Aviation Report Archives — Page 10 of 12

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 the airline, explained that the airline deployed one...

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 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...

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 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...

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 10, 2020 No Responses

Air Botswana To Resume Regional Flights

Botswana’s National Airways, Air Botswana has announced plans to re-commence scheduled regional operations. The airline on Monday said the decision was in accordance with the government’s announcement to relax international travel restrictions. ...

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 24, 2020 No Responses

Arik Air Resumes Flight Operations

The management of Arik Air has announced the resumption of flight operations in and out of Lagos from October 24, following the easing of the curfew imposed by the Lagos State Government. In a statement, Mr Adebanji Ola, the Communications Mana...

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...

September 2, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Seeks Remodelling Of Airport

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday called for remodelling of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) as part of measures to increase traffic and revenue. Sanwo-Olu made the call in Ikeja when the Federal Airport Authority...

August 27, 2020 No Responses

Gatwick Airport To Sack 600 Workers

Gatwick Airport has revealed plans to cut a quarter of its workforce due to the impact of coronavirus. About 600 jobs could be lost following an 80% reduction in the number of passengers. The airport is running at about 20%...