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Air France-KLM, Jumia Partners offers More Value To Customers
(Lagos)-Air France KLM and Jumia Nigeria have announced a unique partnership to reward Nigerian-based flyers registered with the airline’s Flying Blue loyalty programme. The Partnership - The Flying Blue initiative which was signed in Lagos recently is to give customers additional value for their money, exposing them to over 1,000,000 product
Dunlop expands its Nigerian business
Sumitomo Rubber South Africa(PTY) Limited (SRSA) in partnership with Tyre Express Nigeria Limited has opened a Dunlop Zone store in Victoria Island, Lagos. The opening of the store will help them in the expansion strategy which sees them focusing on key African countries with great growth potential and expanding markets. “In Nigeria,
Coscharis Ford SKD Plant in Lekki Has Produced Over 600 Rangers
Coscharis Ford Assembly Plant, Lagos Nigeria Lagos - The newly built Ford Assembly Plant in Nigeria being managed by Coscharis Motors Plc., has capacity to produce over a hundred units of the sturdy Ranger daily. President/CEO, Coscharis Group, Dr Cosmas Maduka CON, stated this at the official media launch of the facility
Nigeria’s Aero Begins C-check Maintenance at Its Lagos Facility
Aero Contractors aircraft at its C check maintenance facility ... Aero to Save Nigerian Airlines N30b annually ... partners AJ Walters of UK for tooling and spares, South Africa Airways and other international maintenance organizations for Technical issues Nigeria’s oldest airline, Aero Contractors has made history by conducting the first C-check on a Boeing B373. This
Bi-Courtney says FAAN’s operation of GAT halves its revenue
The management of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two, Lagos, has said that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria’s operation of the General Aviation Terminal is depriving it of over 50 percent of its revenue. The BASL, in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mr.
The World’s Largest Cruise Ship Will Have Robot Bartenders, an En-Suite Slide
Symphony of the Seas, Royal Caribbean's newest Oasis-class ship, under construction at the STX shipyard in France. The ship is scheduled to be delivered in 2018. Source: Royal Caribbean Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas will also feature a 10-story slide and new original entertainment. It’s not enough to have the biggest boat—you have to
Lufthansa to Buy Units of Air Berlin for $249 Million
Lufthansa, Germany’s largest airline, said it expected to take over 81 planes from Air Berlin, a low-cost carrier that filed for insolvency this summer. CreditClemens Bilan/European Pressphoto Agency LONDON — The German flag carrier Lufthansa signed an agreement on Thursday to buy sections of Air Berlin, a low-cost carrier that had filed
US closes trucking firm tied to smuggling case
...firm's truck was involved in a human trafficking case in which 10 immigrants died in Texas IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Federal safety regulators have shut down a troubled Iowa trucking company that owned the semitrailer involved in a human trafficking case in which 10 immigrants died in Texas. Pyle Transportation was
GM to scale back production at Detroit car plant
GM Detroit Hamtramck Assembly Line DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co said on Thursday it plans to scale back production at an assembly plant in Detroit starting later this month as it tries to deal with declining U.S. sedan sales. GM said in a statement that effective Oct. 20 its Detroit-Hamtramck plant