Lufthansa Group Introduces Direct Payment Option in Nigeria

From June 2017 onwards, customers will be able to pay with Amadeus Airport Pay for ancillary services while checking in Lufthansa will now enable secure and simple payments at the check-in counter in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, by introducing “Amadeus Airport Pay”. This new service, developed by Amadeus and Ingenico, will subsequently be available […]

AIRLINES FACE UNDUE PRESSURE OVER MOVE TO KADUNA AIRPORT

Although Nigerian airlines and international carriers agreed that for safety reasons the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja ought to be closed so that rehabilitation work could be done on the runway, but few days towards March 8, 2017 when the airport would be closed, airlines have not completed plans to move their Abuja operations to […]

James Hogan to Step Down at Etihad

The Etihad Aviation Group Board of Directors has announced that James Hogan will step down as President and Chief Executive Officer of the company in the second half of 2017. The Board and Mr. Hogan first initiated the transition process last year with the formation in May of the Etihad Aviation Group, a diversified global […]

Etihad Partners Lufthansa on Code-Share

Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates and Lufthansa German Airlines, part of Europe’s largest airline group, today announced the conclusion of a codeshare agreement. The arrangement is set to start in January 2017, subject to government approval. The wet-lease agreement between Lufthansa Group and airberlin – in which Etihad Aviation Group […]

Foreign Airlines Demand Standard Foreign Exchange Rate

International carriers that operate to different destinations in the country have called on the federal government to give them standard exchange rate for the repatriation of revenues earned from ticket sales or they would be forced to leave Nigeria.   The Sales Manager of Emirates Airlines, Eghe Ekhator, issued the threat, why explaining the reasons […]