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  Ever heard of a standing seat? A Colombian airline is considering an innovative way of making flying even cheaper — by removing seats and making passengers, with these seats. In the past, the airlines already voiced their plan to make flying accessible to more people.  In 2003, Airbus came up with an …

A United Airlines plane has been evacuated after it landed at a Colorado airport with one of its engines on fire, 9news reports. The jet, operated by regional carrier SkyWest Airlines, was reportedly alight as it approached landing at Denver International Airport about 2.20pm (local time) yesterday. All passengers were evacuated …

Ethiopian Aviation Academy, the largest aviation academy in Africa, a full ICAO Trainer Plus Member and IATA Authorized Global Training Center, is pleased to announce that it has graduated 81 aviation maintenance technicians, 186 cabin crew and catering professionals, 70 commercial and ground service professionals at a graduation ceremony held at …

U.S. security officials are allowing passengers on flights from Abu Dhabi to the United States to carry their laptops and other electronics in airplane cabins. The Department of Homeland Security said Sunday that it is lifting the ban because additional security measures have been put in place. Etihad Airways is …

*Introduces Additional baggage allowance on the new service. Effective 10th July, ASKY Airlines, The Pan African Airline, launches daily flight operations between Lagos and Accra and between Accra and Abuja. This is in line with ASKY’s mission to seamlessly connect West and Central Africa, making business and leisure travel easy …

The recent revelation that Nigerians and Nigerian businesses own and operate 29 private jets that are registered in South Africa, has attracted the attention of the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Mr. Tunde Fowler, who has vowed that his agency would ensure they do not evade tax. …

The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), one of the leading  industry unions has threatened  to shut down operations in the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) across the five regions over refusal of the regulatory body to issue promotion letters  to  staff, who passed the last promotion exercise. The …

Arik Air, Nigeria’s largest carrier  is to resume daily flight operations between Abuja, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana from Monday, July 17, 2017. abelnewsng reports. According to an online statement by the airline, flights between Abuja and Accra were suspended in March following the closure of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja …

The government says it will allow the lease by British Airways of some Qatar Airways planes and crew to help cover a 16-day strike by some UK staff. Transport Secretary Chris Grayling says BA can lease nine Qatar A320 and 321 planes and crew after advice from the Civil Aviation …

British Airways cabin crew based at the UK’s busiest airport have launched a 16 day strike in a long-running dispute over pay. Members of Unite in the so-called mixed fleet – those who have joined the airline since 2010 – walked out from midnight at Heathrow Airport amid union claims that they are …