In the bid to save its lean resources, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has played host to the pilot edition of Safety Oversight Inspectors Course (Aerodrome) in Lagos, Nigeria. Hitherto the regulatory body usually send its personnel to attend this course and others overseas but in response to the present economic crunch, NCAA decided […]
An 18-year-old flight attendant was raped in her hotel room in Romulus on Monday morning – and Romulus Police are seeking the public’s help for any details about the perpetrator. The rape took place in the early morning on Monday, between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m., after the flight attendant arrived at the Days Inn […]
Nigerian airlines are fast losing passengers traffic due to the economic downturn and the fact that at the beginning of every year airlines record low passenger movement. Industry observers say that airlines have lost about 40 per cent of the traffic because many people who otherwise would be travelling chose not to […]
India has eased rules for foreign investment in the country’s aviation sector in a bid to boost air travel and develop new airports in Asia’s third-largest economy. The new measures allow 100 percent foreign ownership of India-based airlines, raising the limit from 49 percent, but only with prior approval from the government, according to a […]
A British vote to leave the European Union in Thursday’s referendum would call into question EU agreements on open airspace that have allowed a huge expansion of air travel, creating uncertainty for British and other EU airlines. Flying rights between two countries, including how many airports a carrier may fly to and how often, are […]