Category: Aviation

Dana Air Takes Delivery Of Aircraft After Maintenance
January 4, 2021 No Responses

Dana Air Takes Delivery Of Aircraft After Maintenance

Dana Air has welcomed two of its Boeing aircraft fresh from maintenance overseas.   The arrival of the aircraft is coming days after another of its aircraft returned to service recently in December.   The Chief Operating Officer of Dana Air, Obi Mbanuzuo while...
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COVID-19: Nigeria Suspends 100 Passports Of Airline Passengers
December 30, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: Nigeria Suspends 100 Passports Of Airline Passengers

The Nigerian Government has suspended the passports of 100 in-bound airline passengers who failed to take the second test of COVID-19 after arriving in the country. Mr Boss Mustapha, Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, disclosed this at t...
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Tata Increases Stake In Air Asia India To 85 Per Cent
December 30, 2020 No Responses

Tata Increases Stake In Air Asia India To 85 Per Cent

Tata Group has increased its stake in AirAsia India as it looks to increase its stake in India’s airline industry.  On Tuesday the company announced it would increase its holdings in the Indian-based joint venture with AirAsia from 51% to...
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Lufthansa Airlifts Food To UK Amid Lorry Chaos At Seaports
December 24, 2020 No Responses

Lufthansa Airlifts Food To UK Amid Lorry Chaos At Seaports

Germany’s Lufthansa is airlifting fresh fruit and vegetables to the UK on Wednesday as firms seek to beat the lorry chaos at sea ports The airline said it is carrying 80 tonnes of food from Frankfurt to Doncaster Sheffield Airport...
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Air Peace Launches 11-Hour NonStop Flight To Jamaica
December 23, 2020 No Responses

Air Peace Launches 11-Hour NonStop Flight To Jamaica

Air Peace, Nigeria’s leading airline, on Monday left on a nonstop 11-hour flight from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, to the Caribbean Island nation of Jamaica.  In a statement issued by  Stanley Olisa, spokesperson of ...
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Israel, Turkey, Germany, Others Block Flights From South Africa
December 22, 2020 No Responses

Israel, Turkey, Germany, Others Block Flights From South Africa

Five countries on Monday announced that they have banned flights from South Africa following the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus. South African scientists last week confirmed that the new variant could see more people infected in the...
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Dana Air To Compensate Passengers, Explains Flight Disruption
December 21, 2020 No Responses

Dana Air To Compensate Passengers, Explains Flight Disruption

Dana Air is to give  free tickets as compensation to passengers affected by its flight cancellations on Friday and Saturday.  The airline’s Communication’s Manager, Mr Kingsley Ezenwa,  stated in a statement  he issued on Sunday.  ...
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Kenya Airways, Air France-KLM End Africa-Europe Joint Venture
December 20, 2020 No Responses

Kenya Airways, Air France-KLM End Africa-Europe Joint Venture

Kenya Airways and Air France-KLM Group said on Saturday that they had agreed to mutually terminate their Africa-Europe joint venture partnership from September, 2021.  The Chief Executive Officer of Kenya Airways, Allan Kilavuka, explained that the Kenyan...
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SAHCO Positions To Handle Huge Volume Of Temperature Sensitive Cargo
December 11, 2020 No Responses

SAHCO Positions To Handle Huge Volume Of Temperature Sensitive Cargo

Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) PLC has continued to serve as the most effective Ground Handling Company in West Africa with the capacity to convey items at specified and required temperature.    A statement issued by Manager, Corporate...
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Dana Air Increases Frequency On Enugu, Owerri, Port Harcourt Routes
December 2, 2020 No Responses

Dana Air Increases Frequency On Enugu, Owerri, Port Harcourt Routes

Dana Air has announced that it will increase flights from Lagos to Port Hacourt, Enugu and Owerri from December 7, 2020 According to a statement by the airline’s Media and Communications Manager, Kingsley Ezenwa, Dana Air will introduce additional f...
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SAHCO Acquires Electric Ground Support Equipment
November 24, 2020 No Responses

SAHCO Acquires Electric Ground Support Equipment

Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) Plc has acquired eco-friendly ground support equipment to boost its operations.   A statement on Tuesday described SAHCO as the “first Aviation Ground Handling Company in Nigeria to acquire this latest model...
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Reps C’ttee Seeks N50b Bailout For Airlines
November 24, 2020 No Responses

Reps C’ttee Seeks N50b Bailout For Airlines

The Nigerian House of Representatives Committee on Aviation has called for N50billion bailout for airlines in Nigeria as part of measures to prevent the industry from total collapse.   Briefing Journalists on Monday, the Chairman of the committee,&nb...
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Nigeria Acquires Three Aircraft
November 23, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Acquires Three Aircraft

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has received the first batch of three training aircraft for the  Nigeria College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria.  Sirika , who disclosed this on his Twitter handle (@handisirika) on Sunday, added that there...
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British Airways To Launch Covid Testing Trial
November 18, 2020 No Responses

British Airways To Launch Covid Testing Trial

British Airways is to launch a voluntary Covid-19 test for passengers travelling to the UK from three US airports. The airline wants to persuade governments that testing travellers will make quarantining unnecessary.  American Airlines is also taking part...
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