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SWISS to trial IATA Travel Pass app
SWISS is to become the first airline in the Lufthansa Group to trial IATA’s new Travel Pass app, which it will do on its Zurich-London Heathrow route from 22 April onwards. The trial marks a major further step in making travel simple and reliable again during the current COVID-19 pandemic. SWISS has also been testing further such concepts… read more
El Al to restart SA operations
El Al has confirmed that it will resume operations to and from Israel with one flight a week, from May 6.
The schedule at the start of operations, is:
Airpeace pilots, cabin crew, others get vaccination
The pilots, cabin crew and other customer-facing personnel of Nigeria’s foremost airline, Air Peace, have started receiving the COVID-19 vaccine to help curtail the spread of the virus and give passengers more confidence to fly with the airline. Spokesperson of the airline, Stanley Olisa, who disclosed this information to newsmen on Frida… read more
Etihad reportedly in talks to divest Air Seychelles share
Etihad is currently in talks with the government of Seychelles to sell its stake in the flag carrier. The Abu Dhabi-based airline currently owns a 40% stake in Air Seychelles following a purchase deal in 2012. However, as Etihad shifts its strategy away from foreign airline investments, it is looking to exit its current position.… read more
United Nigeria passengers hit 25,000 in 4 weeks of operations
The Chairman, United Nigeria Airline, Dr. Obiora Okonkwo says, its operations, routes expansion and additional aircraft acquisition will be done in phases to avoid biting more than they can chew.
This just as the airline also assured of employing more Nigeria with the gradual increase of their operations within and outside th… read more
SAA getting back into action with new interim CEO
Effective April 13, Thomas Kgokolo took charge as the new interim CEO of South African Airways (SAA) by the interim board, according to Fin24. He becomes the fifth CEO of SAA in five years.
In addition to Kgokolo, the interim board has appointed three interim executives, namely Fikile Mhlontlo as interim chief financial officer, Mph… read more
United Nigeria unveils medium term plans for aircraft acquisition
United Nigeria Airlines has said that it is negotiating an additional two (2) Embraer ERJ145 aircraft to help its consolidation plans on the domestic route and aims to procure a bigger aircraft soon to aid in strengthening its all round operations.
This is just as the airline has also revealed that it is in the process of acq… read more
United Nigeria Airline Boss laments high cost of fuel
Dr Obiora Okonkwo, the Chairman of United Nigeria Airlines, has decried the skyrocketed price of Jet, saying the recent rise in the price of the product was negatively affecting operations of the airlines. Okonkwo also said that the airline, which debuted about two months ago opted for Embraer brands of aircraft because of its fuel-effici… read more
Air Senegal returns to Guinea Bissau, continues network expansion
The 2020 air gap does not undermine Air Senegal's ambitions.
The Senegalese airlines has already rebuilt almost all of its pre-crisis network. Additionally, Air Senegal has announced the resumption of its flights to Guinea Bissau. From May 17, the Senegalese national carrier will offer 4 flights per week(Monday, … read more
JetBlue and Qatar Airways expand strategic codeshare partnership, increasing global connectivity
JetBlue today announced it is expanding its codeshare with Qatar Airways to offer customers more ways to book travel to international destinations aboard the global partner airline. The new codeshare flights are available for booking on jetblue.com today for travel beginning April 19, 2021.
As part of the new bilater… read more
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