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Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, is introducing three additional passenger flights per week between Johannesburg and Abu Dhabi during the months of July until September (inclusive) to cater for the increased demand on this busy route over the summer. Complementing the airline’s existing daily service …

The security update arrives amid an international debate over how much access law enforcement should have to digital communications in the wake of a showdown between Apple and the FBI Reuters Washington: Facebook on Tuesday announced it had bolstered the default encryption settings for the more than one billion users …

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 …

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