Abuja -The Federal Government Of Nigeria has resume discussion with the government of the United Kingdom on the return of Arik Air London route and infrastructural support for Aviation Security. Earlier this Year Arik Air announced the suspension of its international flight operations to London and South Africa, to focus on the
Month: December 2017
Train fares will go up by 3.4% in January
Delta Airlines Says it can now repatriate funds from Nigeria
Lagos (Punch) - United States carrier, Delta Airlines, says it no longer has challenges repatriating funds from ticket sales from Nigeria. The airline is currently the only US carrier operating nonstop flights between Nigeria and the United States, others have left when it became difficult for foreign airlines to repatriate funds
Fuel queues return to Lagos amid supply hiccups
Aero Contractor Bounces Back, Recalls 120 Redundant Workers
Lagos - The management of Aero Contractors last week gave assurance to its workers who were relieved of their duties and put on redundancy by the airline, saying that many of them would be re-absorbed. The airline has gone ahead to re-absorb some of them, starting with the technical personnel, while
New York City tackles its ‘sagging’ air cargo industry
JFK airport, New York New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) handled more cargo than any other airport globally until 1990. A quarter of a century later, JFK’s ranking has fallen to 22nd globally, according to Air Cargo World’s, “Top 50 Cargo Airports” ranking. Yesterday, the city’s Committee on Economic Development held hearings
New DHL Global Forwarding platform simplifies global airfreight for shippers
With so many new, tech-savvy forwarders setting up online, real-time booking systems for air cargo, it was only a matter of time before the big integrators got into the act. The latest is the launch of DHL Global Forwarding’s (DHL-GF) Online Freight Quotation & Booking, allowing shippers to quote and
Iran inaugurates new extension to its main Arabian Sea port
Shahid Behehshti port of Chabahar A newly built extension to Iran's main Arabian Sea outlet, the strategic Chabahar Port on the Gulf of Oman, which more than triples its capacity and poses a challenge for a port under construction in neighbouring Pakistan was inaugurated on Sunday, December 3, 2017 by Iranian President Hassan
Germany: Suspicious package part of extort plot aimed at DHL
Brandenburg state Interior Minister Karl-Heinz Schroeter is surrounded by media during a news conference in Potsdam, eastern Germany, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. German authorities said the suspicious package containing nails that led to a bomb scare on a Christmas market in Potsdam was part of a blackmailing plot against a delivery
Fiat Chrysler CEO says in talks with Hyundai on tech partnership
ARESE, Italy (Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is in talks with South Korea’s Hyundai about a technical partnership, but there are no merger talks between the two, FCA Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said on Saturday. FCA is often the subject of merger speculation, especially after its unsuccessful 2015 attempt to tie