Aviation

Following a record-setting summer across the Atlantic, Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL), is making changes to its flight schedule between Lagos and Atlanta, effective 4th October 2023, in readiness for the holiday season. Delta’s new flight schedule offers customers an early afternoon departure from Lagos at 1:00pm arriving into Atlanta at 8:55pm on the same day. The return …

Delta takes the fight against breast cancer to new heights with a range of initiatives on the ground and in the air, Delta is raising funds for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. In Nigeria, a lower-middle-income country, breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women, accounting for 22.7% of …

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Falcon Aerospace Limited, Chukwuerika Achum has urged civil aviation authorities in Africa to invest in redesigning regulations that would harness investment into the sector. He posted that the current ones are not suited for the kind of expansion expected. Speaking on this, Achum said double-digit …

Nigerian business aviation firm, Falcon Aerospace Limited, has unveiled innovations designed to ease business jet booking and make access to the service more inclusive. The firm introduced the products at a recent event in Lagos, Nigeria, where it unveiled its operational business units. According to CEO, Chukwuerika Achum, Falcon Aerospace’s …

In a move to check a brewing crisis in the country’s aviation sector, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday released the sum of $265 million to airlines operating in the country, to settle outstanding ticket sales. A breakdown of the figure indicates that the sum of $230 million …

…New Terminal to Process 14 Million Passengers Per Annum The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said relevant authorities are working towards addressing issues concerning revenue of foreign airlines that have been trapped in Nigeria, put at over $600 million. Speaking during a facility tour at the …

Local airlines, yesterday, sought approval to impose a new fuel surcharge of between 25 and 40 per cent on consumers as part of measures to cope with an upswing in the price of aviation fuel. The operators, apparently hard-hit by the surging cost of fuel and operations, said their survival …

The International Air Transport Association has said that Nigerian airlines and others across Africa will lose $700 million in 2022 due to a combination of Russia-Ukraine war and COVID-19. This was disclosed at the ongoing 78th IATA Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit in Doha, Qatar. IATA said …

Stakeholders in the aviation sector yesterday, urged regulators to simplify the approval protocol for drone usage in the country. The aviators, at the opening of the Drone Technology Conference and Exhibition at the NIGAV Centre in Lagos, said the economy has a lot to gain from its full utilisation. Chief …

A total of 6,420,820 passengers travelled through domestic and international airports in Nigeria between January and June this year, representing 50.5 per cent increase over 4,267, 409 recorded same period in 2020. Passengers Traffic Statistics Report made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria …