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By Oludare Mayowa and Chijioke Ohuocha LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s largest airline Arik Air plans to nearly double its fleet to 52 planes within 10 Read more
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African Airways (SAA) will become profitable by containing costs and reviewing flight routes, it said on Friday, as credit rating agencies Read more
An American Airlines passenger jet caught fire Friday at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, forcing an emergency evacuation of passengers and resulting in nine injuries. American Read more
After two years of looking to expand, aircraft component maker Rockwell Collins Inc has struck a deal to buy aircraft interior maker B/E Aerospace Inc Read more
VALLETTA (Reuters) – A light aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from Malta on Monday, killing at least five people on board in the island nation’s Read more
By Tom Arnold DUBAI Oct 19 (Reuters) – Emirates Airline will suspend its four times weekly service between Dubai and Nigeria’s capital Abuja starting Oct. Read more
(CNN)Anyone who’s lost an evening researching flight deals knows that airfare pricing can seem pretty random — high one week, low the next and long-distance Read more
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia said on Thursday that a large piece of aircraft debris discovered on the island of Pemba, off the coast of Read more
In what has become a regular occurrence in recent weeks, flight operations and other activities at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos has again Read more
(Adds comment from Arik on resumption of flights) ABUJA (Reuters) – Arik Air, Nigeria’s largest airline, cancelled all flights on Tuesday in what it called a Read more
* Currency crash leads to jet fuel price shock * Fuel often scarce as importers struggle for dollars * Airlines detour to refuel, use smaller Read more
SINGAPORE (Channel News Asia) – AirAsia will provide free flights to all Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Paralympians who won a medal at the Read more
Lekan Adetayo, Oyetunji Abioye, Kunle Falayi, Jesusegun Alagbe and Eric Dumo Despite the biting economic recession in the country, the Federal Government has spent the Read more
Leaders of aviation workers’ union have expressed different views on Aero Contractors’ to suspend flight oeprations from September 1. Isaac Balami, president, National Association of Read more
By Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) – Rwanda has signed a deal with the African division of Portuguese construction firm Mota-Engil to build an international airport Read more
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisair, Tunisia’s state-owned carrier, plans to lay off 1,000 employees or more than 12 percent of its full-time workforce, as part of Read more
(CNN) Police are searching Los Angeles International Airport following unconfirmed reports of a shooting at the facility. “All precautions being taken to ensure safety of public. Read more
By Mfuneko Toyana JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s main opposition the Democratic Alliance (DA) called on Friday for an urgent parliamentary meeting to work out Read more
(9News) Australia’s national carrier Qantas will return a further $500 million of capital to shareholders after Australia’s biggest airline reported an 84.7 percent jump in Read more
Thousands of air passengers around the world have been left stranded after a power cut forced the US airline Delta to suspend flights. The incident Read more
An Emirates Airline flight from India caught fire after making an emergency landing at Dubai International Airport on Wednesday, but all 300 passengers and crew Read more
[BBC] A world-leading air crash investigator has said he believes flight MH370 was deliberately flown into the sea. Larry Vance told Australian news programme 60 Read more
(CNN) A large wing part recently found on a Tanzanian island “highly likely” came from missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, according to Australia’s transport minister. The Read more
[Istanbul – Reuters] Three suicide bombers opened fire then blew themselves up in Istanbul’s main international airport on Tuesday, killing 36 people and wounding close to Read more
[Associated Press] CAIRO (AP) — An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo carrying 66 people disappeared from radar early Thursday morning, the airline said. EgyptAir Read more
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