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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…

Nigeria’s foremost ground handling and aviation logistics services provider, NAHCO Plc, continues its dominance of the sector as it announces a string of new businesses and renewals. Stemming from its satisfactory services over the years, Virgin Atlantic and Delta Airlines have renewed their Lagos contracts with NAHCO plc while Air France/Royal Dutch pitched tents with the Company for its operations in Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt, just as Ethiopian Airlines renewed its contracts with the…

 For its failure to comply with safety, South Africa’s Civil Aviation has come hard on Comair’s operations by indefinitely grounding the entire carrier’s fleet. Thousands of passengers were left stranded and irate after the aviation regulator issued a 24-hour precautionary suspension of Comair’s air operator certificate on Saturday morning. The move came after a series of serious incidents involving its aircraft. The SACAA said the suspension would remain effective pending the operator addressing issues it had flagged. About…

African airlines are gradually recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic as the continent’s capacity in February has reached 64 percent compared to the same month in 2019. This is actually heartwarming for the airlines that have had to struggle to wriggle out of the difficulty that not only stunted their growth but one that elicited gloom. Airline revenues remained low with many operators battling with cash-flow issues. The full-year revenue loss for 2022 is estimated at…

The Federal Government has denied the existence of a preferred bidder for Nigeria Air stating that some vested interests have been promoting certain agendas including Qatar Airways.  The denial is coming amid a report (Not Aviation Metric) that the government has picked Qatar Airways as a preferred bidder for the proposed national carrier. Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Aviation, James Odaudu stated that there is no preferred bidder and that transparency and accountability have been the…

Fuel Scarcity Hits CScores stranded, airlines cancel, delay flights     The aviation industry in Nigeria was thrown into chaos following the acute shortage of aviation fuel, otherwise known as Jet A1, forcing virtually all the carriers to reschedule flights while others who could not get the product cancelled flights. The domestic terminals of the Lagos airport and other aerodromes across the country were full to the brim as restless passengers engaged airline officials in…

Firm initiates pay-small-small travel plan, carrier increases frequencies, eyes P’H route   Egypt Air and Nigeria’s fastest-growing travel company, Wakanow has entered into a partnership that would help promote tourism travel between Nigeria and Egypt. The partnership will see Egypt Air open City Ticketing Offices through the Wakanow Travel Center network across Nigeria enabling their plans to expand operations further into the Northern and Southern parts of Nigeria. Part of the partnership is the launch…