Month: February 2019

Qatar Airways To Increase Flights To Johannesburg, Cape Town

      Qatar Airways has stated that it would increase the number of weekly flights on its popular routes to South Africa from July 2019. Weekly flight frequencies to Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest metropolis, will increase from 14 to…

Election: Court Lifts Restraining Order On ANLCA

      Story by Gbenga Ogunbufunmi   A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has discharged it’s earlier order granted ex- parte on January 9, 2019 stopping the conduct of election into the different offices of the Registered Trustees…

Tourist Boat Operators, Water Transporters Gets New Executive

    Association of Tourist Boat Operators and Water Transporters (ATBOWATON) Lagos branch has inaugurated new members of the executive council to run its affairs for the next three years. Those that were sworn in Lagos at the weekend to…

Delta Names Tim Mapes Delta Chief Marketing, Communications Officer Effective May 1

      Delta stated that effective from May 1, Tim Mapes would assume the role of Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, leading the company’s global marketing and communications strategy. He takes over from John E. “Ned” Walker, who will…

SAHCO Dedicates State-Of-The Art Ground Support Equipment To PH Operations

      Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO) has deployed a state-of-the-art Ground Support Equipment (GSE) to boost operations at its Port Harcourt Airport. The Ground Support Equipment is a High loader Air Marrel (LAM 35). A statement issued…

President Kagame Declares Open Aviation Africa Summit In Kigali

    Rwandan President, Paul Kagame has officially declared the Aviation Africa Summit and exhibition opened this morning with a strong message of support for the aviation industry along with a reaffirmed determination to see Africa progress with its ‘Open…

INEC Declares President Buhari Winner With 15, 191, 847 Votes

  …Atiku 11, 262, 978 Votes …As PDP Kicks   The Independent National Electoral (INEC) has declared incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as Nigeria’s President-elect having scored the highest number of votes in last Saturday’s…

Boeing Nominates Nikki Haley For Election To Board Of Directors

    The Boeing Company Board of Directors(BoDs) has nominated Nikki Randhawa Haley to be elected as a director at the company’s annual meeting of shareholders on April 29. Haley is the former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, the…

Boeing, Embraer Partnership Receive Shareholders Approval

    The proposed strategic partnership between Boeing and Embraer was approved today by Embraer’s shareholders during an Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting held at the company’s headquarters in Brazil. At the special meeting, 96.8 per cent of all valid votes…

SAA Signs MoU With Africa World Airlines

  … Agreement Covers Code Sharing, Franchising, Other Related Projects   South African Airways (SAA) said it has successfully signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Africa World Airlines (AWA), the airline’s Ghanaian partners. According to the airline, the MoU…