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Arik Air has reduced the prices of flight tickets on its Lagos-Acrra and Abuja-Accra routes. The airline said in a statement released on Monday that passengers can pay from as low as  N51,240 to N43,000 on Lagos -Accra and Abuja-Accra route respectively one-way trip. “Tickets can be purchased online at www.arikair.com or at any Arik Air city office, airport ticketing office or any travel agent or call 01-2799999 for reservation,” the statement read. “Arik Air flies twice daily from Lagos to Accra at 7:00 am and 5:00 pm and daily from Abuja to Accra at 5:30 pm.

photo credit: http://www.vpitv.com Delta Airlines has sued a  website on allegation of tricking people into thinking they are dealing with the airline  when arranging for their pets to fly on jets. The site — DeltaPetTransit.com — is designed to look like a Delta site and uses the airline’s logos and pictures of its planes, Delta said in the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Georgia. But the site is not affiliated with the airline and has no right to use its trademarks the complaint says. Read more:  http://www.twincities.com/2017/09/22/delta-air-lines-sues-mysterious-website-it-says-tricks-people-who-put-pets-on-jets/

The internet world is a free world so both genuine and fake sites exist together . If you are visiting any website, make sure you differeniate the real sites from the fake sites as so many people have been defrauded online by scammers who clone popular sites. Below are the original websites of Nigeria's major domestic airlines: Arik Air:   http://arikair.com Aero Contractors:   http://flyaero.com Air Peace: https://www.flyairpeace.com Dana Air: http://www.flydanaair.com Medview Airlines: http://medviewairline.com Overland Airways: https://www.overlandairways.com

Nigeria's Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika. Photo credit: google.com Nigeria's  Federal Government on Thursday September 21, 2017 inaugurated a tax force s to address lingering issues bordering on multiple charges, Bilateral Air Service Agreements (BASA) and the state of airport infrastructure. Members of the task force which is chaired by the Minister of State for Aviation; Senator Hadi Sirika include, the special adviser to the president on economic matters, the director general Nigeria Civil Aviation Authourity(NCAA), the managing director Federal Airport Authourity of Nigeria( FAAN) the managing director Nigeria Airspace Management Agency(NAMA) nominees of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), the department of air transport management, federal ministry of transportation and the International Air Transport Association (IATA).  

Photo credit: www.etihad.com Flying with Etihad has been simplified with a new mode of payment that allows customers to pay for flight tickets in installments.  The United Arab Emirates National Carrier in partnership with online payment service provider PayFort now gives consumers who book via Etihad.com  the opportunity to pay their fare over a period of between Three and Sixty months.  A statement on the airline's website reads: "People in the UAE, KSA and Egypt planning their travel and holidays with Etihad Airways now have the option of paying via monthly Installments when booking flights directly through Etihad.com.   The Airline is the first in the region to offer fully automated online Installment plans after partnering with PayFort, the leading online payment service provider in the Arab world. The initiative is designed to allow families and those on a budget book flights to their dream destination with convenient, payment plans tailored to their req

Air Peace  has joined the league of Nigerian Carriers who are members of the prestigious   International Air Transport Association, IATA.  The airline was added as a member of IATA after after securing its IATA Operational Safety Audit( IOSA certificate . IATA represents some 270 Member airlines in over 117 countries. IATA’s Members airlines carry 83% of the world’s scheduled international air traffic.  IATA membership means that the airline has met global aviation safety standards. This membership also means that the ailrine can  participate in  IATA Settlement Systems (ISS) which provides swift, reliable, and efficient movement of funds between airlines and their travel partners.  Other Nigerian airlines  with IATA membership are : Arik Air , Overland Airways and Dana Air .

Photo credit: google.com Emirates Airlines will restore flight connectivity to Nigeria's Federal Capital City; Abuja on November 1, 2017 after vacating  it for one year. The country's Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, disclosed this via his Twitter handle @hadisirika. He tweeted that he has “Concluded with Emirates return to Abuja November 1st. Looking at second leg to Lagos via Kano later on. Please bear with us.” There are reports that the Lagos via Kano to Dubai and other destinations may also follow before the year ends .

