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Foreign exchange risk is now a major component of airfares on Nigerian routes, the country managers of top foreign airlines have revealed. Investigation by our correspondent revealed that the airlines operating on international routes in the country had increased airfares by as much as 100 per cent as a result …

Technically Incorrect: An Ivy League expert in search theory says the math he was writing may have been mistaken by a passenger for some sort of code, possibly terroristic. Oh, and he has dark skin. What does math look like? Would you be able to tell it apart from, say, …

An airline expert has revealed the secret to booking cheap flight tickets and no, it isn’t ‘book in advance’. A number of travel-booking sites will tell users the best times to book but the key, says airline expert Tim Lyon, is not the time you book but the time you …

A group of Jewish families that included elderly people, pregnant women and children were taken off an EasyJet passenger plane in Barcelona waiting to depart for Paris, according to a report on the European Jewish Press. One of the passengers, a Holocaust survivor, said the behavior of police who came …

Starting 4th July 2016, Emirates will launch a third daily service between Dubai and Cape Town, operated by Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.

The Managing Director of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Engr. Saleh Dunoma has urged the agency’s staff to adhere strictly to safety standards and procedure in line with Standard and Recommended Practices, recommended by the international Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). He said while addressing staff of the department of …

SINGAPORE – A Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane was involved in a near-collision with a Korean Air jet at Incheon International Airport in Seoul last Thursday (May 5), local media reported. Disaster was narrowly averted when an air traffic controller ordered SQ16, which was bound for San Francisco, to make an …

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has warned over growing proliferation of the use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), otherwise known as drones in the airspace. The NCAA said the useof drones without approval/ permit in the Nigerian airspace constitutes threat to safety, It has, however, issued safety guidelines over …

Foluke Oladapo of Emirates, formerly of Virgin Nigeria and Discovery Air Ticketing department got hooked to her sweeheaet Bode in the Traditional way today. See more wedding photos and video below:

Last year, Air Zimbabwe and Ethiopian Airlines made major strides towards the inclusion of women in the aviation world with the launch of their all-women flight crews. Women continue to be at the forefront of African-based air travel with the establishment of South Africa’s Fly Blue Crane, the first airline …