Several flights were cancelled at the Dubai International Airport after torrential rain left parts of the city underwater. Dubai airport is one of the world’s busiest airports. Airport management said delays were likely to continue throughout the weekend and might begin to ease from today, as many flights were cancelled or diverted Flights that were not cancelled were diverted to nearby Al Maktoum […]
In an effort to promote sustainable living and make a positive impact on local communities, Emirates gave its old advertising billboards in Nigeria a new purpose, transforming the PVC Flex material into hundreds of reusable bags. The advertising banners collected from Lagos and Abuja, were upcycled – the heavy-duty, PVC Flex material was used to […]
Passenger System-wide, airlines carried 4.4 billion passengers on scheduled services, an increase of 6.9% over 2017, representing an additional 284 million trips by air. The development of the low-cost carrier (LCC)* segment continues to outpace that of network carriers. Measured in ASKs (available seat kilometers), LCC capacity grew by 13.4%, almost doubling the overall industry […]
Middle East mega carrier, Emirates Airlines has reacted to the call by Airline Operators of Nigeria that Nigeria should renegotiate its Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) with UAE and excoriated “We refer to the various news media articles on 5 August 2019, which reported that The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has criticized the federal […]
Writer urges the federal government to support Nigerian carriers in their quest to take travellers to international destinations. At the return leg of Air Peace in augural flight, which took place on July 5, 2019, the flight operated by the airline’s Chief Pilot, Captain Victor Egonu was delayed for two hours, when the civil aviation […]