Photo credit: search.yahoo.com Turkey's national flag carrier Turkish Airlines carried 44.9 million passengers from January to August 2017, the airline has announced. The company said the increases in passengers carried in August from  Far East, Africa, Middle East, and domestic lines were 6.5, 12.8, 15.7, and 14.4 percent, respectively. Turkish Airlines earned $4.6 billion total revenue in the first half of 2017, flying to 300 destinations in 120 countries, including 251 international and 49 domestic destinations. The total number of passengers carried by the airline rose 6.1 percent in the first eight months of the year over the same period in 2016, Turkish Airlines said. According to the company's statement sent to Turkey's Public Disclosure Platform (KAP), the numbers of passengers carried in domestic and international lines rose 6.8 and 5.5 percent, respectively. Over the same period, the airline's passenger load factor or seat occupancy increased

Photo credit: yahoo.com Young applicants interested in gaining valuable professional development experience should consider applying for the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Young Aviation Professionals program.  Young professionals will learn to explore important inter-relationships between ICAO and the airline and airport industries while working closely with IATA and ACI experts. YAPP applicants must be less than 32 years of age, possess advanced university qualifications and have at least two years of aviation employment experience in an area of operational or regulatory responsibility. ICAO says due consideration is given to gender equality and geographic diversity priorities during the selection process. Interested candidates must submit their applications through ICAO’s  employment site  by October 13, 2017.  ICAO, in partnership with the International Air Transport Association and Airports Council International created the YAPP in December 2013.

Photo credit: http://www.airplane-pictures.net Lufthansa and several other parties have put in bids for parts of Air Berlin by the deadline of Friday set by the administrator of the insolvent airline which employs more than 8,000 people. Air Berlin which is Germany’s second-biggest airline after Lufthansa filed for bankruptcy in August after major shareholder; Etihad Airways withdrew funding following years of losses. Read more: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-air-berlin-lufthansa/air-berlins-administrator-takes-in-bids-from-lufthansa-others

Photo credit: google.com  Emirates has launched a limited period offer for passengers travelling in economy class. The airline will allow passengers to carry 10 kg extra baggage allowance on select destinations.  As reported in Financial Express,the offer is valid for sale until September 30, 2017, and the travel period is until December 13, 2017. Passengers flying to Mumbai, Kochi, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Karachi, Dhaka, Sylhet, Chittagong, Jakarta, Cebu, Clark and Colombo can carry 10 kg extra baggage with them, but only on select flights. Meanwhile, the airline will also allow 10kg extra luggage on all Emirates flights to destinations like –Amman, Islamabad, Kabul, Khartoum, Lahore, Multan, Sialkot, Tunisia and Peshawar. Read more: http://www.financialexpress.com/industry/emirates-baggage-allowance-extra-10-kg-in-economy-class-tickets-sale-validity-last-date-mumbai-flights-delhi-flights

Passengers are led off the British Airways plane. A BA spokeswoman confirmed the flight later departed safely.  Photograph: @jsa/PA A  British Airways  plane has been evacuated at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris for security reasons, after passengers were told a “direct threat” had been made towards the aircraft. Flight BA303 was due to take off on Sunday bound for Heathrow in London when the incident occurred, with police and fire engines surrounding the plane on the tarmac. One passenger, James Anderson, 20, said those onboard were informed by the pilot that an individual had made a direct threat against the aircraft. People were led off the plane and individually searched by armed officers, with luggage in the hold searched by dogs. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/17/british-airways-ba-plane-paris-direct-security-threat

Source: https://rwandair.com/ RwandAir said it will from  30th September 2017 commence three weekly operations to Conakry  (Guinea), Bamako (Mali) and Dakar (Senegal) from its new hub in Cotonou (Benin).  RwandAir  already serves  three West Coast destinations from Cotonou namely: Libreville (Gabon), Brazzaville (Congo), and Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire). In August, the airline opened a new hub in Cotonou, Benin which will allow seamless connections to West and Central Africa. RwandAir says the  new Cotonou hub will be synchronized with the existing operations from Kigali. This year, RwandAir started flights to Mumbai, Harare, London (Gatwick) and Brussels.  The new routes will extend RwandAir’s network to twenty-six (26) destinations.

