The sixth evacuation flight from the U.S. has departed for Abuja and Lagos with 325 passengers on board. In the manifest are 128 males, 174 females and 23 infants, according to the Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Mr Benaoyagha Okoyen. This brings to 1,739 the total number of stranded Nigerians evacuated from the […]
Three possible reasons have been adduced as the cause of the fatal landing of Air India Express plane with 190 people onboard, which skidded off the runway of the Kozhikode airport in Kerala on Friday evening killing at least 17 people including both the pilots. Indian medium, Zeenews reported that to understand what could have […]
Stakeholders believe code-share among the airlines may save cost and boost revenue. Before the restart of flight operations on July 8, 2020, some industry observers felt that passenger traffic would be low because many Nigerians are still apprehensive about flying. But there were others who believe that there would be progressive increase in passenger traffic […]
It was predicted. Industry stakeholders knew that without earning revenues for months, airlines would not have operational funds to maintain the pre-COVID-19 status when they resume service. That was why insightful governments provided bailouts and palliatives to their airlines. The economic meltdown occasioned by Coronavirus lockdown was global and aviation was the most affected. But […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that Muhammad Albakri, IATA’s Regional Vice President for Africa and the Middle East (AME) will be appointed Senior Vice President for Customer, Financial and Digital Services (CFDS), based in Geneva. The appointment becomes effective on March 1, 2021. At that time Aleks Popovich, who currently holds the […]
