For Nigeria to develop its air transport sector and raise its contribution from the current 0.6 per cent to five per cent, which is approximately $14. 166 billion annually, it has to develop hub airport built around one or two major carriers, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Ibom Air, Mr. George Uriesi has […]
Last week Air Peace operated its inaugural flight to Johannesburg and resumed another direct connection between Nigeria and South Africa. Shortly before the lockdown around March 2020, South Africa Airways stopped its daily operations to Nigeria and thus ended direct commercial flight between two Africa’s largest economies. Nigerian carrier, Arik Air had stopped flights to […]
Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace has explained that the Coronavirus lockdown and its other effects are the reasons why the airline experience reduction of its flight frequencies. According to the to Chief Operating Officer of the airline, Mrs. Toyin Olajide, the coming of COVID-19 devastated airlines worldwide, Nigerian airlines inclusive and, of course, Air Peace […]
Air Peace, has announced that it will be commencing regular commercial flight operations from its Lagos hub into the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, soon, in keeping with its vision to provide seamless connectivity across cities. The airline says it has made huge progress in meeting the stipulated requirements of the aviation authorities in both […]
In continuation of the evacuation exercise occasioned by the Covid-19 virus pandemic, South African Airways yesterday airlifted 136 of the country’ citizens out of Nigeria from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The South Africa Airways aircraft with the registration mark: ZS-SNB, operated by Airbus A346, departed Sunday evening to Johannesburg. The aircraft, which […]
