Travel agents and airlines have accused United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities, including the country’s Immigration officials of using COVID-19 tests and other means to discourage passengers who travel to Dubai with foreign airlines. They observed that Emirates authorities have imbedded disposition of making things more difficult for passengers that travel with other carriers, including more […]
Emirates has announced that it would restart flights from Dubai to Nigeria from February 5 2022. The airline will operate to and from Abuja and Lagos with daily flights, providing more choice, comfort and enhanced connectivity for travellers connecting to Dubai and over 120 destinations. Emirates in a statement made available to THISDAY said it […]
The federal government has given approval for Dubai-based Emirates Airlines to resume flight operations to Nigeria anytime, just as Air Peace has indicated that it would resume operations to Dubai from March 1, 2022. This was contained in a letter written by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and addressed to His Excellency, Saif Mohammed […]
Since the demise of Nigeria Airways Limited, Nigeria has been consistently shortchanged by other nations through lopsided Bilateral Air Service Agreements and unfavourable commercial agreements. In July 2019 during a conference organised by League of Airports and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC), industry stakeholders called for a review of Bilateral Air Service Agreements (BASA) Nigeria signed with […]
The diplomatic row between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over flight operations may be coming to an end, as the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) has given Air Peace weekly flight slots in Dubai. In a letter by the DCAA, dated December 13, 2021, and addressed to Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, […]
