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Confirmed: Russia shot down crashed Azerbaijan jetliner
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said Sunday that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally, and criticized Moscow for trying to “hush up” the issue for days. “We can say with complete clarity that…
Wear pants, Delta Airline tell cabin crew
Delta Air Lines is reminding potential flight attendants that they need to be wearing underwear and over 1,100 people are surprised at why the requirement becomes necessary. The airline recently released a two-page memo for “appearance requirements” for future hires…
Paradox of profligacy: Tinubu’s jet amidst crushing poverty in Nigeria
Sopuruchi Onwuka President Bola Tinubu’s recent acquisition of a new Airbus A330 business jet, amid Nigeria’s most severe economic crisis in decades, has sparked widespread outrage, drawing attention to the stark contrast between the government’s extravagance and the dire living…
China trials cargo drones, air taxis as low-altitude economy gains speed
Engineers sent China’s biggest-yet cargo drone on a test run over the weekend while a helicopter taxi took to the skies on a soon-to-open 100-km (62-mile) route to Shanghai, laying new milestones for the country’s expanding low-altitude economy. Packing a…
Delta, United airlines cancel flights to Israel as M.East set to explode
United Airlines is suspending its daily flights to Israel, beginning with the Wednesday night flight from Newark to Tel Aviv, as tensions in the Middle East escalate. “Beginning with this evening’s flight from Newark Liberty to Tel Aviv, we are…
US Embassy asks Americans to leave Lebanon pronto
Sopuruchi Onwuka The government of the United States has warned its citizens in Lebanon to find their way out of the country as tension mounts over the bombing of Israeli children in a playing field. The U.S. Embassy in Lebanon…
NCAA approves Elint Systems to manage drone traffic in Nigeria
Sopuruchi Onwuka Federal government has cleared an indigenous aviation technology company, Elint Systems Limited, to assume the role of drone traffic management in the country; making it the first time unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) reined into a controlled traffic management…
Multiple taxation, forex pushing air tickets up –Okonkwo
For Nigerians to enjoy lower air travel tickets, the federal government must step in to save the aviation sector by moderating the over 20 taxes paid on every ticket purchased by travellers as well as reign in the astronomical rise…
Delta still grounded as most airlines creep out of tech quandary
Sopuruchi Onwuka One of America’s biggest airlines with a crucial route connecting Nigeria, Dalta Airlines, is exceptionally affected by the Friday’s tech glitch that plunged global businesses into lingering stalemate. Although most African airlines and airports were not affected by…
Nigerian local flights not affected by Microsoft’s software glitch
Local flights in Nigeria suffered little or no impact from the global information technology outage on Friday when glitches in Mocrosoft security software updates hung millions of computers, affecting flight schedules at major world airports. Although Microsoft announced that the…
