Airways Archives — Page 6 of 8

July 22, 2017 No Responses

Dana Air introduces ‘buy two, get one free’ promo for owerri guests

Dana Air has announced a ‘Buy two, get one free’ promo for passengers on its Lagos – Owerri- Lagos route, as part of the benefits of its existing partnership with the Imo State Government. According to the Communications Manager...

June 23, 2017 No Responses

Qatar wants 10% of American Airlines

(BBC) American Airlines has received an “unsolicited” approach from Qatar Airways which wants to acquire 10% of the US carrier. In a regulatory filing, American Airlines said Qatar intended to buy at least $808m (£638m) of its shares. American....

June 7, 2017 No Responses

Saudi Arabia revokes Qatar Airways’ licence

Saudi Arabia’s aviation authority has formally withdrawn Qatar’s licence to land and fly in the country. Saudi’s General Authority of Civil Aviation also ordered its offices to to be closed within 48 hours. In a statement, the authority also ...

June 6, 2017 No Responses

Qatar faces airspace ban as crisis with neighbours grows

(BBC) Egypt is closing its airspace to Qatari planes in a growing diplomatic row, with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain expected to do the same on Tuesday. Several countries have cut ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism in the...

May 28, 2017 No Responses

BA cancels Saturday flights over IT outage

British Airways canceled all Saturday flights from London’s two biggest airports (Heathrow and Gatwick) after “a major IT system failure” caused severe disruption to flight operations worldwide, the airline said. “Our IT teams are worki...

April 20, 2017 No Responses

Med View, FAAN, Sahcol nominated for Nigeria Transport Awards

Med View airline and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), as well as Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL), have been nominated for recognition in the forthcoming 5th Nigeria Transport Awards and Lecture holding in Ikeja Sheraton hotel...

March 18, 2017 No Responses

BA unveils new long-haul airline

By Chris Johnston (BBC News) – The owner of British Airways is launching a new long-haul budget airline based in Barcelona. IAG said the new airline, Level, would initially fly to Los Angeles, Oakland, Buenos Aires and Punta Cana in...

March 16, 2017 No Responses

Kaduna Airport: Dana Air MD lauds Minister, security arrangement

The Managing Director of Dana Air, Mr. Jacky Hathiramani, has commended efforts of the Minister of state for Aviation, Captain Hadi Sirika and other aviation agencies for what he described as a ‘skillful execution of the Kaduna Airport as alternate...

March 7, 2017 No Responses

British Airways to offer less legroom

(BBC) British Airways plans to squeeze in more passengers on some planes it flies to European cities. From next year, the airline said there will be a “small increase” in the number of seats on its Airbus A320 and A321...

March 6, 2017 No Responses

Dana Air commences flights to Kaduna March 8

Following the imminent closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport for Rehabilitation, Dana Air, operator of Imo Air has announced that it will commence flights to Kaduna on March 8, 2017. The airline said it will operate four daily flights...

March 2, 2017 No Responses

Wakanow founder emerges travel man of the year

Founder and Group Managing Director of Wakanow, Mr. Obinna Ekezie has been named Travel Man of the Year at the 2016 ATQ Travel Personality awards scheduled to hold in March this year. Organized by African Travel Quarterly, a member...

February 15, 2017 No Responses

Arik suspends flights to London, Johannesburg

The management of Arik Air has suspended its international flight operations to the London and Johannesburg routes. The spokesman of the Asset Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, Jude Nwauzor, made the announcement in a statement issuedon Tuesday in Lagos. T...

February 10, 2017 No Responses

Arik Air to challenge FG takeover in court

The management of Arik Air on Thursday said it would challenge the taking over of the airline by the Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) in court. Ado Sanusi, Senior Vice President, Arik Air made the disclosure at a joint...

February 7, 2017 No Responses

With four Pilots onboard, world’s longest flight lands in New Zealand

The world’s longest commercial flight landed in New Zealand Monday with the arrival of Qatar Airways’s 14,535 kilometres (9,032 miles) Doha-Auckland service, the airline announced. “We’ve officially landed in Auckland,” the airlin...