Airlines

May 17, (THEWILL) — Stakeholders in Nigeria’s aviation industry have intensified calls for government incentives and financial relief for ground handling companies, warning that the subsector is facing increasing financial pressure from about ₦9 billion in debts owed by...

August 12, (THEWILL) – Ethiopian Airlines Group, Africa’s leading airline, has signed a technical advisory and consultancy contract with Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners), a partner with the world-renowned signature architects Zaha Hadid Architects, to embark on the...

August 03, (THEWILL) – Ethiopian Airlines Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Satarem America Inc., to partner on production and use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), in Ethiopia. Satarem shall produce SAF in the country, and...

January, 06, (THEWILL) - Foreign airlines operating in Nigeria have concluded arrangements to resort to ticket sales in dollar, thereby ending the roller-coaster experience of naira transactions. THEWILL authoritatively gathered that the airlines have vowed to resort to dollar...

May 13, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has so far evacuated 2,371 Nigerians stranded in war-torn Sudan. Director of Special Duties, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Onimode Bandele, gave the figure in Abuja, on Saturday, when 125 stranded Nigerians arrived...

Airline operators in the country are worried over the inadequacy of airport infrastructure within and outside the airport terminals in most airports in Nigeria. With very few check-in counters at the Murtala Mohammed Airport for instance, stakeholders are of the...

Thirty years after the contract was initiated, local airlines in Nigeria will now save aviation fuel burnt in taxing from the international runway to the domestic terminals in the night, as the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has...

November 06, (THEWILL) - Uganda Airlines has announced it would extend its passenger operations to West Africa in December, launching commercial flights into Nigeria from Uganda. The statement was made by the Chief Executive Officer, Uganda Airlines, Jenifer Bamuturaki, after...

November 06, (THEWILL) - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has put the current aviation industry’s blocked funds at USD1.9 billion globally, as of September 2022, adding that the risk that this number will rise is elevated. According to IATA,...

October 26, (THEWILL) - United Airlines and Jaguar North America, have launched the first gate-to-gate airport transfer service powered by an all-electric fleet in the U.S. Starting October, this year at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, select MileagePlus Premier members...