Oransanye Report: Merger of Aviation Agencies’ll Spell Disaster, Stakeholders Tell FG

Oransanye Report: Merger of Aviation Agencies’ll Spell Disaster, Stakeholders Tell FG

The aviation industry was thrown into a frenzy last week when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu directed the implementation of the Stephen Orosanye report which recommended the merging, scrapping and subsuming of government agencies. Not a few thought that the Federal Government had jettisoned the controversial decision to merge many of the Ministry, Department, or Agency (MDAs) to save costs. Since the announcement, workers in the aviation industry have begun to fret over the plan by…

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IWD: Dana Bags Gender-Friendly Airline Award, Supports One Million Man Walk for Women

IWD: Dana Bags Gender-Friendly Airline Award, Supports One Million Man Walk for Women

In celebration of this year’s International Women’s Day, Dana Air proudly announces its support for the One Million Man Walk and Pan African HeforShe Summit by the African Women in Leadership Organisation (AWLO) on the 6th and 7th of March in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The walk which is to raise awareness and eliminate gender-based violence, a major public health problem, marks a significant moment in advocating for inclusive decision-making and the advancement of women…

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Anthony Kila:Air Peace to London is not just a flight

Anthony Kila:Air Peace to London is not just a flight

Dear Readers Welcome to the month March of 2024 Barring any extraordinary circumstances, whatever else happens in March 2024, the month will also be remembered as the month Nigerian-based privately owned airline Air Peace, led by Allen Onyema makes its maiden flight to London, UK. It is not the first time a Nigerian airline will go to London as a commercial flight, we have had some others do the same, Nigeria Airways, Belview, Arik and…

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Walk For Love Africa (WFLA) Set to Hold Inaugural Summit

Walk For Love Africa (WFLA) Set to Hold Inaugural Summit

Walk For Love Africa® (WFLA) is delighted to announce that preparations are in place for the inaugural edition of the WFLA Summit, a travel, tourism and trade event scheduled to take place from 28 to 29 March 2024 in Lagos, Nigeria, at the Radisson Blu Hotel Ikeja. The event’s theme is Intra-Africa Travel and Tourism Ecosystem: Maximizing Sustainable Growth and Development Opportunities. The 2-day event will feature a full-day conference with high-level panel sessions with…

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Airlines unblock lower ticket inventories as fares on int’l’ routes set to crash

Airlines unblock lower ticket inventories as fares on int’l’ routes set to crash

Fares on Nigerian routes most expensive in Africa NCAA sets up ten-man committee on travel cost reduction   In a move to halt the spiralling cost of air tickets in the country and make travelling affordable for Nigerians, the Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Captain Chris Najomo, has set up a 10-man Committee to look into the high cost of tickets in the country.  The committee is coming on the heels…

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Green Africa Launches Second Annual Zero Naira Fare Campaign

Green Africa Launches Second Annual Zero Naira Fare Campaign

Green Africa has announced the launch of its second annual Zero Naira FareCampaign. The airline ran its first Zero Naira Fare campaign last year to the delight of many customers across the country who had the opportunity to fly for the first time. This initiative allows customers the unique opportunity to fly for free to any of the destinations currently served by Green Africa, paying only airport taxes and other applicable charges estimated at approximately…

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Qatar Airways, Gategroup Ink In-flight Catering Pact

Qatar Airways, Gategroup Ink In-flight Catering Pact

Qatar Airways and Gategroup have a new catering partnership to elevate in-flight dining, structured through a Business Management Agreement that will see collaboration on passenger dining experiences, sourcing and procurement, healthy eating, and sustainability. Qatar Airways’ commitment to global aviation excellence will be reinforced by Gategroup’s expertise in menu design, culinary concepts and operational excellence. This partnership with Gategroup is expected to amplify the Qatar Airways brand by delivering refined culinary experiences for our guests,…

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IATA: Africa records improved safety record, 2023 best-ever for global aviation

IATA: Africa records improved safety record, 2023 best-ever for global aviation

African aviation received a major boost as the continent’s air safety recorded a significant improvement. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) in its 2023 Annual Safety Report for Global Aviation stated that the accident rate improved from 10.88 per million sectors in 2022 to 6.38 in 2023. The continent according to IATA posted a better safety record than the 5-year average of 7.11 with no fatalities, highlighting that Africa has had no passenger jet hull losses or fatal accidents since 2020. The…

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Ground handlers propose N400, 000 for B737, N250 for CRJ rates per flight 

Ground handlers propose N400, 000 for B737, N250 for CRJ rates per flight 

Only rates review i’ll  sustain handling companies-Stakeholders     Business organisations in the Nigerian aviation industry are suffocating and need government intervention to remain alive. This is as ground handling companies in the country have declared that the current handling rates charged by airlines, especially the domestic operators, were no longer sustainable, fearing that if not reviewed upward in the next few months, the sub-sector may collapse totally. Handling companies through the Aviation Ground Handlers…

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Informal airline collaboration eases travel pain

Informal airline collaboration eases travel pain

Nigerian carriers are mapping out strategies to ease travellers’ pains as they informally collaborate, writes, WOLE SHADARE New strategy Nigerian carriers may not have perfected the Spring Alliance agreement, but they are quietly collaborating amongst themselves to solve one of the biggest problems of flight delays and cancellations that is fast taking the joy out of air travel through informal arrangements. A few years ago, Nigeria’s fast-rising airline, Ibom Air and Dana signed a codeshare…

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