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Lagos, Cape Town, Nairobi, others among top unserved routes in Africa, says Airbus

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Wole Shadare

…Continent’s aviation sector to result in 3.3% GDP growth Aircraft giant, Airbus has identified Lagos, Cape Town, Nairobi and Douala as some of the top un-served routes in Africa, stressing that better service of the routes would provide better connectivity to travellers, drive economic growth in local economies and provide a significant boost in revenue for airlines. The disclosure is contained in its analysis at the ongoing AviaDev conference in Namibia where Airbus unveiled a…

Nigerian airspace remains open, says NAMA

Posted on June 4, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has alerted users that the country’s airspace is open to flight operations even in the face of the Nigerian Labour Congress’s (NLC) ongoing strike action to press home for higher minimum wage for workers. Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of NAMA, Abdullahi Musa in a statement said the ongoing strike has not in any way affected the operations of the agency. He disclosed that contingency…

Visa face-off resolved, UAE to lift ban on Nigerians to Dubai soon, says Minister

Posted on June 3, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo said the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was ready to lift the travel barriers the country placed on Nigerians, which bars visitors from Nigeria from going to Dubai. Keyamo made the disclosure Sunday night at the welcome dinner for delegates attending the International Air Transport Association (IATA) 80th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit taking place in Dubai. The Minister was accompanied to the…

IATA lauds Nigeria for clearing foreign airlines’ over $700 million blocked funds

Posted on June 2, 2024 by Wole Shadare

…$19 million due to CBN on-going verification-Walsh Wole Shadare, Dubai, UAE The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Nigeria has cleared 98 per cent of foreign airlines’ blocked funds, disclosing that the remaining two per cent of funds amounting to $19 million yet to be cleared is due to the Central Bank’s ongoing verification of outstanding forward claims filed by the commercial banks. It noted that as of April 2024, 98% of these funds have…

Turkish Airlines, union spat festers, NUATE wants GM exit from Nigeria

Posted on May 27, 2024May 27, 2024 by Wole Shadare

…Carrier’s $6000 fraud allegation by seven Nigerians cooked The truce brokered by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) over the face-off between Turkish Airlines and unions in the aviation industry may have yielded no result as the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) has chided the General Manager of the airline, Lokman Balkan for the way he is handling the issue that saw the union picket the carrier last week In a statement issued on…

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…

Nigeria, Saudi eye small chunk of $6 trillion cargo market, to resume joint flights

Posted on May 21, 2024May 21, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has disclosed that cargo flight operations between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia are set to resume after years of inactivity. On Tuesday, Keyamo announced this via a post on his official X (formerly Twitter) account. The Aviation Minister discussed the resumption of cargo flight operations with Saleh Al-Jasser, Minister of Transport and Logistics of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on the sidelines of the ongoing Future Aviation…

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…

Firm invests multi-billion Naira to capture helicopter operations in Nigeria

Posted on May 7, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The Federal Government’s desire to boost revenue generation from the aviation industry has seen huge investment in the acquisition of mobile radar, tracking devices, body-worn cameras, and fully equipped control rooms amongst other support that will capture and relay data for Helicopters flying in and out of Nigeria. The exclusive rights granted to an indigenous firm – NAEBI Dynamic Concepts Limited for the collection of helicopter landing levy at all aerodromes, helipads, oil rig platforms…

Delta sets to offer 14 weekly flights to Nigeria as carrier restarts New York-Lagos route Dec 1

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Mega carrier and one of the most successful airlines in the world, Delta Air Lines has concluded plans to restart daily service to Lagos from New York from December 1, 2024. This is made possible as Nigeria and the United States have ‘Open Skies’ aviation pact that allows both nations to deploy as many flights as possible to each other’s territory. Air carriers of both countries gain unrestricted rights to transport passengers directly between the…

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