim, who in a statement yesterday, was reacting to a report which said a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, had given Assets Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, an interim …

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Suspected Baby Kidnapper caught at Mma2

A woman presumed to be in her 50’s, suspected to have kidnapped a 2 weeks old baby girl was caught whilst trying to check in on Aero Portharcourt bound Flight today. According to reliable sources, trouble started when the woman was trying to check in and the baby began to …

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Chinese Aviation School drills for Cabin Crew

A group of 20 soon-to-be cabin crew members at a college in China have to go through tough training and physically challenging set of exercises before graduation. The group of female students at East Star Aviation and Tourism College in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, endured scorching heat and taxing …

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List of African countries banned from flying into the EU Skies

Airlines from at least 12 African states have been banned from the European Union Skies due to lack of safety oversight by the aviation authorities in their states. The African states are among the list of 19 states from across the world with at least 214 certified airlines in their …

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