Arik Air has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Nigeria  to restrain Ethiopian airline and the Nigerian Government from further negotiations on its takeover. Shareholders of Arik Air Limited on  September 6, 2017 filed a N20 billion suit against the Federal Government and Ethiopian Airlines over recent claims in the media that they were negotiating the takeover of the airline.  The suit was instituted against Ethiopian Airlines, the Federal Ministry of Transportation and the Attorney General of the Federation. A copy of the suit was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) .  In a 20 paragraph affidavit deposed to by Mr. Chris Ndulue, a Director with Arik Air, the plaintiff noted its takeover on February 8, 2017 by the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) is being challenged by its management via two suits already pending before the Federal High Court, Lagos. According to Arik, the suits numbers are FHC/L/CS/827/17 and FHC/L/CS/826/17. Arik Air a

source: google.com Emirates has marked 10 years of operations out of Newcastle International Airport. The airline said it has carried more than 912,000 passengers between Newcastle and Dubai since commencing services on the route in September 2007.  Emirates said the figures reflect the importance Newcastle City to the United Kingdom. Recent figures show that over 115,000 passengers travelled between Newcastle and Dubai in the last 12 months. Emirates has ferried more than 28,000 tonnes of cargo in and out of Newcastle since September, 2017.

It is no longer news that Ethiopian Airlines said it is currently bidding to takeover the management of West Africa's largest airline; Arik Air. However, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON)    which is should have more details about any negotiations about the future of Arik has said it is not in current discussion with Ethiopian Airline. Here is a Statement signed by Jude Nwauzor;  Head, Corporate Communications, AMCON.  " Our attention has been drawn to a barrage of media reports, which claimed that there are discussions going on with Ethiopian Airlines for the carrier to render management services to Arik. Contrary to these reports, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) is not aware of any current discussion or negotiation with the management of Ethiopian Airlines regarding Arik Air Limited (Arik). Arik was placed in receivership last February, following the airline’s inability to repay debts in excess of N300 billion

photo credit: www.arikair.com Following recent news that Ethiopian Airline is bidding to takeover the management of  Nigeria's largest Carrier; Arik Air from the Nigerian government, the  former Vice President of the airline, Senator Anietie Okon  has said the move shows  “the level of lack of patriotism and shamelessness by some people in government offices”  Speaking on behalf of shareholders of Arik Air, Senator Okon regretted that  the airline which had operated successfully for 10 years ran into financial difficulty due to the ongoing economic recession in the country  "and next line of action was for AMCON to take it over and now hurrying to hand it over to a foreign company that will sack most of the indigenous staff of the airline.” Okon said in an interview with Thisday that Nigerian government should be more concerned about why Nigerian airlines do not survive for a long time. He urged the aviation authorities in Nigeria  to "look at their policies and

photo credit: yahoo.com Etihad Airways and Aerolíneas Argentinas have launched a new codeshare partnership.  In a Statement published on its website, Etihad said  the agreement provides its customers convenient connections via Rome and Madrid to Buenos Aires (EZE) .It also provides onward connections to nine  popular Argentinian destinations namely:  Córdoba (COR), Mendoza (MDZ), Rosario (ROS), Iguazú (IGR), Salta (SLA), Mar del Plata (MDQ), Bariloche (BRC), Trelew (REL) and Ushuaia (USH). Etihad further disclosed that agreement gives passengers of  Aerolíneas Argentinas access to its network of over 100 destinations from Abu Dhabi via the Italian and Spanish capitals. Codeshare agreements offer customers countless benefits, such as baggage check-in to their final destination and extra assistance during connections.  The airline added ''Members of both airlines’ loyalty programmes – Etihad Guest and Aerolíneas Plus – will soon be able to earn and redeem miles o

photo credit: google.com photo credit: Chigozie Okereke Africa’s most profitable airline; Ethiopian Airline, has disclosed that it is negotiating to take over the management of Arik Air; West Africa’s largest Carrier. Arik Air has been struggling to meet its financial obligations in recent times leading to the takeover of the airline by  the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in February 2017. Esayas WoldeMariam, Ethiopian’s Managing Director of International Services,  told CNN that the airline had made an offer, and was just waiting for the response of the government. Investigations by gozzilousblog reveal that Arik Air under the management of AMCON has made visible improvements. Passengers are regaining confidence in the airline and the staffs are now motivated to render excellent customer service. The current Managing Director of Arik Air; Capt. Roy Ukpebo Ilegbodu recently announced that the airline now carries approximately 4,000 passengers