Flight Schedule

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…

  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…

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…

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…

Foreign carriers await 1280 allocated inbound pax to Lagos, Abuja    To show that the country means business to ensure that international flights resume on Sept. 5, 2020, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has issued the Notice To Airmen (NOTAM) for air traffic control clearance. The Managing Director of NAMA, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu said, “The NOTAM was issued immediately we received the circular from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) yesterday, adding that the…

The Federal Government has cut the number of directorates in the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to six from nine.  This is coming as three directors have been relieved of their duties in what the aviation regulatory body termed restructuring.  The Director-General of NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu in a statement disclosed that the directorates which are the major organs of the authority had been reduced from nine to six.  Nuhu listed the new and retained directorates…

Airlines are increasing capacity at a quicker rate than passenger demand is recovering, causing carriers to burn through dwindling cash reserves and threatening to destabilise finances. That is according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which has said that quarantine measures and uncoordinated government policies are making it tough for airlines to plan flight schedules and deploy the correct level of capacity. Meanwhile, government policies are said to be making it hard for airlines…