Virgin Australia is boosting its international network and frequent flyer program through a codeshare agreement and frequent flyer partnership with Alitalia. Initially, Virgin will place its VA airline code on the Italian flag carrier’s flights from Abu Dhabi to Rome and Milan (Malpensa), which are operated by Boeing 777 and …
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Muslim flight crew don the hijab while non-Muslim crew are forbidden from wearing revealing clothing on board the airline, which launched last December. In-flight meals are completely halal and alcohol consumption is strictly banned. In recent weeks, however, the carrier had drawn increasing criticism from passengers and the government due …
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It is no longer news that One of the big player in the Airline sector in Naija is going through stormy times… But the latest gist is that the Airline is struggling hard to stay afloat and can no longer cope. From 11 airplanes to 4. The airline is operating …
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Meet our Aviator of the day: Kunle Martins. Who is Kunle Martins? “Kunle martins is an easy going gentleman who is married with kids and believes that you should do unto others as you would like to be done unto you. I am a Nigerian from Ilesha in present State …
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Africa World Airlines (AWA) after an intensive and rigorous process, received the International Operational Safety Audit Programme (IOSA) certificate from IATA. AWA has subsequently been listed on the IOSA register. AWA’s certificate is valid from May 1, 2015 to May 1, 2017. “It’s a safety and security audit programme run by …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday arraigned the Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Ibrahim Abdulsalam, and six others for alleged N5.5bn fraud. Abdulsalam and his co-accused persons were arraigned on 20 counts before Justice Babs Kuewumi of a Federal High Court in Lagos. Those charged …
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When a Swallow aircraft took off from Pasco, Washington, on an airmail route bound for Boise, Idaho, on April 6, 1926, it marked the beginning of 90 years of aviation firsts for United Airlines. Since then, United has connected more than 4 billion people to important business meetings, family events, …
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Videos of the dramatic moments a crane dropped an Air India plane onto the ground when trying to move it have been shared on social media. The Airbus A-320, which had been parked up since 2007, was being moved from Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad in southern India on Sunday morning when …
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An all-female crew operated the world’s longest continuous flight this week, from Delhi to San Francisco, in honor of International Women’s Day. Flight AI 73 on India’s national carrier, Air India, travelled a distance of 14,500 kilometres over 17 hours. It took off from Delhi on March 6 and landed …
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos has apprehended a driver and a trader over unlawful importation of 252 wraps of cocaine weighing 4.325kgs. According to the anti drug agency, the suspects were found to have ingested and stuffed …
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