Ethiopia Airlines: Refundable Deposit by South Africa Passengers for Incidental Expenses

Africa’s biggest carrier, Ethiopia Airlines has denied the collection of unauthoritsed charges, as alleged by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and explained that due to the frequent deportation of Nigerians by South Africa authorities, the airline introduced the charges for passengers with one-way tickets who may be deported on arrival by South Africa government. […]

Medview Continues Flight Operations to London Uninhibited

  Despite the report of its ban last week by EU authorities, Medview Airline on Sunday operated its flight to London Gatwick airport. The flight was operated by a Boeing B747 aircraft with registration number TF-AFV. The Chief Operation Officer of the airline, Lookman Animasheun explained that when the airline saw the report of the […]

NCAA Orders Ethiopian Airlines to Stop Unauthorised Charges

  The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has ordered Ethiopian Airlines (ET) to stop forthwith the illegal collection of unauthorised charges. These unauthorised charges referred to as refundable deported fee is put at between $75 and $150. NCAA explained that all South Africa bound Nigerian passengers on Ethiopian Airlines are compelled to pay this amount […]

Onyema: Foreign Airlines are Depleting Our Reserves

  Chairman and CEO of Air Peace, Chief Allen Onyema argues that pent up demand on the foreign exchange market arising from capital flight is one of the reasons for the pressure on the exchange rate, and urged government to encourage indigenous airlines to build capacity and operate international routes. What gave you the impetus […]