Aviation News Archives — Page 11 of 12

January 26, 2021 No Responses

Air Peace Reactivates Suspended Routes

The management of Air Peace has launched new domestic routes and resumed suspended onesas part of its route expansion drive and vision to interconnect several cities. The airline’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Mrs Oluwatoyin Olajide explained on Monday that the airline is expecting all its air...

January 23, 2021 No Responses

Kenya Airways Suspends Flights To Charles De Gaulle, Schiphol Airports

Kenya Airways said on Friday it has suspended flights to two major European hubs following the introduction of new regulations as a result of a new variant of the coronavirus. The Airline said the suspension of the flights is temporary. ...

January 21, 2021 No Responses

Air Peace Resumes Dubai Flights Feb 5, Increases Operations To Enugu

Air Peace has announced the resumption of flights into Dubai via Sharjah commencing from February 5, 2021 The Spokesperson of the airline, Mr Stanley Olisa, in a statement on Wednesday explained that the airline had also increased its flight frequency...

January 12, 2021 No Responses

Qatar Resumes Flights To Saudi Arabia

Qatar’s national carrier resumed flights to Saudi Arabia on Monday, after a deal this month ended a regional dispute that erupted more than three years ago. Qatar Airways said the first flight left Doha on Monday as the airline resumes daily...

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 o...

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...

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 ...

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. ...

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...

December 7, 2020 No Responses

Air Peace Debuts In Benue

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Monday declared that the newly inaugurated Air Peace flight to Makurdi will further open the state to direct foreign investment. The inaugural flight from Lagos-Makurdi-Abuja with number P47440 departed Lagos at 7:00 a.m. ...

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...

November 17, 2020 No Responses

Kano, Port-Harcourt, Enugu Airports To Resume International Operations Before Christmas

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has announced the decision of the Federal Government to resume international operations from Kano, Port-Harcourt and Enugu Airports before Christmas celebrations. Sirika confirmed the development in a statement issued by M...

November 9, 2020 No Responses

Ethiopian Airlines Takes Delivery Of Two A350-900 New Airbuses

While many airlines are down-sizing their operations due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ethiopian Airlines is adding new aircraft and expanding businesses, according to officials of the state-owned enterprise. “This shows that Ethiopian Airlines is...

October 20, 2020 No Responses

Etihad Airways Makes History, Lands In Israel

Etihad Airways became the first Gulf-based airline to fly to and from Israel on a commercial passenger flight, as the Abu Dhabi carrier’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner landed in Tel Aviv on October 19, 2020. The flight, operated by Etihad’s Boeing...