KeenWinBlog

Queen Mercy Atang .........the ex BBNaija Queen Mercy expresses her happiness over the pilot who showed his expertise during the stormy cloud which kept them on air for 2 hours.  Popular reality star, Queen Mercy Atang has rained praises on a Nigerian pilot who showed great skill and expertise after a storm kept then on air for 2 hours. The ex BBNaija housemate went online to reveal that her flight from Lagos to Abuja had been a one rollercoaster. She said that there had been a heavy storm when they got to Abuja and their plane had to stay on air for two hours to either wait for the storm to clear or receive permission to land. Queen appreciated their pilot named Rasheed Lawal who she stated demonstrated impressive skill and wisdom to bring them back on ground safely. She shared a video of the instant-celebrity pilot being praised and snapped by other passengers who were grateful to him for their safety. Queen write_ “Dear @danaair your today flight 9j355 to Abuja was a roller coaster.

Commercial flights with Boeing 737 MAX jetliners resumed on Wednesday for the first time since they were grounded worldwide following two deadly accidents nearly two years ago. Brazil’s Gol Airlines became the first in the world to return the planes to its active fleet, using a 737 MAX 8 on a flight from Sao Paulo to Porto Alegre, according to flightradar24.com. The company’s own announcement did not specify the route of the flight. Gol is set to start regular service on December 18, according to aviation data firm Cirium, with several daily flights between São Paulo and other major Brazilian cities. Customers will be able to exchange their tickets if they do not want to fly on a 737 MAX, a Gol spokesperson told The Associated Press news agency in an email. Gol, the country’s largest airline with 36 million passengers annually, owns seven 737 MAX aircraft, according to Cirium. It is the only Brazilian company with the model in its fleet. The Boeing plane was grounded globally in March

  Ryanair Holdings Plc has a plan to thunder back from the air-travel slump, grabbing airport space while its weakened rivals are still in retreat. The Irish discount airline will use the 210 737 Max jets it’s getting from Boeing Co. Over the next four years an average of one a week to expand across Europe, Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Leary said in an interview. “Those airports in Amsterdam, in Spain, in Italy, in Germany where they’ve seen huge capacity reductions, we’re out there today in active negotiations,” the 59-year-old chief executive officer said. “Airports will be looking to us to recover their traffic.” Europe’s most valuable carrier is using its financial strength to go on attack before its competitors can recover. Air traffic cratered this year after the coronavirus crisis stifled demand, and airlines are focused on saving cash. While large plane purchases are off the table for most, Ryanair on Thursday topped up its Max order by 75 jets. Ryanair opened bases in Ven

An Airbus A320 carrying nearly 100 people en route from Lahore to Karachi crashes in a residential area, official says. Ambulances and fire brigade vehicles gather at the site of a passenger plane crash in a residential area near an airport in Karachi  A passenger plane with at least 100 people on board has crashed in a residential area in the Pakistani city of Karachi, the country's civil aviation agency said on Friday. "We are trying to confirm the number of passengers but initially it is 99 passengers and eight crew members," said Abdul Sattar Khokhar, the spokesman for the country's aviation authority. The flight from the eastern city of Lahore crashed near the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, the country's largest city, on Friday afternoon, officials said. The  PK8303  flight was due to land in Karachi at 14:45 local time (09:45 GMT). The Airbus A320 plane was operated by state-run Pakistan Internati

The US planemaker may announce early retirement and involuntary layoffs for staff as demand plunges due to the virus. Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun has warned that the pandemic would have a lasting effect on the aerospace industry Boeing Co is considering a plan to cut its workforce by about 10 percent, which could involve buyouts, early retirements and involuntary layoffs at the United States-based planemaker, the Wall Street Journal newspaper reported. The potential job cuts are expected to largely target Boeing's commercial arm, which has been under strain due to the crisis in the global airline industry, the report on Thursday said. Boeing declined a request by Reuters news agency for comment. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Boeing has been suspending production at various plants, including the manufacturing of its 787 aircraft at its facilities in South Carolina. Last week, Boeing's Chief Executive Officer Dave Calhoun outlined

Authorities say the 29-year-old man started showing symptoms for the novel coronavirus after being deported last week. Government officials, wearing protective masks, stand next to a plane carrying migrants deported from the US at La Aurora International airport, in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala  - A Guatemalan man who was deported from the United States last week has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Guatemalan Health Ministry said late on Sunday. A spokeswoman for the Guatemalan Health Ministry told our correspondent the 29-year-old man from Momostenango, Totonicapan, was deported last Thursday on a flight chartered by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. The flight, with at least 40 others on board, originated in Mesa, Arizona, according to the Guatemalan Migration Institute. The man began showing symptoms of COVID-19 over the weekend while in quarantine in his family's home,

A Video footage showed a huge plume of smoke rising into the night sky as fire crews doused the fuselage with foam. Debris of the Lion Air medical evacuation plane is seen on the runway of Manila International Airport in Pasay City, Philippines. A medical evacuation plane exploded in a ball of flames during the takeoff in the Philippine capital,  Manila,  on Sunday, killing all eight passengers and crew on board. The Lion Air plane - bound from Manila to Haneda, Japan - burst into flames at the end of the runway at about 8pm (12:00 GMT), the capital's main airport said. Video footage showed a huge plume of smoke rising into the night sky as fire crews doused the fuselage with foam. The twin-jet West Wind 24 was carrying three medical personnel, three flight crew, a patient and a companion, Richard Gordon, a senator and head of the Philippine Red Cross, said on Twitter. Manila airport general manager Ed Monreal told a news conferen

Cabo Verde Airlines has suspended its flights to Washington from March 8 to May 31, 2020 due to significantly reduced customer demand prompted by global health concerns related to Coronavirus, COVID-19. In a statement, the management of the airline said passenger demand had decreased because of the Coronavirus epidemic which has impacted operations, hence the need to temporarily suspend some flights. According to the statement: “Cabo Verde will temporarily suspend flights to Washington from March 8 to  May 31  due to significantly reduced customer demand prompted by global health concerns related to Coronavirus COVID-19. “The Coronavirus outbreak is changing worldwide aviation. As a result of the outbreak, passenger demand has decreased. Consequently, airlines have been trimming services and this also impacts Cabo Verde Airlines,” it explained. The airline further stated that as other aviation companies in general, Cabo Verde Airlines is paying attention t