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After the collapse in global aviation triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, one Gulf-based airline has handed back almost £1bn to passengers. Qatar Airways says in the past five months it has refunded $1.2bn (£916m) to 600,000 customers – an average of $2,000 (£1,515) per booking. The carrier’s chief commercial officer, Simon Talling-Smi… read more
The five partner countriesof the Kavango Zambezi (Kaza) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA), including Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, are committed to working together to reduce poaching and illegal wildlife trade. They have recently launched an initiative to strengthen their partnership.
Angola, Bo… read more
Currently under construction on a prime site in Madagascar’s capital city, Radisson Blu’s new 168-key hotel scheme is our latest Project of the Week.The new Radisson Blu property promises to shake up the hospitality scene on the picturesque island of Madagascar. We delve a bit deeper into the details behind this intere… read more
The Rwanda Convention Bureau has been confirmed a member of UFI, the global exhibition association. With the objective of growing the exhibition segment in Rwanda, UFI membership will allow the East African country access to a large repertoire of international exhibition organizers that can be approached to bring to the country.… read more
The Federal Government has announced the resumption of International Flight operations from August 29, 2020. This was disclosed through a tweet post by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on his official twitter handle on Monday, August.
The Minister said that the flight operations will start with the Murtala Mohammed International Airp… read more
International flights to resume from 29th of August, 2020. From Lagos and Abuja. Protocols and procedures to be announced in due course.
From: Azman Air Linked-in Page
Things were going well. Comair had an unblemished financial record, its fleet renewal was progressing, it had won legal damages from South African Airways (SAA), was transitioning to a more reliable maintenance provider, and had diversified through a series of acquisitions.
Unfortunately, the tide was about to turn.
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AFRAA’s secretary general, Abdérahmane Berthé said: “This platform is a tool to enhance cooperation among AFRAA members with the view to ensuring that African operators provide solutions to African challenges with win-win benefits.
The portal, which has been created under the auspices of the strategic part… read more
Downsizing of Kenya Airways operations, which has seen hundreds of employees sent home, has led to a bitter fall-out between management and the company's staff, which continues to play out.
This, even as the airline remains in the process of being nationalised, debate pending in Parliament, a move that is expected to help tur… read more
FEDERAL Airports Authority of Nigeria has advised passengers not to gratify any official from any agency that requests money from them under the guise of COVID-19 test or any guise and to report it instantly.This is just as agency says it is investigating the recent allegation that some airport officials in Abuja were collecting money from r… read more
Qatar Airways refunds almost £1bn to passengers
Poaching: Five countries join forces to fight
Radisson Blu Hotel, Antananarivo Waterfront, under construction
Rwanda Convention Bureau joins UFI
FG announces resumption of international flights
Nigeria: International flights to resume on August 29
Comair in crisis
AFRAA launches interactive capacity-sharing portal
KQ nationalisation: Is the the way out?
FAAN: Don't pay to any airport official
