Transport Archives — Page 14 of 49

September 3, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Records $16.98m, N9.16b Air Ticket Sales Charge In Eight Months

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) recorded over $16.98m as Ticket Sales Charge (TSC) from international airlines and another N9.16billion from local airlines in the first eight months of 2018. This is as passenger traffic in between January and August...

September 2, 2018 No Responses

African Airlines Traffic Rises By 6.8% In July

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said that African airlines’ July traffic rose 6.8 per cent, thereby emerging as the second highest among the global regions. However, IATA said this represented a decline from 11 per cent growth recorded...

August 31, 2018 3 Responses

Volkswagen Seals Assembly Plant MoU With Ghana

Thomas Schaefer, Volkswagen Head of the Sub-Saharan Region and the Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerenmaten of Ghana signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in the presence of Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany and Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice-President...

August 28, 2018 No Responses

Toyota To Invest $500m In Uber

Toyota Motor Corporation is to invest $500m (£387m) in Uber and expand a partnership to jointly develop self-driving cars. The firm said this would involve the “mass-production” of autonomous vehicles that would be deployed on Uber’s ride sh...

August 26, 2018 No Responses

Volkswagen Sets Aside $4B For Digital Options, Software

Volkswagen will invest 3.5 billion euros ($4 billion) by 2025 to build digital businesses and products including a cloud computing-based platform to connect vehicles and customers to offer services such as car sharing. The German automaker explained that it wa...

August 24, 2018 No Responses

British Airways, Air France To Stop Flights To Iran

British Airways and Air France have announced that they will stop flying to Iran next month. Both airlines said that the route was “not commercially viable.” The reintroduction of US sanctions has caused a slump in the value of the...

August 23, 2018 No Responses

World’s 1st LNG-Powered Cruise Ship Debuts

AIDAnova, the world’s first cruise ship powered with LNG, has left Meyer Werft’s building dock in Papenburg, Germany. It took almost two hours to float out AIDA Cruises’ newbuilding in the evening hours of August 21 The 180,000-ton vessel will...

August 23, 2018 No Responses

Geely Records 54 Per Cent Increase In Sales

Geely Automobile Holdings surpassed its top three Japanese rivals to become the third-largest automaker in China after Volkswagen Group and General Motors, helped by models that appeal to the nation’s young consumers. Reporting a 54 percent jump in net i...

August 14, 2018 No Responses

Coscharis Motors Unveils New Jaguar Land Rover Variants

Coscharis Motors has unveiled new Jaguar E Pace, Range Rover Velar and the Discovery for the Nigerian market. The ceremony was held in Abuja at the IBB Golf and Country Club during the Coscharis sponsored golf tournament in partnership with...

August 14, 2018 No Responses

Kia Motors Showcases Sound Zone Technology

Kia Motors corporation revealed for the first time, its next-generation Separated Sound Zone (SSZ) technology that allows each passenger of a vehicle to experience an audio stream tailored to their individual needs, including music, hands-free phone calls, and...

August 10, 2018 No Responses

New Generation Toyota Camry Debuts In Nigeria

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com – The all-new Toyota Camry, was on Thursday unveiled in Lagos, Nigeria at a colourful ceremony. Now in its 8th generation, the new Toyota Camry is available in Nigerian market in 2.5L and 3.5L Petrol...

August 5, 2018 No Responses

Overland Airways Explains West Coast Expansion Agenda

Expansion of flight operations to West Coast will further increase passengers’ experience, Overland Airways has said. The airline, which is set to commence operations from its base in Lagos, Nigeria to Cotonou, Republic of Benin and Lome, Togo Republic f...

August 5, 2018 No Responses

Critical Roles Of Tyre Care, Maintenance, By Infinity

Leading tyre, battery and auto parts marketing company, Infinity Tyres has highlighted the importance of keeping an eye on the quality and quantity of air in tyres during and after each trip. The Brand Manager, Infinity Tyres, Rajendra Vishwakarma who raise...

August 3, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Explains $823m For Abuja Light Rail Project

The Federal Government on Thursday said that the 823 million dollars spent on 45.245 km Abuja light rail mass transit, inaugurated by President Mugammadu Buhari on July 22, was justifiable. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who...