New Delhi-based airline Vistara is offering a new Woman Flyer service for free. The service ensures that only window or aisle seats are assigned to solo female customers. The service is designed to help women feel safer when travelling alone. There’s nothing quite as dread-inducing as realizing you have to
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Police disrupt plot in Australia to ‘bring down plane’
- Four men suspected of planning an improvised device attack were arrested in raids on homes in several Sydney suburbs. - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said security had been increased at all major Australian airports Police disrupted a "terrorist plot" to bring down a plane and arrested four men on Saturday in
Delta, Air France-KLM, Virgin Atlantic, and China Eastern announce a billion-dollar mega-deal
Delta and China Eastern have each purchased 10% of Air France-KLM. While Air France-KLM has purchased Virgin Group's 31% stake in Virgin Atlantic. Developing Story - On Thursday, Delta Air Lines and China Eastern Airlines announced that they have each purchased 10% of Air France-KLM. Delta and China Eastern's stake in Air France-KLM
ONLINE-SHOPPING ENERGIZES UPS IN SECOND QUARTER
DALLAS (AP) -- If you buy diapers online later this year, UPS begs you to avoid placing the order right around Thanksgiving or Christmas. To drive home the point, the company with the big brown trucks will impose special surcharges for shipments during peak holiday weeks. UPS executives gave more details about
Nigeria’s main international airport’s certification now certain
To build on its successful efforts in meeting all the conditions for th Add Forme certification of its main airport, Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos, Nigeria is set to certify the aiport after the validation of its safety standard by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). It is believed that some airlines which would
Air France-KLM acquire 31% of Virgin Atlantic
British tycoon Richard Branson is to sell his majority ownership of Virgin Atlantic. The French-Dutch airline Air France-KLM announced Thursday it was taking a 31 percent state in Britain’s Virgin Atlantic for 220 million pounds ($287 million, 246 million euros). The deal which would last for at least 15 years is worth
JetBlue profits rise more than expected, helped by higher fares
U.S. carrier JetBlue Airways Corp reported a 16.6 percent rise in second-quarter profit, helped partly by improving average fares. Net income rose to $211 million, or 64 cents per share, in the quarter, from $181 million, or 53 cents per share, a year earlier. Total operating revenue rose 12.1 percent to $1.84 billion. Analysts,
Nigeria moves to reduce cost of aviation services, freight rates
The outcry for reduction in the cost of provision of major aviation services in Nigeria by its domestic airlines operators has finally received government’s attention. Nigeria’s acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, said on Monday that the aviation industry would play a significant role in the economic development of the country, hence efforts
How Lufthansa lifted 60 million passengers in 6 months
Work commences at Ilorin Int’l airport
Ilorin, Nigeria. Renovation and upgrading of facilities have commenced at the Ilorin International Airport, in the Kwara State capital. The renovation, which is being executed by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) affects every part of the airport. Some of the projects being renovated are the FAAN Administrative block, roofing of