Troubled Nigerian Airline Aero Contractors Suspends Flight Operations, Accuses Former Oceanic Bank Of Fraud

After over five years of been in murky waters due to the diversion of funds and inflation of aircraft price by its the management, Aero Contractors has finally announced its plans to suspended flight operations from tomorrow, Thursday, September 1, 2016.

India grounds Air Arabia’s designated airline status plea

India has declined a request, for a second time, from the United Arab Emirates’ Ras Al Khaimah to grant flying rights for Air Arabia to connect with Indian cities as its designated carrier.

United Airlines pilots arrested in Glasgow on alcohol charge

Two airline pilots are due to appear in court after being arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol as they prepared to fly a passenger jet from Scotland to the US.

Southwest flight makes emergency landing after engine fails

A Southwest Airlines flight from New Orleans to Orlando was forced to make an emergency landing when one of the engines failed, the airline said.

Ghana to receive support from British aviation sector

UK Minister for Aviation, Lord Tariq Mahmood Ahmad

Ghana’s aviation industry is to attract stronger support from the British aviation sector to help accelerate the government’s objective of making the country an aviation hub in West Africa.

South African pilot dies at China air show

The South African pilot of an aerobatic aircraft was killed when it crashed during an air show in north-central China's Gansu province on Saturday morning.

Air India plane wing nearly hits passenger coach at Jabalpur airport

Scores of passengers who had just deplaned a SpiceJet flight escaped unhurt at Jabalpur airport on Saturday when the wing of a taxiing Air India plane narrowly missed hitting the coach in which they were travelling. The incident happened when the coach carrying passengers, who landed from a Delhi flight (SG-2641) was preparing to move towards the terminal building.

U.S. lifts Mexico flight restrictions; McAllen hoping to grow

A photo of San Luis Potosi is framed on the wall in Liz Suarez’s office at the McAllen airport. There are some flight statistics printed on the perimeter, but none of that matters. The meaning of it does.

Airline to use smart chips attached to your luggage to make sure it doesn't get lost

An airline has announced it will use smart chips attached to passengers' luggage to make sure belongings do not go missing.
Delta Airlines, based Atlanta, said it will use Radio Frequency Identification chips placed on travellers' bags to track their location.

No in-flight selfies!

Worried about security risks arising out of in-flight selfies, aviation regulator DGCA may soon ask airlines to strictly enforce a ban on taking pictures inside cockpit and at other critical places, including by crew members.

Japan's biggest airline grounds its Dreamliners over engine problem

Japan’s biggest airline has started grounding its fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners after discovering a problem with the plane’s Rolls-Royce engines, in another setback for the troubled aircraft.

Airlander 'Flying Bum' Crashes On Test Flight

Airlander 10, the world's largest aircraft, has crashed during its second test flight since being revamped in the UK.

Blue Angels jet arrives at Museum of Flight

A McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C, which was flown as part of the Blue Angels for 12 years, arrived at Seattle's Museum of Flight on Tuesday morning.

Qantas’s $4.3 billion turnaround

JUST two years after Qantas sank to its biggest ever loss, the Flying Kangaroo has soared to new heights with a record $1.532 billion pre-tax profit, and $1 billion after tax.

To improve retention, Air Force set to offer fighter pilots $400k+ bonuses

The United States Air Force is facing a pilot shortage. More and more pilots are lured away from their jobs in the Air Force and toward contract work or airline gigs.

Federal Aviation Administration is loosening regulation on who can fly drones

The Federal Aviation Administration announced it will allow companies to fly unmanned aircraft systems for profit, changing the way businesses operate.

Russia’s inspection of airports does not harm our sovereignty: Aviation Minister

Egypt has reached an agreement with Russia on a road map that would lead to the resumption of suspended direct flights, announced Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathy on Monday.

Aviation unions protest Nigerian FG’s planned concession of airports

Workers’ unions in the Nigerian Aviation industry on Tuesday embarked on massive rally to protest the planned concession of the four major airports in the country to private investors by the Federal Government.

Turkish Airlines pilots 'willing' to take up army jobs

Hundreds of Turkish Airlines (THY) pilots are willing to give up their civilian careers to work for the Turkish armed forces following a failed coup attempt last month, according to the airline's chairman.

Nigerian taxman raids Skyjet Aviation Services

Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has seized and sealed off the premises of Skyjet Aviation Services (Kaduna) in the Northwest Nigerian city of Kaduna citing unpaid back taxes.

Safety 1st Training Puts Nigerian FBO on the Map

Nigerian business aviation service provider EAN Aviation is the first African Safety 1st qualified location to be listed on the National Air Transportation Association’s (NATA) FBO map. The Lagos-based company, one of the few full-service, purpose-built FBOs in Africa, was recognized for consistently maintaining its employees' training status.

South Africa's first black female pilot is helping other African women take off

Asnath Mahapa was fascinated by planes as a teenager, little did she know she would break boundaries with them by becoming South Africa's first African female pilot.

SpiceJet mid-air mishap averted

A mid-air mishap was averted due to an auto-generated warning after a SpiceJet aircraft came in close proximity of an overflying Emirates plane in Indian airspace.

WING AND A PRAYER MH370 investigators will dump ‘replica wing flaps into the ocean’ in the hope of tracking how wreckage from jet could travel

INVESTIGATORS probing the disappearance of MH370 plan to dump replica debris into the sea in a bid to track its movement and find the crash site.

Aviation fuel price may force airlines to fly from Ghana

Experts in the aviation sector say increase in the price of aviation fuel from N105 to N220 per litre in Nigeria may soon cause airlines operating in the country to move to Ghana where aviation fuel is sold for N110 per litre.

