Nigerian travellers have lost millions of naira to fraudsters who use fake airline websites to sell tickets to unsuspecting victims. This was disclosed to THISDAY by the Director of Consumer Protection, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), AdamuAbdullahi. He disclosed that travellers who were unfortunate to access these fake sites and pay for tickets go […]
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has charged Air Traffic Controllers in the country to brainstorm and come up with practical and achievable solutions to problems encountered in the provision of air traffic control services in their respective airports across the country. Giving this charge at the recently concluded Annual General Meeting and Conference of […]
United Airlines has launched flights from its Los Angeles hub to Singapore – a 14,000km journey that takes 17 hours, 55 minutes on the outbound leg and 15 hours, 15 minutes on the way back. The once-daily route is being operated with a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner configured with 252 seats in a three-class layout (116 […]
The National Association of Nigeria Travel Agents (NANTA) has started moves to make government disenfranchise illicit travel agency operators who are not registered with the association and also not to berecognised by the International Air Travel Association (IATA) by ensuring they do not have access to Global Distribution System (GDS). NANTA said these illicit operators […]
In Nigeria, commercial aircraft fly fewer times than the recommended hours due to the infrastructure deficit. This results in huge revenue losses for airlines. When airline operators describe Nigeria’s air operating environment as harsh, they are actually referring to the lack of and obsolete essential facilities, double taxation, scarcity and high cost of aviation fuel as […]