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Stranded London Passengers of Medview Accuse Airline of Abandonment

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source: https://medviewairline.com Did Medview Airline leave her passengers stranded in London without proper communication? That is the position of the airline’s passengers stranded in Gatwick Airport, London. There are reports that the airline cancelled Lagos-bound London flights without informing about 800 passengers who were left to sleep on airport floors for days. The passengers were reportedly taken to the hotel when the British police got involved. The airline has however said the cancellations were on technical grounds as the operating aircraft developed fault. It is still not clear how soon Medview plans to resume flight services on London route. Surprisingly, the airline does not have a media page on her website for news update.  Airlines must begin to utilise their websites as veritable tools for information dissemination as communication is key in every business.

Ethiopian Airlines Ends Talks Over Nigeria's Arik Air, Gets Offers in Zambia, Ghana

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photo credit: google Ethiopian Airlines is no doubt Africa’s queen of the skies! The airline’s success story is attracting more attention to it as having the potential to revive other African airlines.   Ethiopian airline was recently in the news in Nigeria as being considered to manage Nigeria’s largest airline; Arik Air. Reports even said negotiations with the Nigerian government over Arik Air had made considerable progress. But the shocker is that Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Tewolde Gebremariam has told the media that his company ceased talks with AMCON over Arik due to the complex nature of the negotiations. “We decided to stop the negotiation due to financial and legal complications,” he confirmed. Gebremariam said Ethiopian remains interested in starting an airline in Nigeria and considering two initiatives: proposed national airline by the government of Nigeria or possibility of working with private Carriers. It will be recalled that the government of Nige...

Arik Air Increases Capacity on Domestic Routes Ahead of Festive Season

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Arik Air, Nigeria’s largest carrier is increasing its capacity ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations to enable customers celebrate the festive season with family and friends. The capacity increase which will boost our key domestic routes, especially in the South East and South South zones, takes effect from  December 15, 2017  and runs through  January 14, 2018 . The main highlights of the new schedule is the resumption of Abuja-Calabar and Abuja-Uyo routes which were suspended earlier in the year. Arik Air will be flying daily from Abuja to Uyo and five times a week from Abuja-Calabar. Similarly, the airline has increased the frequency between Lagos-Calabar, Lagos-Uyo, Lagos-Enugu, Lagos-Owerri, Abuja-Enugu to daily while Lagos-Asaba will operate five times weekly during the period. Customers using Arik Air on the Lagos-Port Harcourt route now have an early morning ( 7:00 am ) departure out of Port Harcourt and late evening ( 5:00 pm ) flight out of...