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Wreckage of the EgyptAir flight that went missing over the Mediterranean last month has been found, Egyptian investigators say. A statement said “several main locations of the wreckage” had been identified. A deep sea search vessel had also sent back the first images of the wreckage, the statement added. There …

Arik Air, West and Central Africa’s largest carrier has received a royal endorsement from the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II as the foremost traditional ruler and a large entourage including some traditional rulers from the South West States of the country reaffirmed his support for Nigerian …

Our health is in our hands and whether we stay on the ground or fly up in the air, there are certain precautions we can take to make our journeys more enjoyable.  Here are some nice to know Healthy tips for happy trips. On a flight, dont Sit tight Change …

London Stansted enjoyed another record breaking month as the UK’s fourth busiest airport welcomed over 2.1 million passengers in May 2016. Passenger numbers were up 4.6% on 2015 during the busiest May on record at the airport. Load factors – the average number of seats occupied on each flight – …

Tempers flared yesterday morning at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos, as Medview Airline “suddenly” cancelled a scheduled flight to London. The passengers, in their numbers, frowned on the “unfriendly conduct” of the operator, alleging that they were not carried along. But for the intervention of men of the …

A 52-year-old Bulgarian man was arrested as he was about to board an airplane after he was overheard saying: “No one is going to survive”. Ivan Zlatev Manolov was arraigned before Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech this afternoon, charged with threatening people as well as with threatening two police officers. The …

First I would say if I were a customer what would I want? I would like whatever Organisation I deal with to keep to it promises. If you promise professionalism make sure your staff delivers. If you promise prompt attention then make sure you put processes in place to meet …

Air France, hobbled by a strike involving more than a quarter of its pilots, said about 80 percent of its flights would operate on Sunday and Monday. Air France-KLM Group’s French arm will honor 83 percent of its scheduled long-haul flights and 86 percent of its domestic ones on Sunday, …

Med-View Airline has taken delivery of its Boeing 737-500 aircraft after undergoing a comprehensive check in Estonia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the aircraft was received by the airline’s Managing Director, Alhaji Muneer Bankole, on arrival at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal two (MMA2) in Lagos on …

Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, has described the statement by Ravi Naik, a former Indian Chief Minister, on Nigerians as “condescending and unacceptable”. In a statement by her Special Assistant on Media, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Dabiri-Erewa said the call by Naik …