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February 21, 2022 No Responses

Lufthansa, Swiss Air To Suspend Flights To Ukraine Capital

Lufthansa and Swiss Air will suspend flights to the Ukraine capital Kyiv from Monday amid growing fears of a Russian invasion. The German airline Lufthansa said it would also stop flights to Odessa, a key port on the Black Sea. ...

February 7, 2022 No Responses

Dana Air To Recruit More NigerianPilots

Dana Air has decorated a new captain on its Boeing 737 aircraft, Captain Andrew Igbe-Arase in Lagos; stating that the airline will continue to invest in training and re-training of pilots having commenced the recruitment of more qualified Nigeri...

February 1, 2022 No Responses

Qatar Airways Cargo Unveils CO2 Emission Calculator

Qatar Airways Cargo customers can now determine their shipments’ carbon emissions via an online emission calculator, as the airline works on developing a fully integrated carbon offsetting solution. Environmental sustainability and decarbonisatio...

December 23, 2021 No Responses

NCAA Shuts Glo Station Over N4.7b Debt

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has shutdown main switch centre of Globacom Limited at Wuse 2, Abuja over non-payment of outstanding debt of N4.7 billion. The NCAA Director–General, Capt. Musa Nuhu, carried out the exercise on Wednesday, under the...

November 29, 2021 No Responses

British Airways Suspends Hong Kong Flights

British Airways has suspended flights to Hong Kong amid reports more of its crew members have been forced to quarantine in a government centre. BA confirmed it has temporarily stopped flights “while we review operational requirements for this route&#8221...

November 27, 2021 No Responses

Air Peace Boosts Operations with 2 New Airbus 320 Aircraft

West and Central Africa’s largest carrier, Air Peace, has taken delivery of two Airbus 320s to boost its domestic and regional operations, especially as Yuletide approaches. The two 162-seater aircraft, with 12 Business Class seats and 150 Economy seats each...

November 20, 2021 No Responses

CMA CGM, Airbus Seal Four Aircraft Deal

Shipping and logistics firm, CMA CGM Group, and Airbus have signed a binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the purchase of four A350F freighter aircraft. According to Airbus, the order, which is subject to finalisation in the com...

November 20, 2021 No Responses

AIR PEACE ASSURES CUSTOMERS OF MORE FLIGHTS THIS FESTIVE PERIOD

West and Central Africa’s largest airline, Air Peace, has assured customers that it will roll out many flights to meet the usual surge in travel demand during Christmas and end-of-year celebrations. The Spokesperson of the airline, Stanley Olisa, who dis...

October 28, 2021 No Responses

Dana Air MD: Public, Private Partnership Key To Sustainable Economic Growth

The Chief Executive Officer of Dana Air, Jacky Hathiramani has reaffirmed the need for the government to focus more on public, private partnerships to achieve a far-reaching and immediate impact in Nigeria’s economy. The Dana Air boss made this re...

October 16, 2021 No Responses

Air Peace Gets Second Safety Performance Award In Three Months

The West and Central Africa’s largest carrier, Air Peace, has been recognised with the Distinguished Safety Performance Award by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). The Spokesperson of the airline, Mr Stanley Olisa disclosed this in a sta...

October 9, 2021 No Responses

Tata Acquires Air India With$2.4b

India’s loss-making national carrier, Air India has been sold to the Tata group, the country’s largest conglomerate. The government has sold the airline to the company, which was the highest bidder at nearly $2.4bn (£1.7bn). &nbs...

September 29, 2021 No Responses

Air Peace Faults Trending Video

The management of Air Peace has described information contained in a trending video “portraying Air Peace in bad light“ as false. In a statement titled: “TRENDING VIDEO: AIR PEACE DID NOT ARREST ANY PASSENGER“, Air Peace said: “We have noticed....

September 24, 2021 No Responses

Air Peace Receives Fourth Brand New Embraer 195-E2 Aircraft

AIR PEACE on Thursday received the fourth of its initial 13 E195-E2 aircraft ordered from aircraft manufacturing giant, Embraer. Meanwhile, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority ( NCAA) has commended the airline for its acquisition of brand new aircraft a...