Nigeria

Virgin Atlantic posts strong load factor on Lagos route

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Virgin Atlantic posts strong load factor on Lagos route

Airline chief urges strong regional connectivity for Nigerian carriers   Virgin Atlantic’s Chief Commercial Officer, Juha Jarvinen has expressed the carrier’s commitment to continue to service the London-Lagos route. The airline has equally maintained a strong load factor of between 85 and 90 per cent on the lucrative destination. Jarvinen spoke to Aviation Metric at a recognition breakfast with travel agents in Lagos last week in Lagos. He advised Nigerian carriers to help solve the…

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Nigeria, Brazil hold talks, initiate direct flight operations

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Nigeria, Brazil hold talks, initiate direct flight operations

FG designate, Air Peace, Caverton to Brazil, sets up draft committee Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has begun high-level discussions with the Brazilian Ambassador to Nigeria, Carlos Garcete, to activate the Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) and initiate direct flights between Nigeria and Brazil. The discussion with the Brazilian Envoy resulted from the directive handed to the Minister by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to open BASA talks with Brazil after the President…

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Minister unfolds new Nigeria-UAE BASA deal

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Minister unfolds new Nigeria-UAE BASA deal

  Nigerian carriers to operate to choice airports in UAE Emirates exits left void on lucrative route, high fares   The era where Nigerian carriers are denied choice destinations in line with the Bilateral Air Services Agreement may be over as the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo unfolded details of the new air pact between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Minister who spoke to journalists Wednesday evening at…

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Nigeria, UAE renegotiate air ties

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Nigeria, UAE renegotiate air ties

The Nigerian government has concluded negotiations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to pave the way for the resumption of Emirates Airlines’ flight operations to Nigeria on October 1. The agreement marks a significant milestone in the development of aviation ties between the two nations. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, led a technical team in constructive discussions with UAE aviation authorities to ensure a smooth reintroduction of Emirates Airlines into the…

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Nigeria to shift foreign traffic imbalance to domestic carriers

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Nigeria to shift foreign traffic imbalance to domestic carriers

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo said Nigeria is committed to expanding local airline capacity, aiming to shift the air traffic imbalance from foreign carriers to domestic operators. He disclosed this recently at the International Route Development Conference, Network Cargo 2024, in Moscow, Russia. The Minister stated that the nation’s aviation sector has significant untapped potential, which the government is determined to develop. He emphasised that most international traffic originating from Nigeria…

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Nigeria global aviation rating rises to 70.5% after CTC practice direction compliance 

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Nigeria global aviation rating rises to 70.5% after CTC practice direction compliance 

Last week, the signing of the Cape Town Convention Practice Direction by the Federal Government shot up the country’s image from 49 per cent to 70.5 per cent by the global aviation sector. In a swift response to Nigeria’s bold attempt to fully comply with the Cape Town Convention on dry-leasing of aircraft by preparing and signing the Practice Direction, the Aviation Working Group (Co-chaired by Boeing and Airbus) on Wednesday swiftly adjusted the global…

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Redeeming Nigeria’s image with CTC practice direction

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Redeeming Nigeria’s image with CTC practice direction

The signing of Cape Town Convention practice direction is an unprecedented history made and it is a venture that will boost the Nigerian airlines and the entire aviation industry as a whole, writes, WOLE SHADARE CTC domestication Nigeria ratified and domesticated the Cape Town Convention in 2007. It came at a point when it was very difficult to acquire aircraft on wet and dry leases because of the poor safety record of the country’s aviation industry at the time….

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Emirates hosts travel agents ahead re-launch to Nigeria

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Emirates hosts travel agents ahead re-launch to Nigeria

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…

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Nigeria, Angola explore BASA for mutual benefits, invite Minister for new airport hub launch

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Nigeria, Angola explore BASA for mutual benefits, invite Minister for new airport hub launch

Keyamo sets up technical c/tee for collaboration with Angola Angola has expressed interest in exploring a Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA and other mutually beneficial opportunities within the aviation sector with Nigeria. The Angolan Ambassador to Nigeria, Jose Bamoquina Zau, and his deputy, Nelson Paulo Kafikiri while delivering the message of Angola’s Minister of Transport, Ricardo de Abreu to Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo said the minister was keen to…

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Lease: Convention violation puts Nigeria’s aviation on edge

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Lease: Convention violation puts Nigeria’s aviation on edge

Several reasons have been adduced for the inability of the country’s carriers to lease aircraft like their counterparts in other climes, writes, WOLE SHADARE  The struggle The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace  Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo is struggling to win back the trust of aircraft lessors. Many of them are wary and very circumspect about leasing aircraft to Nigerian airline operators. It is not that they do not lease aeroplanes to them, it comes at a…

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