Ethiopian Airlines said it reached 91 per cent on-time performance of all global flight departures in the last three months while the industry average stands around 85 per cent. The airline operated a total of 18,385 flights in January, February, and March in which it scored 91 per cent on-time departures. “We have recognised from […]
American attorneys for Ethiopian Airlines, which lost 157 passengers and crew in the second fatal crash of a Boeing 737 MAX in early 2019, have advised the carrier not to accept a settlement Boeing has offered but instead to sue the manufacturer for punitive damages in the U.S. In an urgently worded letter sent Sunday, […]
The sixth evacuation flight from the U.S. has departed for Abuja and Lagos with 325 passengers on board. In the manifest are 128 males, 174 females and 23 infants, according to the Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Mr Benaoyagha Okoyen. This brings to 1,739 the total number of stranded Nigerians evacuated from the […]
The House of Representatives has mandated its committee on Aviation to urgently investigate why the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 , Ministry of Aviation and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, engaged foreign airlines over and above indigenous carriers to evacuate stranded Nigerians abroad. This directive was sequel to a motion sponsored by Honourable Mohammad Shamsudeen […]
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has condemned the decision to patronise foreign airlines for the evacuation of Nigerians abroad. The body said that government’s action is disappointing after it had made earlier statement that it would engage two domestic airlines to carry out the evacuation exercise. A schedule released by the Foreign Affairs Ministry […]
