Enhanced intra Africa air connectivity will generate 17,400 jobs and add about $128.2 million annually to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said. This means that a Nigerian airline can operate from Lagos to Lome and Lome to Dakar without visa and immigration restrictions. It is expected that […]
Was created for the bliss so absorbed in the exquisite sense of mere tranquil existence, that I neglect my talents. I should be incapable of drawing a single stroke at the present moment; and yet I feel that I never was a greater artist than now. When, while the lovely valley teems with vapour around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of the impenetrable foliage of my trees, and but a few stray.
Although opportunities seem to be opening up for African airlines, they still face daunting challenges in securing funding for fleet expansion and their operations. One of the major reasons why many Nigerian airlines operate with an average of three aircraft and also operate geriatric equipment is their inability to obtain loans. Unlike what has almost […]
If the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) devalues the Naira as pressure mounts on the federal government to do so, foreign airlines may lose about 45 per cent of their over N119. 4 billion ($600 million) trapped in CBN. THISDAY gathered that the airlines would lose substantial value of their earning, a development, which could […]
Enraged middle aged woman allegedly assaulted the Arik Air Manager at the Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri and seized the laptop modem of the airline as a way of ventilating her anger when the airline cancelled flight due to prevalent fuel scarcity. The incident happened less than two weeks after an aggrieved passenger, said to be a […]
