Thousands of jobs may be lost in the downstream sector of the aviation industry as technology, poor policy implementation threaten the existence of travel agencies in Nigeria. Chinedu Eze writes that without urgent intervention by government, the country would lose the multibillion naira market to foreign operators. About 20 years ago a travel agency may […]
If there were no Lion Air crash Flight 610 involving Boeing 737MAX, the same aircraft type that was also involved in the Ethiopia Airlines, there are indications that the attention would have been more on the maintenance culture of the African airline rather than on the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) generally believed to be […]
Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa has won the prestigious African Champion of the Year Award on March 26,2019 at the ongoing Africa CEO Forum in Kigali which is being attended by more than 1,800 delegates. The AFRICA CEO FORUM is the leading international conference dedicated to the private sector in Africa and […]
Delta Air Lines has marked a successful first 12 months of flying between Lagos and New York-JFK. The nonstop flight started on March 26, 2018 and operates three times a week. Delta also flies nonstop between Lagos and Atlanta four times a week, meaning Nigerians have a daily connection to the United States. Over the […]
Nigeria’s foremost airline, Aero Contractors, has reduced airfare to Yola as it begins flight operations to the capital of Adamawa state. The airline, which is repositioning its scheduled and fixed wing operations as it increases aircraft in its fleet, marked its inaugural flight to Yola via Abuja on Tuesday with high load factor. The airline’s […]
