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A mild drama unfolded on Wednesday at the departure hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, when a middle – aged female passenger billed to travel with Etihad Airways died inside one of the toilets at the airport. Though details about the circumstances that led to her death …

Justice Abubakar Sadiq Umar of the FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to stop further hearing on a suit filed by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against former Minister of Aviation, Babalola Borishade and four others as prayed by the defendant’s counsel. Borishade, his former personal …

The former Nigeria Airways Limited (NAL) pilot and the pioneer President of Captain DafiekoSama Flight Safety Foundation, Capt. Tito Augustine Omaghomi is dead. A statement signed by the Vice President, ‘The Sama Foundation’, Mr Dafe –Urhobo Sama stated that Capt Tito as he was popularly called died on Sunday, January …

The body of a dead person found in a Western Global Airlines cargo plane destined for Durban, South Africa on Sunday has been taken for a post-mortem, the Zimbabwe Republic Police has confirmed. Police also confirmed that the plane’s cabin crew was still in the country but refused to divulge …

A man who allegedly launched a mid-air attack on the crew of a flight from Dubai to London was restrained when a travelling police officer put him in a headlock. The passenger is said to have become violent during the flight, attacking three members of staff on the Emirates plane …

No one, it seems, is immune to the danger of laser beams aimed at commercial airplanes. Not even Pope Francis. In a statement released Wednesday, Alitalia said one of its crews plus those on “other aircraft” in the area “noticed a laser light from the ground” as the pontiff’s plane prepared …

Cabin crew excellence urges all Cabin Crew: Take pride in your job! you are not just a Cabin Crew. #Cabincrew. #crewlife #flightattendant  

Mojereola, popularly called MJ is a year older today. Happy birthday MJ.

Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, wife of Capt. Mathew Ekeinde of Bristow, officially launched her event place called “Double Doors” over the Val’s weekend. She hosted close friends and fans to an “Old School Loving” themed party. Omotola handed roses to ladies as they came in. Guests generally hand a good time …

For an impending new Nigerian airline to acquire Air Operators’ Certificate, AOC, from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, but, it also takes an average of seven years of epileptic operations for such a carrier to close shop. In Europe and America, most of their legacy carriers would in a …