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Air Mauritius fleet development restructuring plan
Market reality and financial restructuring pushed Air Mauritius to cut its fleet to just nine aircraft and three types. But with its market disappearing is it missing the opportunity to embrace the newest of airline darlings, the longhaul narrowbody, to claw its way back to profitability?
United Airlines and Certified Africa to launch African heritage travel packages in US market
The customisable experience packages include accommodations, airport pick up/drop off, transportation, cultural tours, activities along with some meals and guides. Certified Africa also helps ensure travellers are prepared and informed about travel requirements like visas, immunizations, Covid-19 precautions and travel insurance.
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Tourism careers expo to promote youth employment
The NTCE aims to help create and build jobs in the tourism industry and takes place this month with the theme Rebuilding A Resilient And Inclusive Tourism Sector For The Future. This is the 12th hosting of the expo which was postponed last year to March because of the Covid-19 pandemic and is the first time it has taken place in Gauteng.… read more
No preferred bidder yet for Nigeria Air, stop discrediting the process says, aviation ministry
The Federal Ministry of Aviation has denied Qatar Airways being the core investor for the national carrier, Nigeria Air.
This is just as the Ministry also states categorically, that no corporate entity or individual has been appointed or selected, or even preferred for the project as the process for selection has just started with th… read more
Carnival Cruise Line marks half a century of operations
Carnival Cruise Line on Friday celebrated a half a century of cruising, marking the Golden Jubilee of its maiden voyage from PortMiami on March 11th, 1972. The 50th anniversary of the cruise line was celebrated aboard Carnival Conquest by President Christine Duffy, Carnival Corp. Chairman Micky Arison and Carnival Corp. CEO Arnold Do… read more
Governor Sani Bello lifts Tourism with Shagunu Beach Resort
Effort of the Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello to boost tourism has received a major fillip with the decision of a major financial group to bank-roll the project.
The decision of the foreign investor to invest in Shagunu Beach Resort was the outcome of Governor Abubakar Sani Bello's foreign investment drives i… read more
Air France suspends flights to Liberia beginning April 2022
Air France has in an official statement announced that it would cease its operation to Monrovia as of April 2022.
On 9th March 2022, Mr. Jean-Marc Pouchol, Air France Vice President for Africa, and Mr Jean-Luc Mevellec, regional Director of West Africa, invited and met with Hon. Samuel A. Wlue, Minister of Transport, Republic… read more
Domestic flights in Nigeria disrupted due to fuel shortage
Air Peace, Nigeria's biggest carrier by passenger numbers, flying to Dubai and Johannesburg, said it was likely to experience flight disruptions on Wednesday and in the coming days due to jet fuel scarcity.
"Unfortunately, the fuel scarcity is starting to seriously impact our operations," it said.
Another carrier,… read more
How lessors tip-off Nigerian Airlines with exorbitant rates
It has emerged that the Nigerian air travel market has become a huge windfall for leasing companies as they rake in millions of dollars from Nigerian airlines.
According to THISDAY investigation, after the lockdown in 2020, Nigerian operators suffered under capacity, as fewer aircraft seats were available for increasing passenger traffic.… read more
IATA: Air travel sees strong demand recovery in January but impacted by Omicron
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the recovery in air travel slowed for both domestic and international in January 2022 compared to December 2021, owing to the imposition of travel restrictions following the emergence of Omicron last November.
Note: We are returning to year-on-year traffic comparisons… read more
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