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Bombardier has won a $5.6bn (£3.84bn) order for its C Series passenger planes from American airline Delta. It has placed a firm order for 75 of the aircraft, with an option for 50 more. Bombardier described the deal as a “watershed moment”, after orders had stalled for two years. Wings …

A National Summit on Culture and Tourism will be convened by the ministry of Information and Culture in Abuja this week. According to minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Wednesday, April 27 till Friday, April 29 will be set aside to chart a course for Nigeria’s creative industry …

SOMETIMES, babies decide to enter the world at the most inconvenient of times, like when you’re speeding along 40,000 feet above the ground. That’s exactly what happened on a Jetstar Asia flight last Friday, with an expectant mother going into labour shortly before her flight from Singapore touched down in …

Arik Explorer, Arik Air’s leisure and packaged travel subsidiary, is launching a ground transfer service for London bound passengers from Heathrow Airport to destinations within London city. The Public Relations and Communications Manager, Arik Air, Mr Adebanji Ola informed that the ground transfer service is in collaboration with Puzzles Group …

Airlines have done a better job in handling baggage, with mishandling rates declining last year to their lowest level on record despite a huge jump in passenger numbers. The rate of mishandled bags was 6.5 bags per thousand passengers in 2015, down 10.5% from the previous year, less than half …

The eight domestic airlines currently operating in Nigerian airspace recorded 5,399 flights, with 3,029 of the flights between January and March 2016 delayed and 120 cancelled. The 5,399 flights bore a total of 714,137 passengers broken into 346, 579 inbound passengers and 367, 558 outbound passengers. The figures were contained …

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has revealed that the nation’s refineries will soon start producing JET A1, better known as aviation fuel. The scarcity of aviation fuel has been affecting smooth operations in the …

Cramped seats Complaining about flying is an American pastime, thanks to cramped seats and fees for everything from checking baggage to changing an airline ticket. That helps explain why airlines have consistently ranked as one of the lowest-scoring industries with the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, an independent national benchmark of …

Ever since Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin served his guests turtle bouillon, lamb chops and champagne on the world’s first international passenger flight in 1912, on-board catering has been key to winning the hearts and stomachs of top-paying passengers. These days, about 4 million meals are consumed in the air every …

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has assured that Nigerians will not buy flight ticket in dollars, and he has pleaded for patience from the public. Fielding questions yesterday at the federal government-organised town hall meeting in Lagos, Amaechi said the air ticketing payment process may be “a bit complex” at …