Air Peace takes int’l, regional flights to new MMIA terminal 2
Sade Williams
April 23, 2022
By Sade Williams/Business a.m. Air Peace, Nigeria and West Africa’s largest airline by fleet size, has become the first airline to operate a flight from the newly commissioned Terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The airline operated the 7:00hrs Lagos-Accra flight from the new MMIA terminal on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Stanley […]
NCAA chief explains extension of airlines’ AOCs
Sade WilliamsApril 18, 2022
BY: Sade Williams/Business a.m. Musa Nuhu, director general, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has said that the extension of Air Operators’ Certificate (AOC) granted to airlines by the authority will ensure continuity in the system just as he advised stakeholders to make clarifications on matters before they go public. In an interview in Lagos, the […]
United Nigeria, Wakanow offer customers better booking experience
Sade WilliamsApril 18, 2022
BY: Sade Williams/Business a.m. United Nigeria Airlines and Wakanow, Africa’s top travel tech company, have integrated aspects of their operations that will enable the fast rising airline to provide greater value to its customers by delivering real-time inventory and flight schedules. Under the partnership Wakanow has become the only online travel agency with United Nigeria’s […]
Air Peace’s Dubai route gets N325k relaunch promo fare
Sade WilliamsApril 18, 2022
BY: Sade Williams/Business a.m. Air Peace, the leading Nigeria carrier, is offering a promo economy ticket price of N325,000 on its relaunched direct flights from Lagos and Abuja to Dubai. Stanley Olisa, spokesman for the airline said the airline has also introduced twice-a-week Abuja-Joburg-Abuja connection as well as once-a-week Abuja-Dubai-Abuja flights. “Passengers in Abuja can […]
SAHCO beefs up operation with new ground handling equipment
Sade WilliamsApril 12, 2022
BY: Sade Williams/Business a.m. Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) has beefed up its ground handling operation with the acquisition of a new set of ultra-modern equipment to enhance its service delivery. The new fleet of equipment acquired includes ten passenger step units manufactured by Mallaghan, a renowned aviation industry manufacturer and supplier of highly rated […]
Full Moon Hotels takes human resource management seriously
Dikachi FranklinApril 11, 2022
Full Moon Hotels, Owerri, takes pride in its well trained and cultured workforce, FRANCIS IFEANYI, human resources executive, tells Business A.M.’s Dikachi Elemba. Ifeanyi, a graduate of petroleum engineering, Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), has attended management courses, including professional certification courses in London and the Calson’s School of Management, University of Minnesota, USA. […]
Arik offers Affinity Wings members air miles opportunity in new promo
Sade WilliamsApril 11, 2022
BY: Sade Williams/Business a.m. Arik Air is offering members of its frequent flier programme, Affinity Wings, the opportunity to purchase miles for travelling across the airline’s domestic network in a new sales promotion. The airline said the promotion, tagged ‘Buy Miles & Fly’, is targeted at new and existing Arik Affinity Wings members who can […]
‘Best of Nollywood Awards’ to boost Owerri hotels in December
Anthony NlebemApril 11, 2022
BY Dikachi Elemba The Owerri, Imo State, hotels and hospitality industry is preparing itself for a big pay day in December as the prestigious Best of Nollywood Award has been scheduled to hold in the city, described by many as the hotels capital of Eastern Nigeria, perhaps the whole of the country. Oluwaseun Oloketuyi, executive […]
Lagos Aviation Academy certified Nigeria Amadeus training partner
Sade WilliamsApril 5, 2022
BY Sade Williams/Business a.m.=[-0p Lagos Aviation Academy, one of the fastest-growing aviation training centres in Nigeria, has been certified an Amadeus training partner, which licences it to train students on how to navigate the Amadeus reservation system. The course is designed to help travel consultants learn how to make reservations on Amadeus, using graphical and […]
Sirika gives multiple assurances govt to keep off national carrier
Sade WilliamsApril 5, 2022
BY Sade Williams/Business a.m. Hadi Sirika, a former senator and Nigeria’s current minister of aviation, took the opportunity offered by the ongoing World Government Summit (WDS) in Dubai to offer multiple assurances that the government will keep its hands off the new national airline being planned by the government. There have been outcries of ‘here […]