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Ethiopian Airlines to Help In Launch of New Nigerian National…
Ethiopian Airlines is the preferred bidder for the future Nigerian airline Nigeria Air, Nigerian Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said last Friday. The Ethiopian national airline will own a 49% stake in the new Nigerian airline, while the Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund…
April 4, 2022 6:00 am ET -
Emirates, Qatar Airways Push for New Nigerian National Carrier As…
Nigeria's much anticipated Nigeria Air will finally launch in 2023, according to the West African country's Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC). The office of the country's president officially agreed to the extended deadline, according to ICRC Director General Michael Ohiani.…
April 1, 2022 4:55 am ET -
Royal Air Maroc Celebrates 2 Years of Oneworld Membership
Royal Air Maroc officially joined the Oneworld global strategic alliance on 1 April 2020 but celebrations at the time were muted due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As Morocco’s flagship carrier marks two years of membership today the airline has recently…
December 14, 2021 7:00 am ET -
Emirates Suspends Flights To Nigeria Amid Slot Dispute
Last Friday, Emirates announced the suspension of flight operations between Nigeria and Dubai amid an intensifying slot allocation row between the Nigerian Ministry of Aviation and the United Arab Emirates' General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), just a week after the…
September 17, 2021 3:49 am ET -
United Airlines Announces The Start of Lagos, Nigeria Services
This week United Airlines filed flights between Lagos, Nigeria and Washington Dulles from November 29, 2021. Initially, these flights were announced in September 2020, with a scheduled launch date in the Spring of 2021. However, United Airlines received Nigerian government…