DALLAS (AP) -- If you buy diapers online later this year, UPS begs you to avoid placing the order right around Thanksgiving or Christmas. To drive home the point, the company with the big brown trucks will impose special surcharges for shipments during peak holiday weeks. UPS executives gave more details about
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Ethiopian Airlines signs up for $651.4m B777Fs aircraft
Ethiopian Airlines has announced a deal to purchase two Boeing 777 freighter aircraft in Paris, France as it continues to expand rapidly its cargo operations. The deal is valued at $651.4m at list prices and follows on from an order for ten B737 Max 8 passenger aircraft announced recently. The freighter
1,000 new Lagos addresses added to Google Map
Google Map has added no fewer than 1,000 new addresses to Ikeja, Ikoyi and other areas of Lagos State. The Chief Executive Officer, Google, Sundar Pitchai, stated this on Thursday in Lagos at the ‘Google for Nigeria’ event. He said that the company made the additions because the number of people using
Med-View to airlift pilgrims
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Medviw Aairline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole, has said that Medview Airline is set to commence flight operations from Ilorin International Airport to Saudi Arabia. The airline which would commence the airlift on Thursday 3rd August '17 from the Ilorin International Airport to Prince Muhammed bin
Airport Users, Stakeholders,Calls for Full Compliance With Executive Order
Months after the Executive Order was issued by the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, with the aim of supporting the ease doing business in the country, most airport users, as well as other stakeholders in the country, are yearning for stricter implementation of the order. Even though some aviation parastatals, agencies,
China delivers 2 standard gauge locomotives to Nigeria
Two locomotives of the 20 locomotives engines expected to arrive Nigeria from the Peoples Republic of China for the commencement of standard gauge rail operations in the country have been delivered. THE Nigerian government through a representative of its Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday, took delivery of the two double-end-drivers-cabin
Nigeria’s main international airport’s certification now certain
To build on its successful efforts in meeting all the conditions for th Add Forme certification of its main airport, Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos, Nigeria is set to certify the aiport after the validation of its safety standard by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). It is believed that some airlines which would
Air France-KLM acquire 31% of Virgin Atlantic
British tycoon Richard Branson is to sell his majority ownership of Virgin Atlantic. The French-Dutch airline Air France-KLM announced Thursday it was taking a 31 percent state in Britain’s Virgin Atlantic for 220 million pounds ($287 million, 246 million euros). The deal which would last for at least 15 years is worth
UK Car Production Slumps 14% In June
Compliance level at seaports increases –PTML Customs
The Area Controller of Nigeria Customs Service, Ports Terminal Multiservices Limited Command, Lagos, Mrs. Modupeola Aremu, has said that the degree of compliance by importers and agents with Customs’ rules and regulations has increased, and has lead to a reduction in cases of infractions such as under-declaration, concealment, smuggling and