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After 178 Years, Thomas Cook Collapses as Last-ditch Rescue Effort Fails

Aviation Media
September 24, 2019
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After last minute talks to save the 178-year old holiday firm, Thomas Cook, it finally collapsed yesterday with 150, 000 travellers stranded. According to BBC, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said the tour operator had “ceased trading with immediate effect”, so its four airlines would be grounded. The company failed after it was unable to […]

Of Local Carriers and Int’l Destinations

Aviation Media
February 3, 2018
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Nigerian airlines have a marked failure in operating international destinations. Industry observers argue that Nigerian carriers are never prepared; that their desire to operate beyond the West Coast to London, Johannesburg, New York, Dubai,etc is gingered more by passion, ego than pragmatism. They noted that indigenous airlines rarely meet the standard of other operators on […]