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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for aviation-specific financial relief measures from the government of Nigeria to address the severe impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the air transport sector. Air transport has ground to a halt in efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19. Along with the direct impact on jobs and com… read more
As with IATA’s financial forecast for the Middle East, the organisation’s estimates for Africa also make for grim reading. It found the continent’s airlines could lose $6 billion of passenger revenue compared to 2019, which is $2bn more than was predicted at the start of April.
Al Bakri said: “Airlines in Africa are struggling for survival… read more
Dana Air Nigeria has offered the Nigerian governement, as part of the contribution to fight COVID-19 in Nigeria.CEO of Dana Air, Jacky Hathiramani, wrote in a letter to the Nigerian Minister of Aviation and said, the airline would make resources, aircraft in its fleet and crew for the national assignment available whenever needed or requested. H… read more
The Nigeran Civil Aviation Authority has announced to close all airports in Nigeria as of 23rd of March at 23:00hrs until 23rd of April at 23:00 hrs for all incoming international flights:
They have also stated that emergency and essential flights will be excepted. Domestic flights will continue to operate normal.
Cabo Verde Airlines has announced it will supend all flights between Sal Island and Lagos in Nigeria wirth immedeate effect.
This decision is as per Cabo verde governement decision not to operate into COVID-19 areas - and Nigeria is considered to be one of those areas.
Air Peace has taken delivery of its first Embraer ERJ-145 aircraft. The aircraft will assist to increase capacity for national and regional city pairs.
The aircraft with the registration number 5N-BXG, arrived from Marocco at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 19.30hrs on Wednesday, March 4, 2020,
Dana Air (Nigeria) has announced that as part of it route consolidation and route expansion project, it has introduced additional flights on it Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Uyo routes. This will bring the number of daily operations to 36 flights. The two additional aircrafts are Boeing B737-300 and this brings the size of Dana's fleet now to nine aircrafts.
Not even airborne, but Nigeria's Green Africa Airways is currently in the second stage of fleet planning. If you have a closer look into that, it becomes very clear: something very big might happen in Nigeria.
The Lagos-based start-up airline - already in 2018 - had announced plans to buy 100 Boeing 737 MAX. The B737 MAX is not… read more
Today, Air Peace in Nigeria has announced another new route. Domestic routes a currently open almost on a weekly basis in Nigeria and follwing the developments, it can be detected that the new routes do not touch Lagos or Abuja anymore.
Air Peace opens a new route from Asaba to Kano as of tomorrow, 24th of January.
Nigera's Dana Air said, they will increase the number of aircraft in their fleet to nine planes and increase the number of flown passengers from 5.4 mio. to 7.2 Mio by the end of first Quarter 2020.
Dana Air is one of Nigeria’s leading airlines with nine aircraft in its fleet and daily flights from Lagos to Abuja, Port Harcourt, Uyo… read more
IATA calls on Nigerian Government to support aviation
Dana offers fleet to the governement to fight COVID-19
NCAA will close all Nigerian airports
Cabo Verde Airline suspends Lagos route
Nigeria's Air Peace with new Embraer ERJ-145 Aircraft
Nigeria's Green Africa Airways goes shopping
