…network of domestic, regional and international routes. With a modern fleet comprising Boeing 777s, Boeing 737-700s, Boeing 737-800s, Embraer aircraft and other next-generation equipment, the airline continues to play a pivotal role in advancing air connectivity across Africa and beyond. Operating across Africa, Europe…
GistReel A large search and rescue operation is underway for a Boeing 737 cargo plane that disappeared off the Arabian Sea with five crew members on board. The event occurred on Tuesday evening, July 7, while the airliner was flying from Sharjah International Airport (United Arab Emirates) to Jinnah International Airpo…
Boeing jet with five crew on board crashes into sea A cargo plane that departed from Sharjah crashed into the sea after disappearing from radar off Pakistan's coast. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif extended his condolences to the families of the five crew members on board, his government said in a post on X. I…
By Dickson Omobola Emirates has become the first airline cargo carrier to deploy the Boeing 777-300ERSF passenger to freighter converted aircraft. The aircraft (A6-EBK) will enter commercial service with a flight from Hong Kong to Dubai carrying over 100 tonnes of cargo. The converted Emirates Boeing 777-300ERSF offers…
…UNA, Professor Obiora Okonkwo, for the official unveiling of two newly acquired Boeing 737-800NG aircraft. Fittingly, the planes were named after Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, and literary giant, the late Professor Chinua Achebe. So, it was hardly a surprise when the revered monarch, regally dressed in his trad…
…aviation infrastructure across the country. He spoke at the official unveiling of two Boeing 737-800NG aircraft acquired by United Nigeria Airlines in Lagos. The minister said the decision followed his recommendation to President Bola Tinubu that Abia State lacked both an airport and an airstrip. He added, however, tha…
…On Thursday, White House officials bade farewell to one of the two heavily modified Boeing 747s that have transported US presidents for decades, which fueled speculation that the new jet would be unveiled imminently. While the now-replaced aircraft sported a blue and white exterior, the new aircraft has a navy blue und…