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British Airways is creating great opportunities for travellers who have plans to spend the summer holiday in the UK. The carrier said it is offering exciting discounted fares from Lagos and Abuja to London and travellers who decide to plan late for the summer can still have a refreshed experience. The offers from Lagos and Abuja will start from $477 for British Airways World Traveller. The general public will be able to take advantage of…

Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL) has won the contract to provide total ground handling services to Ethiopian Airline at the Kaduna Airport.  The contract which took effect from August 1, 2017, will see SAHCOL offering services in Passenger, Cargo, and Ramp handling services to Ethiopian Airline’s three times in a week flights at the Kaduna International Airport. The choice of SAHCOL, by Ethiopian Airline as its total handler in Kaduna, once more upholds SAHCOL…

Aviation to contribute $8.2b to Nigeria’s GDP International airlines which $600 million funds were blocked in Nigeria can now heave a sigh of relief as the Federal Government has released $425 million. remaining a whopping $175 million still in the coffers of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The clearing house for 280 international airlines, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) while commending the Federal Government for resolving the crisis of blocked funds that almost…

Global aviation sector posts strongest H1 growth since 2010 – IATA   The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), grew by 10.4 per cent in the first-half of 2017 compared to the first-half of 2016.   This, was the strongest first half-year performance since air cargo’s rebound from the Global Financial Crisis in 2010 and nearly triple the industry’s…