Africa’s most profitable airline, Ethiopian Airlines, on Saturday made history as it transported its passengers from the Bole International Airport Addis Ababa to the Murtala International Airport Lagos on a Boeing B777-300 ER plane operated by an all-female crew. The crew was made up of Captain Amsale Gualu, First Officer Tigist […]
Effective 10th July, ASKY Airlines, The Pan African Airline, launches daily flight operations between Lagos and Accra and between Accra and Abuja. This is in line with ASKY’s mission to seamlessly connect West and Central Africa, making business and leisure travel easy and reducing the flying time it takes to connect cities in the Region. […]
South Africa government yesterday deported 97 Nigerians resident in that country. The deportation may be the climax of the xenophobic attacks against black immigrants in South Africa in which over 100 Nigerians were allegedly killed. THISDAY learnt that the 97 Nigerians were deported from South Africa for civil and criminal offences; while six of […]
THISDAY investigations have revealed that the aviation industry in 2015 and 2016 lost over $2 billion investment from international financiers who wanted a stake in Nigeria air transport sector due to the prevailing economic downturn. Considering the huge potential market for aircraft maintenance in Nigeria, THISDAY gathered that in mid 2015, one European based aircraft […]
Arik Air, West and Central Africa’s largest airline is rolling out a series of sales promotions as part of the airline’s 10th anniversary celebrations. The first among the planned offers is the special Valentine promo fare which is available from 31 January, 2017. Customers can take advantage of this offer by buying one return ticket to […]