Long haul flights are fairly joyless at the best of times, but at least they get you where you need to be. Not so on this occasion. A BA flight from Heathrow to Tokyo fell substantially short of reaching its intended destination, making an about turn at the half-way point and heading straight back […]
The Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (retd.) has promised to dismantle drug syndicates in the country. Abdallah gave the assurance as the Agency released its scorecard at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos between January and June 2016. Sixty-three (63) suspected drug traffickers were arrested […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for May showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 4.6%, compared to the same month in 2015, which was the same level achieved in April. Capacity climbed 5.5%, which pushed the average load factor down 0.7 percentage points to 78.7%. […]
The Airports Council International (ACI) recently released its list of the busiest airports in the world. Once again, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) took with the top spot, with more than 100 million passengers in 2015. According to the ACI, this represents an increase in traffic of over 5.5% over 2014. The trade group attributes Atlanta’s success to […]
India will push to get 90 new airports up and running over the next 12 months, under a government plan to service smaller cities that have missed out on the country’s air travel boom. Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to accelerate growth in the world’s fastest expanding aviation market while encouraging airlines such as IndiGo, […]
