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A new “ultra-low cost” Canadian airline is presenting an attractive new travel option, but one passenger advocate is warning travellers to avoid those tempting fares. NewLeaf airlines officially unveiled its new deeply discounted routes Wednesday, offering flights from Halifax, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Regina and Kelowna, among others, for prices ranging from …

Emeka Ezeuchenne is a Year Older Today. Happy Birthday Emeka.

…As FAAN MD Expresses Displeasure At Incident  Re-occurrence Barely two weeks after Turkish Airlines flight TK624 failed to airlift luggage of its passengers from Istanbul, which led to security breach at the international wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport (NAA), Abuja, the airline again failed to bring along with its …

OCALA — Veteran aircraft mechanic Greg Marino worked at Allegiant Air for just two weeks before he quit because of what he said are the airline’s dangerous maintenance practices. Marino said mechanics at the airline’s facility in Sanford often lapsed into bad maintenance habits. He said they failed to follow …

A British woman has been banned for life from flying with an airline because of her “unacceptable behavior.” The unnamed woman has been told by Jet2 that she is no longer welcome to fly with them after she forced an unscheduled landing by abusing staff. The 42-year-old from Sunderland was …

Happy Birthday to a Great Aviator: Idris Abdulkareem. Here is wishing you more fruitful years ahead.

A flight attendant who admitted to trying to smuggle more than 6.5 pounds of cocaine into South Florida in his spandex underwear has been sentenced to two years and six months in federal prison. The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports 40-year-old Rohan Myers was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty in …

Handsome Former MD of IRS Airlines Yemi dada is a year Older today. See more photos below…

WASHINGTON — United Airlines drew a $2.7 million fine from the government on Thursday for violating rules aimed at protecting disabled passengers and preventing long tarmac delays. The Transportation Department said there was a significant increase in 2014 in disability-related complaints regarding United. A department review found that United had …

An unhinged passenger attacked a stewardess on a United Airlines flight from New York to Chicago Thursday night, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in Detroit so the woman could be arrested. According to passenger Matthew Goldgraben, the woman involved in the incident came and asked to sit …