British Airways is now operating a full flight schedule after an IT failure saw the airline cancel thousands of flights over the bank holiday weekend. "Our IT systems are now back up and running and we will be operating a full flight schedule at Heathrow and Gatwick," the airline said. But it
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AMCON to sell Peugeot car assembly plant
Nigeria’s ‘Bad Bank’, The Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON), is close to selling Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN) Ltd, a local car assembly joint venture, to Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, and two Nigerian states. PAN, a Nigerian vehicle assembly plant located in Kaduna State, has PSA Peugeot Citroen as its technical
U.S to expand Electronics ban to flights departing US
U.S is considering expanding the ban on large electronics in airplane cabins to include flights departing from the US to overseas. The Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly confirmed this to CNN Friday. The original ban applies to certain US-bound flights, including those originating in Cairo, Egypt; Dubai and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates;
New Nipost law’s taxes may hurt cashless system
- Postage, stamp duties laws outdated –Post Master General The bill seeking to repeal the NIPOST Act by re-enacting the Nigerian Postal Commission Act and another seeking amendment to the Stamp Duties Act must protect electronic payment platform users from multiple taxation otherwise it may work against the central bank’s cashless policy. Observers
Ban Imports from Turkey to stop guns shipments
Delta Brings Global Junior Achievement Partnership to Africa
Delta Air Lines has announced that it would sponsor JA Africa’s Innovation Camps and Company of the Year (COY) programmes in Lagos, Nigeria, and Dakar, Senegal, over the next 12 months. COY programme is the signature showcase for both JA and the high school students who complete the initial JA Company
Emirates Group declares Profit for the 29th Consecutive Year
Middle East biggest airliner, Emirates Group, has announced the results of its 2016-2017 financial year and the 29th consecutive year of profit and steady business expansion, despite a turbulent year for aviation and travel industry. The Emirates Group posted an AED 2.5 billion ($ 670 million) profit for the financial year
Nigeria’s Domestic Airlines Airlift 1.5m in Q, 2017
- Air Peace highest with 523, 130 (34.4%) passengers in 3,262 flights (31%); - Arik Air, had 37 out of the total 54 cancellations and delayed 244 of the 295 delayed flights Nigerian airlines airlifted about 1, 514,616 passengers in the first quarter of 2017, reports from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority
Coming Soon: Inter-modal Transportation in Lagos, Nigeria
An integration of rail, road and water transportation has been approved by the Lagos State Government choosing Marina and Mile 2 as the take-off hub. The Acting Commissioner for Transportation, Anofi Elegushi, during the annual ministerial briefing at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre Alausa, said traffic would soon ease along the
SEA ROUTE TO DEATH
An overcrowded boat carrying about 500 migrants toppled across the Mediterranean sending about 200 people over board. MLN has it on report from Italy’s coastguard that at least 34 migrants, some of them young children, have drowned after falling into the sea off the Libyan coast. This has triggered a frantic