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January 12, 2023 No Responses

Wakanow Appoints Adenike Macaulay As CEO

The Board of Directors and Management of Wakanow Group has appointed Mrs. Adenike Macaulay as Chief Executive Officer of Wakanow Nigeria effective January 2023. A statement sent to City Business News described her as a transformational leader with severa...

January 4, 2023 No Responses

Etihad Cargo Expands Capacity Offering To US

Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, will further reinforce its commitment to the US market with the introduction of an additional three weekly flights to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) from 24 April 2023. ...

November 27, 2022 No Responses

Air Peace Boosts Operations With Two New Airbus

Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace, has received two new Airbus 320 aircraft to support its operations. A statement sent to City Business News by the airline on Saturday explained that with the new aircraft, the airline has increased ...

August 27, 2022 No Responses

Qatar Woos Nigerian Migrant Workers

The State of Qatar has expressed its willingness to have more Nigerian component in its labour force. Mr Ahmad AL-Horr, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Qatar in Nigeria, said this when he visited the Minister of Labour and Employment,...

August 23, 2022 No Responses

Onyema Rewards 11-Year-Old African Club Championship Gold Medalist With Free Flights, N1m

In his characteristic way of supporting Nigerian sports and athletes, the Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, has rewarded Stephanie Ogechukwu Onusiriuka, an 11-year-old Nigerian gymnast who recently clinched a Gold Medal at the Junior Olympics Level of the A...

August 23, 2022 No Responses

British Airways To Cut 10,000 Heathrow Flights

British Airways will cut roughly 10,000 short-haul flights to and from Heathrow Airport between late October and March. The move is aimed at minimising disruption over the winter and some long-haul flights will also be affected, the airline said. BA...

August 21, 2022 No Responses

Airline Operator Implores FG On Release Of Foreign Airlines’ $450m Ticket Sales

Chief Executive Officer of an aviation company, Mr Segun Adewale, has urged the Federal Government to repatriate the $450million in ticket revenue belonging to foreign airlines operating in the country. Adewale, also former Vice-Chairman, the National Associ...

July 26, 2022 No Responses

Lufthansa Cancels More Than 1,000 Flights

German airline Lufthansa says it is cancelling more than 1,000 flights in and out of its Frankfurt and Munich hubs in the coming days due to a strike by ground staff on Wednesday. The company said that some 134,000 passengers...

July 25, 2022 No Responses

Pope Francis Arrives In Canada On First Stop Of Week-Long Trip

Pope Francis on Sunday arrived in Canada to apologise to residential school survivors on their lands for the Catholic Church’s operation of residential schools throughout the country. The Pope will make three stops in the course of his five-day tour...

July 16, 2022 No Responses

Rep Lauds Air Peace On Direct Flights To China

The House of Representatives has commended Air Peace on the commencement of direct flight between Nigeria and China. Air Peace on Wednesday announced its official commencement of flight operations into Guangzhou-China, becoming the first Nigerian airline to ...

July 15, 2022 No Responses

Emirates Refuses Heathrow’s Demand To Cut Flights

Emirates has rejected Heathrow Airport’s demands for airlines to stop selling summer tickets, calling the move “unreasonable and unacceptable”. The airline accused the airport of having a “blatant disregard” for customers after it...

July 6, 2022 No Responses

British Airways Cancels 1,500 More Flights

British Airways has cancelled a further 1,500 flights, mostly for July. The wave of cancellations made over the past weeks will affect tens of thousands hoping to jet off this summer from Heathrow and Gatwick. BBC reports that the industry...

July 6, 2022 No Responses

Air Peace Expands Flight Operations To China, India

Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace, has revealed plans to extend its wings to Guangzhou, China and Mumbai, India, with scheduled flight operations in July, 2022. The airline has also disclosed that Israel operations kick-off is underway. ...