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RENTON, Wash. — Boeing’s 737 MAX jet took off for its maiden flight on Friday morning, ushering in the next chapter for the aerospace giant’s longest-running and best-selling airplane. The company said it is on track to deliver the first of its upgraded aircraft in 2017. The jet, nicknamed “Spirit of Renton,” …

Manila : Part of a ceiling collapsed in the Philippines’ biggest airport Thursday, slightly injuring a foreign passenger, the latest in a series of incidents at a facility seen as among the worst in the world. The collapse at a restaurant at Terminal 3 of Manila airport “slightly scratched” a …

Boeing Co’s 737 MAX aircraft took off on its first flight on Friday from wet tarmac at an airport south of Seattle, marking another step toward scheduled delivery to airlines in 2017. Live video supplied by Boeing showed the smooth take-off of the plane, the fourth version of the original …

Meet cool, calm Olufemi Ilesanmi Osayogie a Cabin Crew formerly with Virgin Nigeria, Air Nigeria and discovery Air. Now an Enterprising Aviator. Who is Olufemi Ilesanmi Osayogie? “Olufemi Ilesanmi Osayogie is my name, and I’m a Lagos based wedding and lifestyle photographer. I have a passion for creativity, nature and people. …

AGAINST the backdrop of opposition’s criticisms of the MKO Abiola International Airport, Ido-Osun in Osun state, the consultant engineer to the state ‎government on the project Wemimo Adebajo, has said that the airport when completed, will rank among airports with the longest runways in Nigeria. Adebajo, during an inspection tour of …

THINGS Remembered, an in-flight catering outfit has disclosed plans to construct a catering facilities worth $11m at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos to take care of foreign airlines coming into the country. The Chief Executive Officer of the firm, Mrs Adeola Omikunle, who disclosed this at the launch of …

A shocking revelation about the poor facilities at the nation’s airports was made today by airline operators. To them, Nigerian airports’ communication and virtually all the Instrument Landing Systems (ILS) are less than the standard. They dispelled insinuations that the delays currently being experienced by airlines were as a result …

The court case between Nigeria based Virgin Atlantic Crew and Virgin Atlantic commences on the 8th of February 2016 at the National Industrial  Court at 31, Lugard Avenue Ikoyi, Lagos. If  you haven been following the story, now read the details below: The twenty Crew Members were relieved of their jobs …

Sad news! from Iheartcabincrew face book page. “WHAT A TRAGEDY. Cybelle Bueiry was with Middle East Airlines and was supposed to turn 26 years old next week. Recently, she flew to Abidjan/Africa on the January 5th. She came back with a mosquito bite which she innocently saw as just an …

Mr Musa Zwane, the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer of South African Airways (SAA), has expressed displeasure that non-African airlines provided the aviation needs of the African countries. Zwane said this in Abuja at a dinner organised to mark the maiden direct flight of the airline on the Johannesburg-Abuja route. …