Category: TRAVEL & AVIATION

Ebonyi State Government has announced that the rehabilitation of Chuba Okadigbo International Airport has been completed and flight operations at the airport are expected to take off in August this year. Ngozi Obichukwu, Commissioner for Aviation and Transport Technology in Ebonyi State, made this known to journalists at the airport, adding that the State Government had concluded plans to purchase four aircraft (tagged Ebonyiairline) for the smooth take-off of the airport. BusinessDay reports that the airport rehabilitation which was said to have gulped about N42 billion was part of the…

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By NewsBits The tourism, travel and aviation industry in Nigeria has received a major boost as Jands Travel Network, Enugu, launches a Travel/Tourism Business School in Enugu State within South-East. The firm’s Managing Director, Mrs Chioma Obi, who has operated in the industry for over a decade, disclosed this to newsmen in a press conference on Thursday in Enugu. Obi said that Jands Travel/Tourism Business School was established in Enugu to create awareness and instil knowledge of the travel, tourism and hospitality industry in the South-East with a view to…

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The Federal Government through the Nigerian Customs Service has begun a fresh move to clamp down on operators of improperly imported private jets into the country. Consequently, no fewer than 80 operators of private jets are expected to appear at the headquarters of the NCS in Abuja with their aircraft import documents. The special aircraft import verification exercise, which begins on Wednesday (tomorrow), is expected to last for 30 days, according to a public notice issued by Customs. The notice, sighted by one of our correspondents, read in part, “The…

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Turkish Airlines has explained why it sacked Nigerian staff in response to the ongoing picketing of the airline. Days after the picketing by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the airline broke silence on Thursday, accusing the staff of engaging in ticket racketeering to the tune of $600,000 in 2023, thereby causing it serious financial losses within the period. The picketing of the operations of Turkish Airlines disrupted its operations with over 300 passengers of the airline stranded at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA). The organised labour, had vowed to…

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By NewsBits A former Director-General, the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Dr. Joe Abah, has narrated how a ground engineer saved travelers on an Ibom Airlines flight from a “potential disaster”. Narrating the experience on his X handle on Thursday, Abah said he boarded a 7:00 am flight from Lagos to Abuja on Thursday morning and the flight was ready to take off when the unusual happened. The popular public commentator explained that he was on the flight heading to Abuja with the co-founder and Director of BudgIT, Oluseun Onigbinde…

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Lufthansa and its subsidiaries SWIIS International Air Lines and Austrian cancelled all flights to Israel on Friday due to the ongoing security situation. Swiss Info reports that four flights up to and including 7:00am on Saturday are affected, quoting a Lufthansa spokesperson said in response to an enquiry. According to the Zurich airport website, the Swiss flight from Zurich to Tel Aviv scheduled for 12:00 noon Friday has been cancelled. According to US media reports, at least one Israeli missile attacked a target in Iran. There were no initial reports…

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By NewsBits The Chairman of Nigerian indigenous carrier, Air Peace, Mr Allen Onyema, has raised the alarm that foreign carriers operating the Nigeria-UK route allegedly conspire to send Air Peace out of international operations by crashing airfares on the route. Onyema gave the revelation on Tuesday while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. He alleged that there is an “unspoken alliance” among foreign airlines to use lower pricing to eject Air Peace from the Nigeria-London route. “If they take out Air Peace prematurely, this country will pay dearly for…

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By Akin Kola-Akinlade That Air Peace has graciously taken the bull by its horns with the launch of the Lagos to London route is a self-evident truth. Also, that earnest cerebral work through oxygenated thinking by the management and staff has begun should leave no one in doubt. Now, decisions will have to be taken swiftly, and fast. Personnel must be guided by organizational policy that should be very dynamic. Tons of issues will arise that would require Initiative even at the level of supervisors whose circumstances will more often…

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