South African Airways (SAA), one of the leading carriers on the African continent, will launch direct flights between Johannesburg and Guangzhou, China, on 18 September 2019, giving customers access to the heart of China’s export led manufacturing industries. This is yet another strategy implementation initiative aimed at enhancing SAA’s route network. “The decision to launch […]
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has called on industrial unions and professional associations to sustain the prevailing industrial harmony in the system through peaceful and meaningful engagement with management. Managing Director of NAMA Capt. Fola Akinkuotu who gave this charge during an interactive forum with aviation unions and representatives of professional bodies at the […]
About 13 passengers on board a Russian Aeroflot commercial plane were killed on Sunday when the plane caught fire mid-air and made an emergency landing at a Moscow airport on Sunday, Russian news agencies reported. Television footage showed the Sukhoi Superjet-100 making an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport with much of the rear part […]
The Nigerian Immigration Service finally introduced the new international passport with 10 years duration on April 29, 2019. It was flagged off in Abuja and it is expected that in the next few weeks, it would be introduced at the Ikoyi Passport Office, Lagos, which is the busiest passport office in Africa, according to Immigration. […]
Followings reports that illicit drugs can be planted in passengers’ checked-in luggage without their knowledge and consent, Writer looks at how such obnoxious acts can be prevented at the nation’s airports. Arrests made late last year by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) brought to the fore syndicated operations of drug traffickers who tag […]
