$182 million bailout delay forces Kenya Airways to reinstate salary cuts 

$182 million bailout delay forces Kenya Airways to reinstate salary cuts 

  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….

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Buhari to commission Lagos airport terminal nine years after, China offers seven years grace period

Buhari to commission Lagos airport terminal nine years after, China offers seven years grace period

    Loan repayment to last for 20 years on 2.5% interest Coordination hiccups from past administration slowed completion date   Nine years after work started on a terminal that many said would ease pressure on the existing decrepit Murtala Muhammed International Airport terminal, all is now set for the commissioning of the newly built international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos slated for tomorrow. The brand new, international terminal is one of five,…

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British Airways, Virgin Atlantic scrap face mask rule

British Airways, Virgin Atlantic scrap face mask rule

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…

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Delta Air unveils summer adventures with more trans-Atlantic flights

Delta Air unveils summer adventures with more trans-Atlantic flights

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…

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Domestic Alliance’ll Help Carriers Manage Capacity, Says Iyayi

Domestic Alliance’ll Help Carriers Manage Capacity, Says Iyayi

  The recommendation a decade ago by a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Roland Iyayi, that airlines need to come together to form an alliance to remain profitable has come to fruition with the setting up of Spring Alliance. Reminiscent of global airline alliances like Star Alliance, One World, and SkyTeam, six Nigerian airlines signed an agreement called Spring Alliance. The carriers signed the agreement in Lagos, Nigeria. The carriers,…

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Jet A1 Surge Deals Blow On Fragile Nigerian Airlines

Jet A1 Surge Deals Blow On Fragile Nigerian Airlines

The flurry of price increases may further stress the balance sheets of airlines that are making desperate efforts to stay afloat, writes WOLE SHADARE Tough time The past two weeks had been hectic for Nigerian airlines and travelers. The scarcity and high cost of aviation fuel, otherwise known as Jet A1, had put the domestic aviation industry in total disarray. Not only in Nigeria are airlines and passengers groaning over the spike in Jet A1,…

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NAHCO announces new businesses, renews Virgin, Delta contracts, wins Qatar deal

NAHCO announces new businesses, renews Virgin, Delta contracts, wins Qatar deal

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…

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Airlines to shut operations over skyrocketing aviation fuel

Airlines to shut operations over skyrocketing aviation fuel

Nigerian carriers said they can no longer bear the excruciating pain inflicted on them by the astronomic rise in the price of aviation fuel, otherwise known as Jet A1. To this end, the airlines said they have only three days from today to shut down operations over lack of aviation fuel. Even the plea by the House of Representatives to wade into the matter is yet to yield the desired result as the carriers are…

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Travel crisis deepens as airlines reschedule flights ‘indefinitely’

Travel crisis deepens as airlines reschedule flights ‘indefinitely’

Aviation fuel scarcity and the high cost of the commodity are taking a huge toll on airlines, travelers, and economic activities. The past two weeks had been hectic for Nigerian airlines and travelers. The scarcity of aviation fuel, otherwise known as Jet A1 had put the domestic aviation industry in total disarray. Consequently, they are unable to cope with the price as Jet A1 skyrocketed to between N590 and N600 per litre from N200 in…

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Comair, BA franchisee grounded by South Africa Civil Aviation Authority

Comair, BA franchisee grounded by South Africa Civil Aviation Authority

 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…

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