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The Federal Government of Nigeria’s plan to establish a National Carrier is looking bright, as discussions with Boeing continue. It would be recalled that during President Muhammadu Buhari’s last visit to the United State of America, a meeting with the American aircraft manufacturer’s management took place. Another phase of the …

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, is pleased to announce that it will take delivery on 5 June 2018 of its 100th aircraft, a Boeing 787-900, the 1st for an African airline to operate 100 aircraft fleet in the history of the continent, …

Coming at a time Nigeria’s international image is not too good with the incessant cases of corruption in the country, a cleaner at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos State, Charity Bassey, recently did the unexpected when she found a nylon containing $6,000 valued at over N2 million, …

Ladidi Victoria Kolo is a female pilot who is excited about her chosen career. Interestingly, the dream was almost aborted initially because of the high cost of training. In this interview with YETUNDE OLADEINDE , the native of Nupeland goes down memory lane to recount the challenges, getting total support from her …

Turkish Airlines, aviation giants which performed brilliantly in 2017, maintains this success with the same momentum in 2018. The national flag carrier has put its signature under the thriving results recorded in April, after announcing its successful first quarter with 83.2% LF in April. According to the April 2018 Traffic …

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has unveiled its “Giant Suitcase” initiative for the Holy Month of Ramadan. With more than 75 per cent of travellers admitting to over-packing clothes for their holidays, this programme will provide them with the opportunity to do-good through a simple donation programme. …

Air Peace on Wednesday moved to check the growing trend of attacks and violence by air travellers in the country, blacklisting a passenger who flew into a rage and destroyed its check-in system at the General Aviation Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos on Tuesday. The blacklisted passenger, …

The federal government has promised that the final entitlements of the former workers of defunct Nigeria Airways and other inherited debts and contractual obligations to local contractors between 2006 and 2015 would be paid through promissory notes and bond issuance, African business travel news reports. https://www.africanbusinesstravel.com.ng/fg-promises-pay-ex-nigeria-airways-workers-debts/ According to a statement signed …

  One of Nigeria’s leading airlines Dana Air, has introduced has introduced another customer-centric initiative designed to gift its guests with some ‘cash back’’ on every booking. The initiative requires the airline’s guests to get a ”Thank U’’ card at its Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 sales outlet  , pay for their booking …

Watch as popular UAE influencer Khalid al Ameri joins Sophia the Robot – the world’s most advanced Artificially Intelligent robot – to explore Abu Dhabi and discover all the excitement and emotions one can experience on a visit to the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Sophia is officially the …