The business traveller

By Sade Williams   The seventh annual study by AirHelp reveals passenger pinch points in an expanding travel market.    Had a bad experience at Newark Liberty Airport last year? You’re not alone, according to recent rankings, Bloomberg reports. The New Jersey hub ranked as the worst U.S. airport in the 2019 annual ratings from AirHelp, […]

By Sade Williams   COUNTING ON ITS experience in the airlift of pilgrims since 2007, Medview Airline has once again come atop as one of the three carriers the Federal Government selected for the airlift of Muslims for the 2019 Hajj. The choice of Medview Airline is rooted in existing strategic partnership with National Hajj […]

By Sade Williams   ARIK AIR, NIGERIA’S LEADING airline has announced the arrival of one of its aircraft fresh from maintenance overseas. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-700 NG touched down in Lagos last week and it has since been deployed to service. The aircraft, which went through heavy maintenance at the Approved Maintenance Organisation (MRO), […]

By Sade Williams   AS THE INTERNATIONAL CIVil Aviation Organization (ICAO) prepares to elect a new president of its council in September, Nigeria has pledged to vote for a candidate with the capacity to develop the industry by building on the lofty achievements of the out-going Council President, Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu of Nigeria. Senator Hadi […]

By Sade Williams   IN A MOVE AIMED at increasing capacity to take care of growing cargo volumes, West Africa’s foremost ground handler, nahco aviance, has expanded the size of its export warehouse. The new facility, comprising three sections; Annex Extension, the Canopy Area and the Ramp Area, comes on the heels of expanding airfreight […]

By Sade Williams   NIGERIA’S ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION Bureau (AIB), the agency responsible for investigating and reporting on air accidents in the country, has signed on its counterpart, the Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la Sécurité de l’Aviation Civile (BEA) France to cooperate in the area of accident investigation and capacity building. The AIB signed what […]

By Sade Williams   SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS (SAA), one of the leading carriers on the African continent, will launch direct flights between Johannesburg and Guangzhou, China, on 18 September 2019, giving customers access to the heart of China’s export led manufacturing industries. This is yet another strategy implementation initiative aimed at enhancing SAA’s route network. […]

By Sade Williams   BRITISH AIRWAYS (BA) recently brought together its top travel partners for appreciation and to say ‘Thank You’ with rewards to the top performing Nigerian travel agents in Lagos. The event, which was hosted by British Airways’ trade sales manager for Nigeria, Ademola Sanya, was held to honour and appreciate top travel […]

By Sade Williams     AFTER FLYING MILLIONS of passengers and freights on the Lagos-Dubai and Abuja-Dubai routes in all of 15 years, Emirates, the Middle-eastern global airline, brought out the drums at the weekend to celebrate a remarkable time of flight services to Nigeria. The airline commenced flight services into Lagos in 2004, a […]