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Emirates, SAA, enhance codeshare pact, deepen 28 years partnership

Posted on November 18, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Building on almost three decades of strong and successful partnership, Emirates and South African Airways are further enhancing their relationship, working towards a reciprocal codeshare agreement, ahead of the busy peak travel season. With single ticket fare and hassle-free baggage handling, Emirates customers will be able to enjoy seamless access from Johannesburg to three domestic points in South Africa – Cape Town, Durban and Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), and a further thirteen regional points in Africa…

Emirates airlifts 1.7 million passengers in two weeks, resumes regular scheduled flights

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Emirates’ has resumed scheduled flights to Dubai and beyond. Despite rapidly evolving regional developments, it’s been business as usual across the Emirates network. In the past two weeks, Emirates has maintained scheduled services by rerouting flights to avoid conflict zones, successfully serving over 1.7 million passengers on more than 5,800 flights across its global network and delivering certainty to their travel plans when they needed it the most, while upholding its commitment to safe, reliable…

Emirates emerges world’s most profitable airline, as profits hit $6.2 billion

Posted on May 9, 2025May 9, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Dubai’s aviation sector, influential force on the global stage Emirates Group has released its 2024-25 Annual Report, achieving new record profit, EBITDA, revenue, and cash balance levels. This outstanding performance places the Emirates Group as the most profitable aviation group globally in the 2024-25 reporting period, with Emirates reporting the best result in its history to become the world’s most profitable airline. Both Emirates and dnata contributed record revenues in 2024-25, as the Group…

Emirates breaks no sweat, hits 75% load factor on Lagos route four months after resumption

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Love for Dubai, strong hub, others, factors for strong start Less than five months after resuming flights, Emirates has continued ramping up capacity on the lucrative Dubai-Lagos route as the carrier enjoys a 75% load factor. This disclosure was made by the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Mr. Bismarck Rewane in his analysis of aviation around the globe including events in Nigeria’s aviation industry. The success of the Dubai, United…

Delta, United, Emirates get exemption to sell tickets in dollars

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Under ‘Open Skies’, US currency is mode of transaction Three international airlines operating to Nigeria are exempted from selling tickets in the local currency- Naira. The exemption sets them apart from carriers that are required to sell air tickets in Naira as required by the country’s law. Two of the airlines, Delta and United Airlines are United States-based carriers that sell tickets in dollars in line with the ‘Open Skies’ policy between Nigeria and…

Emirates continues stranglehold on Lagos route, Air Peace mum on service re-launch

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

While Emirates Airlines begins flights to Nigeria on October 1, two years after it ceased services to Nigeria over trapped funds and other issues, there are indications that the air traffic imbalance between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may continue on the lucrative Nigeria-Dubai route, at least for now and probably long after Emirates may have started flights to Lagos. For many years, Emirates had enjoyed a ‘monopoly’ on the route while Nigerian…

Emirates hosts travel agents ahead re-launch to Nigeria

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Reinstates skyward miles for Nigerians Mega carrier, Emirates hosted key stakeholders from Nigeria’s thriving travel trade industry for a workshop to showcase its latest products and services and provide a destination update on Dubai, as the airline gears up to restart operations from October 1. With key travel agents in attendance, the workshop demonstrates the importance of Nigeria on the airline’s vast global network. Through interactive workshop sessions, the carrier familiarised attendees with the products…

NAHCO Chairman, Fadeni, Welcomes Emirates Back to Nigeria

Posted on September 9, 2024September 9, 2024 by Wole Shadare

* Firm Reaffirms Partnership with Carrier The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company PLC (NAHCO) has once again secured the bid to provide Passenger and Cargo Ground Handling services for Emirates Airlines at Lagos Airport, following the resumption of Emirates’ flights to Nigeria. This renewed contract underscores NAHCO’s unrelenting commitment to delivering exceptional ground-handling services and highlights its role as a critical partner in Nigeria’s aviation industry. The agreement with Emirates Airlines reinforcesNAHCO’s position as the trusted…

Emirates: Stakeholders predict major shift in Nigerian market dynamics

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Wole Shadare

…Seek urgent resolution on Dubai visa The announcement last week of Emirates Airlines’ resumption to the Nigerian market 18 months after it exited as a result of a diplomatic face-off between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may have sent jitters down the spines of other carriers that filled the void created by the carrier’s exit. While announcing Emirates flight resumption last week, Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ Deputy President and Chief Commercial Officer said, “We…

Two years after UAE-Nigeria spat, Emirates to resume flights 0ct 1

Posted on May 16, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Two years after Emirates exited Nigeria over a face-off with the Nigerian government, the carrier will resume operations to the country on October 1, 2024. Emirates will resume services to Nigeria from 1 October 2024, operating a daily service between Lagos and Dubai, offering customers more choices and connectivity from Nigeria’s largest city to Dubai. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to douse the tension and resolve the frosty relations between Nigeria and the United…

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