Tourism professionals laud Sirika, to hold tourism, transportation expo Nov 8

Tourism professionals laud Sirika, to hold tourism, transportation expo Nov 8

The National Tourism Transportation Summit Stakeholders have lauded the giant strides of Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika in repositioning the aviation industry in the area of infrastructure and the procedures leading to the re-opening of the country’s airspace to international operations. Last week Saturday, the first international flights touched down at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos after over five months hiatus owing to the spread of COVID-19 pandemic which led to the closing of Nigeria’s…

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United to return to lucrative US-Lagos route five years after exit

United to return to lucrative US-Lagos route five years after exit

Five years after exiting Nigeria, United States based airline, United Airline said it has concluded arrangements to return to the lucrative US-Lagos route starting late 2021. The airline in a statement said starting in late spring of 2021, “United will become the only airline serving Washington D.C nonstop from Lagos with three weekly flights”. The route will be served by a very efficient, spacious, LED lighting B787-8 Dreamliner aircraft. According to the airline, the new…

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Relief as Delta resumes services to Lagos with added safety measures

Relief as Delta resumes services to Lagos with added safety measures

  Travellers to the United State, North America and beyond can now heave a sigh of relief as Delta Air Lines today resumed direct flight operations from Atlanta to Lagos. Starting from yesterday, the airline will fly four times a week with departures on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Delta’s Commercial Director – Africa, Bobby Bryan said.“We know how important access to the United States is for our customers and now the restrictions have been…

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Emirates Pays $1.4bn In Ticket Refunds

Emirates Pays $1.4bn In Ticket Refunds

Emirates said that it has returned more than $1.4 billion (AED 5 billion) in ticket refunds to customers as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, which saw all scheduled passenger flights cancelled from late-March. More than 1.4 million refunds requests have been completed since March, representing 90% of the airline’s backlog. This includes all requests received from customers around the world up until the end of June. “We understand that from our customers’ standpoint, each…

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Airbus: 2020 gross orders totals 370 aircraft in August

Airbus: 2020 gross orders totals 370 aircraft in August

Airbus’ gross order Airbus’ 2020 gross orders by August 31st totalled 370 aircraft with net orders of 303, after the year’s cancellations. The company registered one new order for an ACJ320neo and no cancellations in August.   The company in a statement made available to Woleshadarenews said in August, it delivered a total of 39 aircraft spread out between 35 A320 Family aircraft including the first A321neo to Gulf Air, two A330 including the first…

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AIB Awaits Bill To Expand Operations

AIB Awaits Bill To Expand Operations

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) is eagerly awaiting passage of a bill from the National Assembly and the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari that would allow the aviation investigative body expand its scope of operations. Should the agency get the approval, it would expand its scope to investigate road accidents, marine accidents and other crashes like the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Commissioner, AIB, Akin Olateru, an aircraft engineer, made the disclosure in…

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Tit-For-Tat: Beyond Nigeria’s Might With European Airlines

Tit-For-Tat: Beyond Nigeria’s Might With European Airlines

Nigeria showed her might against European carriers last week by excluding them from operating into the country in what it called reciprocity policy as international flights resumed. As good as the action may appear, the question remains the country’s ability to right some age long air pacts skewed against her airlines. WOLE SHADARE writes   Aviation as diplomatic tool Aviation and diplomacy have always been, to some extent, interconnected. Aviation provides the possibility to travel…

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Emirates to return staff salaries to 100%, Etihad extends pay cuts

Emirates to return staff salaries to 100%, Etihad extends pay cuts

Emirates has concluded plans to return staff salaries to 100% from October but has cut other allowances, according to an email sent out to employees. The Dubai-based carrier cut salaries in March when international travel restrictions relating to the Covid-19 pandemic forced it to ground passenger flights. An Emirates spokesperson confirmed that basic salaries will now return to full from next month. But it is understood that the business is implementing a number of cuts…

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Why Nigeria is yet to fully implement African ‘Open Skies’

Why Nigeria is yet to fully implement African ‘Open Skies’

34 nations show serious commitment   Although, Nigeria has signed up to the Single African Air Transport Market, (SAATM), the country is yet to fully implement what is generally termed Africa’s own ‘Open Skies’ policy. Countries that have fully implemented the SAATM concrete measures include Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Mozambique, Niger, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, The Gambia and Togo. But Nigeria appears among countries 34 nations that shown serious commitment to implementing the flagship…

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Emirates Brings Back Lagos, Abuja to Route Network

Emirates Brings Back Lagos, Abuja to Route Network

 Emirates has announced it will resume passenger services to Lagos September 7 and Abuja September 9, 2020. The resumption of flights to both Nigerian cities takes Emirates’ African network to 13 destinations, as the airline works hard to help its customers travel safely and confidently, implementing industry-leading health and safety measures at all points of the travel journey. Flights to Lagos will operate four times a week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.  Flights to/from Abuja…

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