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Pilots at Kenya’s national airline, Kenya Airways, will go strike this Saturday, union officials have announced. The action comes days after the expiry of a two-week’s strike notice issued by the pilots’ union, who are demanding that the airline resumes contributions to their retirement fund. The Kenya Airline Pilots Association …

On Friday, March 1, 1963, The Ghanaian Times reported how Ghana had gotten its first two helicopter pilots in the persons of Flying Officers Koranteng and Aholu. The two, officers of the Ghana Air Force, had become the first of the ten men selected by the Force to carry out …

Two Air France pilots have been suspended after a fight in the cockpit forced the aircraft’s cabin crew to intervene. The incident took place on a flight from Geneva to the French capital, Paris, in June. According to the Swiss newspaper La Tribune, the pilot and co-pilot had a dispute shortly …

Ethiopian Airlines has officially reacted to a report that two pilots slept on the job overshooting the Addis Ababa runway and losing contact with air control at a point. “The concerned crew have been removed from operation pending further investigation,” the airline said in a statement without saying if the …