This is one of the most frequently asked questions. Way back in the early 90s when I started my career, all you needed to have then was a school certificate. That is still the requirement in many advanced countries. But in Nigeria, that changed with ADC and Bellview Airlines. These …
Read More »Dana Air Introduces Flexible No Change Fee Policy
Dana Air has Introduced a flexible no change fee policy as part of its promise to serve its customers better and offer innovative products to support their ever-changing travel desires According to the airline’s Communications Manager, Kingsley Ezenwa, ”Dana Air understands that the exigencies of daily activities can make planning a trip difficult. So With this new policy, our customers …
Read More »How Aviation Ministry shared N5bn of N27bn COVID-19 bailout funds in aviation sector
Atleast N4, 995,999,999.90 was disbursed to the aviation industry as part of the N5bn COVID-19 palliatives Federal government agreed to, to cushion the effects of the pandemic on aviation industry which is one of the worst hit sectors. The N5bn released to the industry is part of a larger …
Read More »Dana Air Takes Delivery of Aircraft After Maintenance
Dana Air on Wednesday, 31st December, 2020 welcomed two of its Boeing aircraft fresh from maintenance overseas. The arrival of the aircraft is coming days after another of its aircraft returned to service recently in December. The Chief Operating Officer of Dana Air, Obi Mbanuzuo while speaking on the …
Read More »NCAA: PROTOCOLS FOR ALL PASSENGERS ORIGINATING FROM UNITED KINGDOM (UK) AND SOUTH AFRICA.
With the recent spike in cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria and the reported highly transmissible new variant of the vinus in the United Kingdom and South Africa the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has reviewed the quarantine protocol as follows: 1. Passengers …
Read More »Ethiopian Airlines appoints Mr. Shimeles Arage as new GM in Nigeria
Mr. Shimeles Arage has been appointed as the New General Manager in Nigeria. He took over from Mrs. Firihiewot Mekonnen who has now moved to Frankfurt Germany as Manager. Mr. Shimeles Before his appointment was the Regional Manager Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. He once served in Equatorial Guinea …
Read More »Makurdi Inaugural Flight: Excitement as Air Peace begins 3 weekly flights to Makurdi
Nigeria’s foremost airline, Air Peace, on Monday commenced commercial flights into Makurdi, Benue State, in line with its route expansion drive. Air Peace is the only airline operating Lagos-Makurdi flights at the moment amidst excitement from the state government and indigenes of the state. Mr Samuel Ortom, the state governor, …
Read More »Yuletide: Air Peace Assures Customers of Adequate Seats
Nigeria’s leading carrier, Air Peace, has assured customers that it has made adequate preparations to effectively service all its routes during the Christmas season, especially South East and South-South destinations. The airline said some of its aircraft ferried abroad for maintenance have started returning and would be deployed to those …
Read More »Lufthansa resumes its flights to Nigeria connecting Lagos and Abuja
On 03 December 2020, Lufthansa again welcomed its passengers at Lagos airport on board of its resumed nonstop flight from Frankfurt/Germany. After having suspended its flight operations to Nigeria eight months ago following the travel restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Lufthansa is back to Nigeria as the travel …
Read More »Arik Air management declares 300 staff redundant
Arising from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the constrained ability of the airline to complete heavy maintenance activities and return its planes to operations, stunted revenues against increasing operational costs, the management of Arik Air (In Receivership) has declared 300 staff members redundant to its current …
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