The aviation industry makes huge forex demand and contributes significantly in pressuring the Naira, from aircraft insurance, foreign airlines revenue, aircraft maintenance, and importation of equipment. Every aviator will readily tell you that most aviation activities are denominated in foreign currency; that apart from manpower, aviation fuel, catering, overhead costs and related services, which are […]
Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace has become the first airline to operate a flight from the newly commissioned international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, known as Terminal 2. Air Peace operated its 7:00 am Lagos-Accra flight from the new facility on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. In a statement issued by airline’s spokesman, Stanley […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos Command on Wednesday morning intercepted an American citizen with firearms at the airport. The male passenger (names withheld), who arrived the country aboard a United Airlines flight from Houston, United States at 10:10am, was said to have checked-in the firearms. The passenger was also said […]
President of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA), Mrs. Susan Akporiaye has denied the plan by foreign airlines to sell tickets in dollars following the forex scarcity and inability of airlines to repatriate their earnings from the country. The NANTA President was reacting to reports indicating that foreign carriers would start selling tickets […]
Nigeria’s upcoming airline, United Nigeria Airlines has integrated with Wakanow, Africa’s leading travel tech company, to provide greater value to its customers by delivering real-time inventory and flight schedules. By virtue of this partnership, Wakanow is the only online travel agency with United Nigeria’s Live Inventory bookable in real time enabling the delivery of seamless […]
