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Dubai: Residents can now carry out all visa and residency transactions through the new UAE vision system, introduced by the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) on Wednesday. Major General Mohammad Ahmad Al Marri, Director General of GDRFA, said residents will not be required any more to visit …

The Federal Government in a bid to reduce the amount being spent on overheard expenditure on Wednesday night banned all top officials of government from flying first class while embarking on officials trips. It said henceforth, all top officials of government such as ministers, permanent secretaries, Chairmen of Federal Government …

Two planes collided at an airport in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, resulting in a wing bursting into flames. A Batik Air passenger plane was taking off when its wing clipped the tail of a TransNusa aircraft being towed across the runway. Authorities said there were no injuries in the Monday night …

The ICAO has launched a new centralised online information area for aircraft tracking developments. The organisation in a statement on its website said that the disappearance of the Malaysia Airline flight MH370, en-route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China, on March 8, 2014, triggered a global search that is still …

The operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2), Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), has said it is ready to begin regional flight operations but is waiting to get approvals from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The BASL in a statement faulted the claims in some quarters that insufficient …

Air France-KLM CEO Alexandre de Juniac will step down from his post in July. The French airline CEO is set to become the new head of the International Air Transport Association — an airline industry trade group based in Montreal. Although, the lobbying group’s executive offices are in Geneva, Switzerland. …

Rayani Air is Malaysia’s first sharia-compliant airline – there is no alcohol on the plane, female Muslim cabin crew have to wear the hijab while non-Muslims have to be decently dressed, and prayers are recited before the aircraft takes off. The airline scored another first when it issued handwritten boarding …

Happy birthday babe…

Pretty Maltida Oke Adetola and Handsome Gabriel Chiogor are a year older today. Both were Cabin Crew with Virgin Nigeria. See what Matilda’s hubby post on facebook this morning in honour of her day: “Today I celebrate my beautiful wife as she turns plus 1. Matilda Oke-Adetola you are truly …

A United Airlines flight attendant on Monday intentionally deployed the emergency slide on a Boeing 737 in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred about noon as United Flight 1246 pulled into the gate after arriving from Sacramento, California. According to the airline, a female member of the cabin crew deliberately opened …