CNN Announces Its First Dedicated Drone Unit, 'CNN Air'

Cable television news organization CNN has launched CNN Aerial Imagery and Reporting (CNN Air), its first dedicated drone unit. CNN Air will employ two full-time unmanned aircraft systems operators “to fully integrate aerial imagery and reporting across all CNN networks and platforms, along with Turner Broadcasting and Time Warner entities,” the broadcaster announced on August 18.

Qatar Airways plane makes emergency landing in Istanbul

A Qatar Airways passenger plane has made an emergency landing at Istanbul’s Atatürk airport due to an engine fire believed to have been caused by a bird.

World's largest aircraft the Airlander makes maiden flight in UK

A blimp-shaped, helium-filled airship considered the world's largest aircraft flew for the first time on Wednesday with a short but historic jaunt over an airfield in central England.

China to restrict North Korea's Air Koryo after emergency landing

Chinese authorities will limit the operations of North Korean airline Air Koryo, after a Beijing-bound flight made an emergency landing last month.

Ryanair invests €1bn into Italy

Ryanair is to invest heavily into the Italian market next year, following changes to government policy. The airline said it would spend over $1bn (€887m) on 10 new aircraft for its services in the country.

Queenstown drone forces plane to divert

An incident where a plane in Queenstown had to change course to avoid hitting a drone was extremely dangerous, the Civil Aviation Authority says.

EASA To Tighten Pilot Medical Requirements

The European Aviation Safety Agency has sent a set of proposals to the European Commission that would update the rules governing pilot medical qualifications.

Ethiopian secures second airbus A350 XWB

Ethiopian Airlines has taken another leap forward by receiving its second Airbus A350 XWB, which arrived at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport on Tuesday, August 16.

Flying getting riskier in India as safety incidents increase

It's getting increasingly unsafe to fly in the world's fastest growing aviation market.

Missing plane: What happened to the Indian military aircraft?

Indian aviation experts appear no closer to solving the mystery of a military aircraft that disappeared over the Bay of Bengal last month with 29 people on board.

FAA Lifts Nine-Year Ban on Indonesian Airlines

For the past nine years, airlines from Indonesia have been conspicuously absent on the tarmacs of U.S. airports—but all of that is about to change.

Cover-up fears over Egypt air crash

Investigators have come under fresh pressure to break their silence about the mysterious crash of an Airbus passenger jet in the Mediterranean.

Air Arabia pilot champions careers in aviation for women

Ghada Mohamed Al Rousi remembers the thrill and the adrenalin rush that came from riding a roller coaster as a small child. At the time, she had never given a thought to becoming a pilot, but once she set foot in a flight deck a few years ago, the thrill was back.

2 Pilots of Air India And Jet Airways Caught Drunk After Flight, Punished

Two pilots of Air India and Jet Airways have been suspended for four years after they were found drunk after they landed their flights in India.

Why Airplanes Experience Turbulence

Any regular flyer will have experienced turbulence and probably dismissed it as nothing more than a few minutes of stomach-lurching discomfort.

Woman offloaded from GoAir flight to Lucknow for abusing crew

A GoAir passenger who claimed to be a celebrity was denied boarding on a Lucknow-bound flight at the Mumbai airport on Thursday for throwing tantrums and abusing the crew.

Nationwide wins SAA anti-competition case; awarded $7.8mn

A South Gauteng High Court has awarded Nationwide Airlines (CE, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) ZAR104.6 million (USD7.89 million) in damages plus interest after ruling that South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) practices did breach South Africa's Competition Act and did inflict financial harm on Nationwide.

'Flying Bum' set for first flight as civilian aircraft

The Airlander 10, known in Britain as "the Flying Bum" because of its unique structure, has slowly edged its way out of a hangar in central England ahead of its debut flight as a civilian aircraft.

Passengers using mobile phone on planes face $7,500 fine in china

Passengers using mobile phones on planes might face 50,000 yuan (US$7,515) fine, according to a latest draft amendment to the country's Civil Aviation Law that was published on Monday by the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

Nigeria sues Turkish Airlines for consumer rights violations

The Nigerian government has taken Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul Atatürk) to court for refusing to cooperate with the West African nation's Consumer Protection Council (CPC).

Nigeria: Aviation Agencies Under Pressure Over N40 Billion Airline Debts

The federal government is mounting pressure on aviation agencies to recover over N40 billion debts from some debtor airlines, Daily Trust can report.

Airbus criminal investigation by SFO could hit plane-maker's sales dominance

Airbus’s sales domination in key emerging markets could be hit by the Serious Fraud Office’s criminal investigation into the company’s use of middlemen to broker deals.

Kuwait Airways begins disposing of parked A310 fleet

Kuwait Airways (KU, Kuwait) has begun selling off its entire fleet of A310-300s following their retirement from scheduled service late last year. 

How a Computer Outage Can Take Down a Whole Airline

JUST AFTER FIVE in the morning on Monday, Delta sent out an alert every traveler dreads. “Delta has experienced a computer outage that has affected flights scheduled for this morning.”

14 airlines close shop in Nigeria amid forex hike

No fewer than 14 airlines have withdrawn their services from the country due to low patronage on account of the economic recession.
The airlines, including Iberia, United Airlines and Air Gambia, are among the 50 that operated the Nigerian routes some months ago.
Besides, foreign airlines operating in the country are estimated to have lost about N64 billion in the wake of the new foreign exchange (forex) policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

ASKY Airlines eyes own West African MRO, training facilities

ASKY Airlines (KP, Lomé) is planning to establish a training and aircraft MRO facility in West Africa in partnership with shareholder, Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa), the latter's CEO Tewolde Gebremariam has disclosed.