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Dublin Airport has become the first airport in the world to provide a virtual tour of its runway and airfield. In partnership with Google, Dublin Airport is offering a 3600 street level virtual tour of its runway system and airfield areas. Thousands of images were captured by Google’s Street View …

My thoughts this morning is on the everyday increasing slow motion syndrome of our time. Slow motion (commonly abbreviated as slowmo) is an effect in film-making whereby time appears to be slowed down.. . This is often used in a game of football and other live games. Slow motion replay …

Lufthansa Group flight schools together under one roof: The flight schools of the Lufthansa Group in Germany, Switzerland, and the United States are combining their activities under the European Flight Academy (EFA) umbrella. This was decided by the Group Executive Board in its meeting on May 24, 2016. EFA will offer …

  Dublin – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic data for April showing that demand (measured in total revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 4.6%–the slowest pace since January 2015. April capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) increased by 4.9%, and load factor slipped 0.3 …

Dublin – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that leaders of the global air transport industry are gathering in Dublin, Ireland for the Association’s 72nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit. The AGM will open with keynote addresses by Shane Ross TD, Ireland’s Minister for Transport, …

A passenger plane bound for Barcelona crashed into a tow truck at Manchester Airport on Saturday morning, forcing the entire aircraft to be evacuated. Dramatic photographs from the scene shows the Airbus 320’s nose resting on the roof of the truck’s cab, which was pushed forward by the impact. Firefighters …

Marathon race Marathon race is one of the very few sport that gets me glued to Tv …. I love marathons !Start point is always fun to see…..At the starting point you see all kinda people with unique goals . . Some are pro-pros.. Some are pros Others are semi-pros….the …

Monitor Flights From Middle, Far East, South Africa Security Expert Tells NDLEA Aviation Security Expert and the Chief Executive Officer of Centurion Securities, Group Capt. John Ojikutu (rtd) has advised the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to beam its search light on flights from Middle and Far East, East …

Trapped funds: BA – $100m, Iberia – $5m, Air France/KLM – $150m United States-based airline, Delta, and British mega car-rier, British Airways (BA), are poised to reap from the sudden withdrawal of United Airline’s service from the lucrative US-Nigerian route. This is coming at a time some of the carriers …

Mike Asomuga of Qatar Airways and his lovely wife Ibukun, formerly of Virgin Nigeria, to the glory of God celebrated their 10 years Wedding anniversary today with friends and loved ones. Yours truly was there to celebrate with them but got there late when the party has almost ended. But …