Author: Wole Shadare

He is one of those people you wouldn’t look twice if you passed him in the street unless you were returning one of his infectious grins. Modest, respectful, and quietly spoken but when he says something; it carries weight, substance, and direction. Africa’s biggest airline by profit and fleet size, Ethiopian Airlines shocked the continent’s aviation industry when it announced the retirement of its legendary Group CEO Tewolde GebreMariam. GebreMariam was the face of Ethiopian Airlines…

  The management of Kenya’s national carrier, Kenya Airways has commenced a series of pay cuts in order to stay afloat. The move has become imperative as the company has not received any of the bailout funds promised to it a full month after the country’s supplementary budget was announced. The pay cuts would see the company revert to similar reductions seen last year until full payment of salaries was restored on December 21, 2021….

British Airways and Virgin will not be required to wear masks from tomorrow Both airlines said they believe their customers should have ’personal choice’  British Airways customers will only need to wear a face-covering onboard flight if their destination requires it, while Virgin Atlantic said it would be ‘gradually’ removing compulsory mask rules from tomorrow – starting with Caribbean flights from London and Manchester. The airlines welcomed the move after Heathrow announced they would be scrapping…

510 weekly flights to Europe 750, 000 more seats on nearly every flight More services to Amsterdam, London, Paris   Customers looking for summer adventures abroad will discover plenty of inspiration in Delta’s service offerings to Europe, which includes more routes and destinations in 2022, along with more opportunities to indulge in Delta’s premium cabins with 143% more seats available to customers vs. summer 2021. “Delta has been focused on building back our network to…