On the #Jumpseat today is Captain Solomon Quianoo (CSQ). Captain Quianoo is from Ghana and flies the Airbus A380 for Emirates. On 2 October, 2018, be became the first Pilot to land the Airbus A380 in Ghana. He had since then been on our radar. Special thanks to our able moderator, Rytha Ainsoh De Baatimah, […]
Eleven people were treated at a local hospital after a plane carrying sick passengers landed at John F. Kennedy Airport Wednesday. Around 100 people on Emirates Flight 203 from Dubai complained of illness, with symptoms including cough and fever, before being officially evaluated, Benjamin Haynes, a spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that airlines on commercial service have airlifted four billion passengers in 2017, as Africa increased passenger traffic by 6.6 per cent. This was contained in IATA’s industry performance statistics for 2017. The world body said worldwide annual air passenger numbers exceeded four billion for the first time, […]
Emirates will be operating extra flights to Jeddah and Medina to help facilitate travel for pilgrims heading to and from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Hajj. Emirates will be operating 33 additional flights to Jeddah and Medina from 6 to 31 August to support the journey for pilgrims expected to travel to the Holy […]
Emirates has agreed to buy up to 36 Airbus A380s in a provisional order that will keep the world’s largest passenger jet in production for a further 10 years. The Memorandum of Understanding Emirates signed with Airbus is for 20 A380s and an option for 16 more. The 20 aircraft order is worth just over […]
