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If one man can change the world, then one man can certainly change a flight path. And that’s exactly what Joe Rao did. Rao, an associate astronomer at the American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium in New York (where celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson works), is an eclipse chaser, …

The “world’s largest aircraft”, a cross between an airship and an aeroplane, is only weeks away from its maiden flight, Sky News reported on Sunday. The Airlander 10 was originally developed for the US Army back in 2009, but re-imagined for commercial use when the project had been abandoned. Aviation …

On International Women’s Day, five of the Lufthansa Group’s long-haul flights with (almost) entirely women-only crews head for New York • 63 women and one man are taking care of the passengers on board of the flights from Frankfurt, Munich, Geneva, Vienna, and Brussels. On March 8th, five flights of …

Olufemi Osayogie, cabin crew turned Cinematographer and Photographer is a year older today. Cool, calm and very creative Olufemi Osayogie is the Ceo of Lesafe. The wife took to facebook page this morning to celebrate her hubby. See what she wrote: “May you always fly high in life and achieve …

Today is Banke’s birthday.

MedView Visits Nigerian Stock Exchange In Preparation For Listing   Credit: Abelnews  

Imagine a world where business travel is just as cozy — and convenient — as being at home or in your office. In this world, you can spend your time up in the air getting your work done, resting, relaxing or just indulging in some straight-up entertainment, all without ever …

Good news for airline passengers who get the heebie-jeebies when they walk into an airline lavatory: Boeing has invented a self-cleaning bathroom. The prototype announced by the aircraft manufacturer uses ultraviolet light that is triggered when the bathroom is unoccupied to kill germs in just three seconds. In the prototype, we …

For the second time in as many months, a federal lawmaker has pushed for minimum seat size standards on commercial planes to combat the airline industry’s efforts to shrink leg and hip room on U.S. flights. Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) is the latest lawmaker to introduce an amendment to …

Mid-sized and regional airlines in the US are suffering from a pilot shortage that could threaten the health of the broader US aviation industry. The labor shortfall has led to canceled flights at carriers like Mesa Airlines and Silver Airways. That has hit smaller airports, such as in Redding, California, …