Dana Air ramps up flight frequency on Lagos, Abuja routes
By Sade Williams/Business a.m. Dana Air, one of Nigeria’s leading carriers, is ramping up the number of flights it is scheduling on
Nigeria’s FX challenge on IATA radar, $450m airline funds held up
BY Sade Williams/Business a.m. Nigeria’s embarrassing foreign exchange challenges which have seen the country’s domestic currency, the
Medical tourism, leisure major focus of Akwaaba AfTM 2022
BY Sade Williams/Business a.m. The organisers of the biggest travel and tourism expo in West Africa, AKWAABA African Travel Market,
Sirika takes labour leaders to Istanbul, Brasilia over airport concession plans
BY Sade Williams/Business a.m. Hadi Sirika, Nigeria’s aviation minister, took a number of aviation sector labour leaders to airports
Emirates wants travellers to book tickets early as summer traffic surges
BY Sade Williams/Business a.m. Traffic is already surging for summer 2022 and Emirates, one of the world’s busiest airlines, is
Qatar Airways sees profit rise to $1.54bn, highest in 25 years
BY Sade Williams/Business a.m. In the year it is celebrating its 25th anniversary, Qatar Airways Group has reported its biggest profit
Nigeria suffers $2.5bn leakage for lacking functional aviation MRO
BY Sade Williams/Business a.m. Nigeria’s investment leakage to neighbouring countries on Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO) was put at
NAMA gets kudos from Austrian ambassador for safe airspace
By Sade Williams/Business a.m. Thomas Schlesinger, Austrian ambassador to Nigeria, has given a strong path on the back to Matthew
Pilots, airlines, key into Air Traffic Information system, says NiMet chief
By Sade Williams/Business a.m. Mansur Mataziu, a professor and the director general, Nigerian Meteorological Services (NiMet), on
FX scarcity, Jet A1 at N714/ltr upset aviation stakeholders, threaten 3 airlines
BY Sade Williams & Chisom Nwatu A combined avalanche of foreign exchange scarcity and rising cost of aviation fuel or Jet A1 that