Airways Archives — Page 2 of 8

September 14, 2018 No Responses

Air Peace Sustains Expansion, Orders 10 New Planes From Boeing

Air Peace has ordered 10 new Boeing B737MAX aircraft from American aircraft manufacturer, Boeing. The airline said it signed an agreement with Boeing for the acquisition of the aircraft in the United States, thereby making it the first airline to...

September 11, 2018 No Responses

Qatar Airways To Commence Direct Flight To Mombasa

Qatar Airways said it is launching a second direct flight to Kenya’s second city, Mombasa, in an attempt to open up the country’s beautiful coasts to international holiday-makers. The airline in a statement said that the flight to Mombasa would...

September 7, 2018 No Responses

South African Airways Increases Frequencies To Luanda

South African Airways (SAA) has increased its frequency to Luanda, Angola, thereby creating a seamless travel experience for customers. The airline in a statement explained that its African and Asian destinations in particular would have an increased connec...

September 7, 2018 No Responses

Air Peace Rewards Victorious Anambra Students With Free Tickets To Aso Rock

Air Peace has congratulated five Anambra State students and their teachers on emerging victorious in the recent technology challenge held in the United States. The airline also honoured the team with free return Owerri-Abuja tickets to facilitate their visit t...

August 28, 2018 No Responses

Qatar Airways Deploys A350-1000 Aircraft On Singapore, Tokyo’s Routes

Qatar Airways is set to deploy world’s most technologically advanced passenger aircraft, Airbus A350-1000 to Singapore’s Changi Airport from September 1, 2018. The airline also said that the aircraft would be introduced daily to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport fr...

August 24, 2018 No Responses

British Airways, Air France To Stop Flights To Iran

British Airways and Air France have announced that they will stop flying to Iran next month. Both airlines said that the route was “not commercially viable.” The reintroduction of US sanctions has caused a slump in the value of the...

August 12, 2018 No Responses

Stolen Plane ‘Had Full Airport Credentials’

A man who stole an empty passenger plane from Seattle airport and then crashed it was an airline worker with full credentials, authorities say. The 29-year-old had worked for Horizon Air for more than three years, towing and tidying aircraft...

August 7, 2018 No Responses

Air Peace Commences Kaduna Route August 13

Air Peace is to commence daily flight services from its base in Lagos to Kaduna Airport from August 13 as part of its no-city-left-behind project. A statement by Mr. Chris Iwarah, Corporate Communications Manager, Air Peace said the carrier was...

August 5, 2018 No Responses

Overland Airways Explains West Coast Expansion Agenda

Expansion of flight operations to West Coast will further increase passengers’ experience, Overland Airways has said. The airline, which is set to commence operations from its base in Lagos, Nigeria to Cotonou, Republic of Benin and Lome, Togo Republic f...

July 31, 2018 No Responses

Overland Airways Increases Abuja-Jalingo Frequencies To Six

Overland Airways has increased its flight services from Abuja to Jalingo airport to six weekly from its initial three. The airline explained that the flights would regularly depart Abuja to Jalingo at 11 a.m. daily except Saturdays while flights out...

July 31, 2018 No Responses

BA Extends Summer Fare Offer For Nigerian passengers

British Airways has extended the ‘BA Promo for Two” summer fare offer for its Nigerian passengers departing from either Abuja or Lagos to London in United Kingdom. The airline said that it extended promo, which commenced last week due to...

July 25, 2018 No Responses

Air Peace Retains IOSA Certificate

Air Peace has retained the International Air Transport Association Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certificate it first secured about two years ago. The airline also promised to sustain the high safety standards, which secured the certification for it, stressi...

July 23, 2018 No Responses

South African Airways Wins Best Airline Staff Award

South African Airways (SAA) has been voted the ‘Best Airline Staff in Africa’ at the annual World Airline Awards hosted by Skytrax, the Oscars of the aviation industry in London. In SAA’s sixth triumph, this award recognises service excellence covering.....

July 21, 2018 No Responses

Investors Stake N4.2B On Zenith Bank, Medview Airline, Sterling Bank In Five Days

By ebosele@hotmail.com – For the week ended July 20th, 2018, investors on the floor of Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) staked N4.209 Billion on the shares of Sterling Bank Plc, Medview Airline Plc and Zenith International Bank Plc. Transactions in the...