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Lufthansa to bolster service to East Africa’s Power House

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Great news for the Kenyan travel industry: Commencing on September 1st, 2016 Lufthansa German Airlines will serve the Kenyan capital exclusively with wide body aircraft, offering passengers four weekly flights with the latest Lufthansa long haul product and dramatically increasing the available capacity on the popular Frankfurt – Nairobi route. “Following a successful introduction to the market last October, we are thrilled to offer our customers in Nairobi and those travelling to Kenya ,…

Liberalisation: Breaking the bilateral web

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Wole Shadare

The global shift has now moved from Bilateral Air Services Agreements (BASA) to air liberalisation in Africa and 21 nations out of 44 countries are already catching the bug, WOLE SHADARE writes The debate This has been the argument. If every nation in the world had an air services agreement with every other nation, it would take about 12,500 bilateral agreements to blanket the globe. Now there are just over 4,000, but that is still…

Arik Air gets royal endorsement

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Arik Air, West and Central Africa’s largest carrier has received a royal endorsement from the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II as the foremost traditional ruler and a large entourage including some traditional rulers from the South West States of the country reaffirmed his support for Nigerian brands by flying Arik Air from Lagos to New York on a tour of America. The First Class Monarch who travelled from Lagos to New…

Female director in FAAN not redeployed

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Wole Shadare

OUR ERROR Female director in FAAN not redeployed Contrary to report published by woleshadare.net that a female director in the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) was among those redeployed by the Federal Government in its restructuring exercise, it has been discovered that the said female director (name withheld) was not affected by the exercise. It was erroneously reported that the director was redeployed to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, but investigation shows that…

Liberalisation: Nigeria, others to reap $1.3bn

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Wole Shadare

*Region to generate 155,000 jobs Nigeria and 11 other African nations can generate 155,000 jobs and $1.3 billion in annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) if air transport is liberalised, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said. According to a report published by IATA, the 12 nations setting out the considerable social and economic benefits of intra-African air service liberalisation are Nigeria, Algeria, Ethiopia, Angola, Egypt, Ghana and Kenya. Others are Namibia, Senegal, South Africa,…

Medview acquires B737 airplane

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Med-View Airline at the weekend took delivery of its Boeing 737-500 aircraft after undergoing a comprehensive check in far away Estonia. The airplane was immediately deployed for its Accra operations on Sunday. The Managing Director /Chief Executive Officer of Med-View Airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole received the aircraft on arrival at the Murtala Mohammed Airport two (MMA2) in Lagos alongside other top management staff of the airline. The interior part of the aircraft was branded with…

Medview Boeing 737-500 Aircraft delivery

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Pix from left Adedayo Olaniyan, Chief Accountant, Medview Airline; Alhaji Muneer Bankole, MD/CEO; Alhaji Na’Allah Ishaq, Executive Director, Business Development; Eng Lookman Animashaun, Executive Director, Technical and Mrs Senanu Ladipo, Relationship Manager Corporate Banking Group Infrastructure, First Bank PLC at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 as Med-View Airline took delivery of a Boeing 737-500 Aircraft over the weekend. Pix from left Capt Niyi Ogunnowo; Alhaji Na’Allah Ishaq, Executive Director, Business Development;…

Emirates offers more live sporting action on board

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Emirates is amplifying its inflight entertainment offering, adding a second dedicated sports channel to its ice TV Live onboard – now available on over 90 of its Boeing 777 aircraft. Busy globe trotters and travelling sports fans can now enjoy more live sporting action than ever before. Sports 24 Extra, the second dedicated sports channel, will complement the existing Sports 24 channel to offer double the live sports coverage on ice Digital Widescreen- Emirates’ award…

FG restructures, downgrades directors, GMs’ of aviation agencies

Posted on June 11, 2016June 12, 2016 by Wole Shadare

*NAMA may get a new MD next week *Sack looms The Federal Government may have begun the restructuring of some of the aviation agencies as no less than ten General Managers in the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) were demoted to what the Ministry of Transportation said is their appropriate grade levels. Some of the General Managers are said not to have the requisite qualifications to man some of the sensitive positions they held,…

Dana partners 2016 annual Teen Empowerment summit

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Wole Shadare

As part of efforts towards supporting youths and teens in their entrepreneurial drive, Dana Air has called on youth to avail themselves of the opportunities that the Annual Teens Empowerment conference is offering. The annual conference comprises of sessions on leadership, entrepreneurship, Career Discovery, and personal development and Dana Air is the official airline sponsor for the event scheduled for 23-24 of June, at Baze University, Abuja. According to Accountable Manager of Dana Air, Mr Obi…

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