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July 31, 2018 No Responses

BA Extends Summer Fare Offer For Nigerian passengers

British Airways has extended the ‘BA Promo for Two” summer fare offer for its Nigerian passengers departing from either Abuja or Lagos to London in United Kingdom. The airline said that it extended promo, which commenced last week due to...

July 25, 2018 No Responses

Air Peace Retains IOSA Certificate

Air Peace has retained the International Air Transport Association Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certificate it first secured about two years ago. The airline also promised to sustain the high safety standards, which secured the certification for it, stressi...

July 25, 2018 No Responses

NCAA To Airlines: Stop Unnecessary Flight Delays, Cancellations Or Face Sanction

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has directed operating airline; local and foreign to henceforth stop unnecessary flight delays and cancellations, which had charactersised the country’s aviation industry in recent time. The regulatory agency obse...

July 24, 2018 No Responses

NAHCO Shareholders Get N406M Dividend, Laud 2017 Performance

Shareholders of Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (Nahco, Aviance) have commended the Board and Management of the company for remaining on the part of growth and profitability despite various challenges. Speaking during the Company’s Annual General Me...

July 23, 2018 No Responses

South African Airways Wins Best Airline Staff Award

South African Airways (SAA) has been voted the ‘Best Airline Staff in Africa’ at the annual World Airline Awards hosted by Skytrax, the Oscars of the aviation industry in London. In SAA’s sixth triumph, this award recognises service excellence covering.....

July 22, 2018 No Responses

CPC Implores Airlines On Quality Service

The Director-General of Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Mr. Babatunde Irukera has challenged indigenous airlines to be more responsive to the expectations of air passengers. Irukera who made this call while addressing journalists during the 22ndAnnual Se...

July 20, 2018 No Responses

Airlines Seek Level Playing Field For Private Operators, Nigeria Air

Some domestic airline operators on Thursday urged the Federal Government to ensure a level playing field for them and the new national carrier. The airlines spoke at the 22nd Annual Seminar and Award of the League of Airports and Aviation...

July 19, 2018 No Responses

Excitement, Celebration As Ethiopia-Eritrea Commercial Flight Takes Off After 20 Years

The first commercial flight from Ethiopia to Eritrea in 20 years took off early on Wednesday, sealing a stunning reconciliation between the former enemies a week after they ended their military standoff. More than 400 passengers boarded two Ethiopian Airline...

July 19, 2018 No Responses

Reactions Trail Proposed New National Carrier

Mixed reactions on Wednesday trailed the unveiling of the name and logo of the proposed new national carrier by the Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika. Sirika had unveiled the name of the new carrier as “Nigeria Air’’...

July 17, 2018 No Responses

National Carrier: Nigeria Intensifies Negotiation With Airbus, Others

Ahead of the proposed unveiling of Nigeria’s National carrier, the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika has commenced negotiations with aircraft manufacturers and investors at the ongoing Farnborough International Air Show in the United Kingdom (U...

July 15, 2018 No Responses

Qatar Airways Deploys Airbus A350 To Edinburgh

Qatar Airways has upgraded its capacity to the Scottish capital, Edinburgh to the state-of-the-art Airbus A350-900, the first and only A350 service to Scotland. The airline in a statement said that its upgraded to the aircraft in order to meet...

July 13, 2018 No Responses

Foreign Airlines Seek Improved Infrastructure, Review Of Charges In Nigeria

Stakeholders in the Nigerian aviation industry have called on the Federal Government and its agencies to improve on the existing infrastructure in all the country’s aviation industry. The players in the sector also canvassed for downward review of charges,...

July 10, 2018 No Responses

Delta Air Lines Lifts 17.7m Passengers In June

Delta Air Lines airlifted 17.7 million passengers across its routes including Nigeria in June 2018, thereby becoming the busiest month for the carrier in its annals. According to the airline, June 2017, still holds the record for most customers...

July 9, 2018 No Responses

Virgin Atlantic Lifts 26m Passengers Out Of Nigeria In 17 Years

Virgin Atlantic Airways has airlifted 26 million passengers in and out of Nigeria since it commenced flight operations 17 years ago between Gatwick International Airport, London and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. Within the peri...