Nigeria and West Africa’s largest airline, Air Peace on Sunday signed a contract for three additional E195-E2s, confirming purchase rights from the original contract, signed in April this year. With the new signing at the Dubai Airshow, Air Peace has made total firm order of 13 E195-E2swith 17 purchase rights for the same model, which […]
As yuletide approaches, domestic airlines have commenced the deployment of more aircraft to meet flight demands and curb potential hike in air fares, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed. A former Managing Director of Capital Airlines and consultant with Etimfri Group, Amos Akpan, told THISDAY that as the yuletide approaches, airlines are bringing in aircraft from maintenance […]
Dana Air has announced that it airlifted 5.4 million passengers for the past 11 years it started scheduled, commercial service. Dana Air made this known as part of the celebration of its 11th anniversary as commercial and scheduled operator in Nigeria’s air transport sector. According to a statement by the airline’s Media and Communications Manager, Mr […]
Qantas has completed the second of three Project Sunrise long-haul research flights, after a Boeing 787-9 landed in Sydney after a non-stop flight from London. The aircraft, operating as flight QF7879 and carrying 50 passengers, landed on Friday at lunchtime local time in Sydney after a 19 hour 19 minute journey. The research flight, which […]
The Director General and CEO of the International Air Transport Association, Alexandre de Juniac recently recommended ways Africa can boost air transport sector and make commercial airline service profitable in the continent. Article postulates that governments in the region must cooperate to make the implementation of the recommendations possible. At the 51st Africa Airlines Association […]
