Delta, Virgin’s partnership reaches 10 years success mark
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January 15, 2024
Partnership has delivered an array of benefits to nearly 40m customers who have travelled across the Atlantic. Sade Williams/Business a.m. The partnership between Delta Airlines and Virgin Atlantic has successfully reached the 10-year mark allowing the American and British carriers to bring the drums out for a celebration of the joint venture that saw […]
Green Africa’s 700 seats @ N20,000 customers to travel up to September
Post AMUGEJanuary 15, 2024
Sade Williams/Business a.m. Beneficiaries of Green Africa’s 700 seats at N20,000 in Nigeria will have a window of between now and September 30, 2024 to utilise their super-saver tickets following the close of the promotional campaign on January 14. The 2024 year opening campaign tagged by the Nigerian carrier as “700 Seats up for Grabs”, […]
British Airways signs 5-year ground handling renewal deal with SAHCO
Post AMUGEJanuary 15, 2024
Sade Williams/Business a.m. British Airways (BA), one of the world’s leading airlines, has signed a five-year ground handling renewal deal with Nigeria’s Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) Plc covering the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Ikeja in Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. SAHCO started providing ground handling services to British Airways […]
Hope-Ivbaze hands over to Orah, new FAAN director, public affairs/consumer protection
Post AMUGEJanuary 14, 2024
Faithful Hope-Ivbaze (left) handing over the baton of office to Obiageli Orah Faithful A. Hope-Ivbaze, the former general manager, protocol and passages, who doubled as the acting director, public affairs and consumer protection, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has officially handed over to Obiageli Orah the new substantive director of public affairs and […]
Aviacargo business:NAHCO creating network of export processing centres after N1bn in Lagos
Post AMUGEJanuary 8, 2024
Laments naira devaluation impact on business L-R: Prince Saheed Lasisi, group executive director, CBD; Indranil Gupta, group managing director/CEO; and Adeboye Emiloju, chief financial officer, all of NAHCO Aviance PLC, at a press conference held at the company’s headquarters at Lagos airport recently. Sade Williams/Business a.m. Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) is pushing to […]
Africa an exciting place for aviation in 2023, events show
Post AMUGEJanuary 2, 2024
2023 year of recovery as traffic, demand levels up over pre-pandemic, Southern Africa lags Carriers made significant aircraft orders for growth plans Notable route launches and resumptions Airlines expand to North America, Europe, South America Saw new intra-Africa flights A compilation of happenings in Africa’s aviation sector in the outgone year 2023, has shown […]
Luanda-Lagos service goes daily for TAAG Angola Airlines
Post AMUGEJanuary 2, 2024
Operates Boeing 737-700 aircraft with 120 seats Raises Luanda – Lagos flight frequencies Passengers to get greater availability, flexibility Nigeria: Key destination for corporate segment Lagos is one of Africa’s largest economies Airline’s fleet to add Airbus A220-300, Boeing 787 Business a.m. reporter, with wire feeds Flight schedules […]
Avolon’s firm backlog reaches 1,037 after massive Boeing, Airbus orders
Post AMUGEDecember 26, 2023
Avolon has completed two massive orders from Airbus and Boeing, with the lessor purchasing 100 Airbus A321neo and 40 Boeing 737 MAX. The latest order expanded the lessor’s 737 MAX order book to over 110 aircraft, split between the 737 8 and 737 10 variants. In total, Avolon now has a firm backlog of 1,037 […]
Tinubu approves 50% discount on interstate road transport,free train rides till Jan 4
Post AMUGEDecember 20, 2023
Business a.m President Bola Tinubu has approved a reduction in interstate transport fares by 50 per cent, effective from December 21, 2023, to January 4, 2024, a move expected to ease the cost of transportation for Nigerians during the holiday season. In addition to the reduction in transport fares, the president has also approved free […]
Reprieve for Nigerian airlines as government plans lessor guarantees
Post AMUGEDecember 19, 2023
Sade Williams/Business a.m. The Nigerian government has agreed to guarantee aircraft leasing companies the recovery of their assets leased to Nigerian airlines in case of default. Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, gave the assurance when officials of the Boeing Company, manufacturers of Boeing aeroplanes and officials of Aercap, the world’s biggest aircraft […]