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Anthony Kila:Air Peace to London is not just a flight

Posted on March 1, 2024March 1, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Dear Readers Welcome to the month March of 2024 Barring any extraordinary circumstances, whatever else happens in March 2024, the month will also be remembered as the month Nigerian-based privately owned airline Air Peace, led by Allen Onyema makes its maiden flight to London, UK. It is not the first time a Nigerian airline will go to London as a commercial flight, we have had some others do the same, Nigeria Airways, Belview, Arik and…

Walk For Love Africa (WFLA) Set to Hold Inaugural Summit

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Walk For Love Africa® (WFLA) is delighted to announce that preparations are in place for the inaugural edition of the WFLA Summit, a travel, tourism and trade event scheduled to take place from 28 to 29 March 2024 in Lagos, Nigeria, at the Radisson Blu Hotel Ikeja. The event’s theme is Intra-Africa Travel and Tourism Ecosystem: Maximizing Sustainable Growth and Development Opportunities. The 2-day event will feature a full-day conference with high-level panel sessions with…

Airlines unblock lower ticket inventories as fares on int’l’ routes set to crash

Posted on February 29, 2024February 29, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Fares on Nigerian routes most expensive in Africa NCAA sets up ten-man committee on travel cost reduction In a move to halt the spiralling cost of air tickets in the country and make travelling affordable for Nigerians, the Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Captain Chris Najomo, has set up a 10-man Committee to look into the high cost of tickets in the country. The committee is coming on the heels…

Green Africa Launches Second Annual Zero Naira Fare Campaign

Posted on February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Green Africa has announced the launch of its second annual Zero Naira FareCampaign. The airline ran its first Zero Naira Fare campaign last year to the delight of many customers across the country who had the opportunity to fly for the first time. This initiative allows customers the unique opportunity to fly for free to any of the destinations currently served by Green Africa, paying only airport taxes and other applicable charges estimated at approximately…

Qatar Airways, Gategroup Ink In-flight Catering Pact

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Qatar Airways and Gategroup have a new catering partnership to elevate in-flight dining, structured through a Business Management Agreement that will see collaboration on passenger dining experiences, sourcing and procurement, healthy eating, and sustainability. Qatar Airways’ commitment to global aviation excellence will be reinforced by Gategroup’s expertise in menu design, culinary concepts and operational excellence. This partnership with Gategroup is expected to amplify the Qatar Airways brand by delivering refined culinary experiences for our guests,…

IATA: Africa records improved safety record, 2023 best-ever for global aviation

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Wole Shadare

African aviation received a major boost as the continent’s air safety recorded a significant improvement. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) in its 2023 Annual Safety Report for Global Aviation stated that the accident rate improved from 10.88 per million sectors in 2022 to 6.38 in 2023. The continent according to IATA posted a better safety record than the 5-year average of 7.11 with no fatalities, highlighting that Africa has had no passenger jet hull losses or fatal accidents since 2020. The…

Ground handlers propose N400, 000 for B737, N250 for CRJ rates per flight

Posted on February 28, 2024February 28, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Only rates review i’ll sustain handling companies-Stakeholders Business organisations in the Nigerian aviation industry are suffocating and need government intervention to remain alive. This is as ground handling companies in the country have declared that the current handling rates charged by airlines, especially the domestic operators, were no longer sustainable, fearing that if not reviewed upward in the next few months, the sub-sector may collapse totally. Handling companies through the Aviation Ground Handlers…

Informal airline collaboration eases travel pain

Posted on February 27, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Nigerian carriers are mapping out strategies to ease travellers’ pains as they informally collaborate, writes, WOLE SHADARE New strategy Nigerian carriers may not have perfected the Spring Alliance agreement, but they are quietly collaborating amongst themselves to solve one of the biggest problems of flight delays and cancellations that is fast taking the joy out of air travel through informal arrangements. A few years ago, Nigeria’s fast-rising airline, Ibom Air and Dana signed a codeshare…

SAA’s New Perth-Johannesburg direct route opens African experiences for Australian travellers

Posted on February 25, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Gauteng, South Africa’s economic hub and gateway to Africa, is preparing to give travellers aboard the inaugural SAA flight from Perth to Johannesburg, a traditional wet welcome when it lands at O.R. Tambo International Airport at the end of April 2024. The non-stop three times a-week flight takes off from Johannesburg on April 28th, 2024 and has seen a keen uptake of seats, particularly in the economy class. “We are excited that this flight has…

Aviation sector needs special Forex window, says Aisubeogun, former FAAN MD

Posted on February 25, 2024 by Wole Shadare

A former Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Dr. Richard Aisuebeogun has admitted that the present Nigerian airline business climate has been positively competitive. He however said that for the industry to witness continuous growth and stability in 2024, the sector would require government intervention and control of the dwindling foreign exchange market or even provide aviation businesses special window access to the much-needed foreign exchange. Aisuebeogun lamented that institutional funding…

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