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Emirates recently gave its old advertising billboards in Nigeria a new purpose, transforming the PVC Flex material into hundreds of reusable bags. The advertising banners collected from Lagos and Abuja, were upcycled – the heavy-duty, PVC Flex material was used to produce school bags and carryalls that were donated to students of two schools in Lagos. In time for the …
Royal Jordanian and Royal Air Maroc concluded a free sale codeshare agreement whereby RJ will market Royal Air Maroc flights, putting RJ’s carrier code on these flights between Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport and Amman’s Queen Alia International Airport. RJ does not operate flights to Morocco. The agreement is bound to enhance cooperation between the two flag carriers and improve …
Turkish Airlines has added Port Harcourt, an important city in Nigeria, to its flight network as the carrier’s 56th destination in Africa. Turkish Airlines will operate four weekly reciprocal flights between Istanbul and Port Harcourt. Already flying to Lagos, Kano and Abuja in Nigeria, Turkish Airlines added Port Harcourt to the list, increasing its flight network to 311 destinations. With …
Etihad Aviation Group will fund the construction of 30 water wells in three African nations to assist in easing a critical shortage of clean water in remote communities. The initiative was announced by Mr. Tony Douglas, Group Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Aviation Group, in support of the ‘Well of Hope’ water security initiative launched during the Holy Month of …
Photo caption (L-R): Alaka Abosede, Senior Customer Sales and Service Agent, Emirates; Afzal Parambil, Emirates Regional Manager West Africa; Princewill Ekwujuru, President Brands Journalists Association of Nigeria (BJAN); Akindele Doris, Senior Customer Sales and Service Agent at the special viewing of the Emirates Pan-African campaign in commemoration of the Emirates 15th Anniversary in Nigeria Emirates is celebrating 15 years of successful operations in Nigeria. …
Successfully completing its “Great Move” process and transferring all of its passenger operations to its new hub, Istanbul Airport, Turkish Airlines now adds Marrakech, tourist city of Morocco, to its flight network. From April 15th, Turkish Airlines commences Istanbul – Marrakech – Istanbul direct flights as the airline commits to flying to more international destinations including Africa. Commenting on this …
Emirates and Africa World Airlines (AWA), the Ghanaian airline headquartered in Accra, have announced a one-way interline agreement whereby Emirates customers can connect onto selected routes of Africa World Airlines’ network, opening up new African destinations for Emirates customers from May 2019. “The agreement between Emirates and Africa World Airlines underpins our commitment to provide greater connectivity across West Africa. …
Photo Caption: Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO), Managing Director/CEO, Basil Agboarumi (centre) flanked by SAHCO, Executive Director, Cargo Services and Operations, Mrs Boma Ukwunna (left); SAHCO, Executive Director, Sales and Marketing, Olaniyi Adigun (right) after receiving the Certificate of Appointment from Virgin Atlantic Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO) has signed a contract with Virgin Atlantic Airline to handle its …
With demand growing for connectivity to Singapore’s Changi Airport as a gateway to Asia, Singapore Airlines now provides three more additional flights from Singapore to Johannesburg and Cape Town. This makes the total number of flights operated by Singapore Airlines to South Africa ten a week. Bongiwe Pityi-Vokwana, General Manager of O.R Tambo International Airport, says: “We have a long-standing …
Emirates has announced that it will increase the frequency of flights between Dubai and Cairo, adding four additional flights a week to its existing thrice-daily service, starting 28 October, 2019. Orhan Abbas, Emirates’ Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations Africa, says: “Cairo is a very popular destination for both business and leisure travellers, and the additional flights will provide our customers …
