ITA fires Pilot After Alleged Sleeping During long haul flight
A captain of a long-haul flight between New York and Rome was fired after accusations that he fell asleep and was unavailable while flying over France on May 1. ITA Airways confirmed on Tuesday that the pilot, who denies the incident, was…

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Air France-KLM CEO has expressed concerns over staff shortages at KLM and Schipol
The chief executive of Air France-KLM has expressed concern over further staffing shortages and aircraft delivery delays, as he looks ahead to the busiest travel months of the year. Ben Smith’s comments came after tough operational challenges at KLM in recent weeks, where disruption…

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Ethiopian Airlines to Commence Flights to Chennai, India
Addis Ababa, 30 May 2022: Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s leading airline, is set to start thrice weekly operations to Chennai, India as of 02 July 2022. Chennai will join the vast Ethiopian network as a fourth destination in India after New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.…

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Goge Africa partners with Walk For Love Africa to launch Destination West Africa project
Intra Africa travel and tourism has had its challenges bordering from lack of awareness of its destinations, to barriers that impede air travel. This has further been exacerbated in a post pandemic era. Having identified the gaps in domesticating Intra-Africa tourism, Goge Africa and…

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Capt. Quainoo of Emirates fame joins McDan Aviation
Captain Solomon Kwakye Quainoo, a celebrated Ghanaian pilot,  has joined the country’s foremost indigenous aviation service provider, McDan Aviation Services. His addition to the McDan team, which runs the country’s first private jet terminal situated in Terminal One of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA)…

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Antonov An-225 Mriya to be rebuilt to honor hero pilots – Zelensky
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky wants to build another Antonov An-225 Mriya in honor of the pilots who have died in the war. According to a report on May 20, 2022 from news agency Interfax Ukraine, Zelensky announced the intention during an online meeting with…

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Two different cat species detected at the Mole National Park
Two different cat species have been found at the Mole National Park in Ghana. A recent statement cited by GH-Aviation on the official Twitter handle of Mole National Park states that, "the Panthera leopard team working in Mole National Park deployed 100 camera traps…

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Aviation Fuel: Airline Operators, NNPC Limited, others reach new agreement
Airline Operators of Nigeria, the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and relevant regulators have reached new agreements to end volatility in the price of Jet A1 fuel. The agreement was brokered by the leadership of the House of…

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Emirates airline launches new ‘hospitality-based’ operational strategy
Emirates airline is launching a new 'hospitality-based' strategy that will take customer experiences to 'new heights,' The Dubai-based carrier is setting up an internal Emirates Hospitality Centre of Excellence to engage and co-ordinate the rollout of the program across diverse teams involved in delivering…

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