Travelers awaiting their flights at the airports The holiday travel period will be busier than last year for U.S. airlines, according to an industry trade group on Wednesday, as affordable fares and an improving economy make air travel more accessible. Airlines for America forecasts that 51 million passengers will fly on U.S.
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Delta Airline Celebrate 10years on Lagos- Atlanta route
Delta Lines Delta Air Lines marked its 10th anniversary of nonstop service between Lagos and Atlanta with 1.12 million passengers flown in the last decade. The airline is the Only Carrier that flies nonstop between Nigerian and the United State after the exit of United Airline Last year. The Service was launched
U.S. Carriers Move To Ban Smart Luggage
Airlines Banning Certain “Smart Bags” as Checked Luggage Atlanta (Forbes) - Major U.S. carriers are moving to ban smart luggage from all aircraft. On Friday, American Airlines announced that "as part of safety management and risk mitigation," the carrier would ban any bag with an integrated lithium-ion battery starting on January 15th. Alaska Airlines and Delta
Aviation workers to picket Kenya Airways
The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) has said it will picket Kenya Airways from December 5 over poor treatment of Nigerians employed by the airline. The General Secretary of NUATE, Olayinka Abioye, on Monday in Lagos said that the picketing would be indefinite until the management of the airline acceded to
Nigerian Government Discuses The Return Of Arik London Route With Uk
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
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
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
Hundreds of American Air flights still lack pilots in December
American Airlines still has hundreds of flights without pilots assigned to them in December, the company said on Thursday, after a scheduling error gave too many pilots time off. The number of flights that remain pilotless is now “a few hundred,” the airline said, compared to a peak that the carrier’s Allied
Air France-KLM, Jet Airways Cargo expand cooperation
Jet Airways, Air France-KLM deepen relationship Air France-KLM and Jet Airways Cargo are expanding their current partnership with the signing of a new memorandum of understanding (MoU), under which the carriers will aim to link their routes between India and Europe and integrate their commercial and cargo operations on the routes. Air
After FedEx Amazon’s Prime Air is next in line for the new Cessna SkyCourier 408
Amazon Prime plane Amazon.com’s Prime Air carrier could be a potential customer for Cessna manufacturer Textron, Inc., the head of the company’s aviation business told CNBC yesterday. “We see the whole freight industry as something that is going to double in the next 15 years, so we are investing in that