Aviation

Nigeria Projected to Spend Over $1.5bn on International Travel in 2022

With COVID-19, a major threat to air travel and economic growth, Nigeria may spend over $1.5 billion on international travel in 2022, THISDAY investigations has revealed. In 2021, Nigeria spent about $1 billion on international travel despite and COVID-19 pandemic, which had negative impact on the global economy. But 2022 half-year results from travel agencies […]

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Travel Agents Said Airlines Don’t Sell Tickets in Dollars in Nigeria

President of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA), Mrs. Susan Akporiaye has denied the plan by foreign airlines to sell tickets in dollars following the forex scarcity and inability of airlines to repatriate their earnings from the country. The NANTA President was reacting to reports indicating that foreign carriers would start selling tickets […]

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Travel Agents Demand Reduction in Cost of PCR Test, Efficiency in Payment System

The National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) has called for downward review of the cost of Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test for international travellers at the nation’s airports. President of NANTA, Mrs. Susan Akporiaye said feedback from passengers indicate that they grapple with many problems, including high cost of the test and […]

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Travel Agents Call for FG’s Intervention over UK’s New COVID-19 Protocol

Nigerian travel agents have called for the intervention of the federal government, World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nation over UK’s new protocol on COVID-19, which indicated that travellers from some countries, including Nigeria who has been vaccinated must be quarantined on arrival to the United Kingdom. The European nation announced that from 4;00 […]