Travels

Less than a week after 162 Nigerians were returned from Libya to the country due to their inability to cross to Europe, another 41 Nigerians were yesterday deported from the United States of America (USA) through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) Lagos for various offences. Most of the deportees were returned to the country for criminal offences. All the 41 deportees were male. The aircraft that brought back the deportees, Miami Air International with…

Africa’s most profitable airline, Ethiopian Airlines has continued its aviation technology leadership with yet another first African Airbus A350 XWB. In its successful 70 years of history, Ethiopian has so many firsts in African aviation industry. The A-350 XWB will be the first airbus aircraft in Ethiopian fleet and the first of its kind in Africa. All seats are fitted with the latest high-definition touchscreen personal monitors and a higher selection of movies, television series…

*World’s Largest Cruise Ship Sets Sail from Summer Homeport Royal Caribbean International’s President and CEO, Michael Bayley, sends off the cruise line’s newest ship, Harmony of the Seas, as she departed on her inaugural cruise from her summer homeport of Barcelona, Spain this week. Coming off of receiving stellar guest satisfaction scores and feedback on its first repositioning cruise, from Southampton, U.K. to Barcelona, the world’s largest cruise ship is sailing an exclusive five-night Western…

Global airline share prices fell by 3.0 per cent during May 2016, and ended the month nearly 11 per cent below their level at the start of the year. Meanwhile, Asia Pacific airlines saw the biggest month-on-month fall (-5.2 per cent), while North American and European carriers saw more modest declines (-2.8 per cent and -0.7 per cent respectively). The International Air Transport Association (IATA) stated that amid ongoing investor concerns about the impact of…

Ethiopian airlines, the leading African carrier is pleased to announce that its Group CEO Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam has been re-appointed to the IATA (International Air Transport Association) Board of Governors for a three year-term at the 72nd IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Dublin, Ireland. Moreover,  GebreMariam has also been appointed to the IATA Strategy and Policy Committee. He has been serving to the Board of governors since 2013. The IATA Board of Governors…

Despite the poor air safety records in Africa, particularly in Nigeria where the country has witnessed series of plane crashes, carriers in the region whose businesses are worth $70 billion, have poor safety report card. WOLE SHADARE writes Overcoming tragedy? International commercial air travel has reached levels of safety and convenience, which would have been unimaginable just a generation ago. Although, they are almost always extremely tragic events, the lessons have played important role in…

*Airline apologise to stranded passengers Flight operations of Dana were today grounded as the airline pilots withdrew their services over unpaid allowances. Consequently, already booked passengers were left stranded at airports across the country. Hundreds of passengers of the airlines were stranded in major airports operate to by the carrier as they were caught unaware by the action of the pilots. For instance, at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two, MMA2, Lagos where the airline operates…

The, United Kingdom and Australia today deported 40 Nigerians for various immigration offences. This is the second time in two months that the UK would deport Nigerians over various offences committed by them. The deportees comprising males and females, arrived the hajj camp area of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 7:25am in a chartered aircraft. The chartered aircraft with registration number ZTA -4741 brought into the country 36 Nigerians comprising 29 males and seven…

 * EgyptAir plane disappears, terrorism suspected   After a decade of political turmoil and the downing of a holiday jet last year, tourism in Egypt was left in a desperate state – so will the MS804 tragedy sound the death knell for the industry? Figures from February this year show that visitor numbers to Egypt practically halved and the average number of nights spent in the country is down by 67.2 per cent compared to…