The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has committed to improving infrastructure and service levels at Lagos’s Murtala Muhammad International Airport within twelve months, in response to “concerns” raised by International Air Transport Association (IATA) member airlines, over the safety, security,…
Uganda Airlines faces a fast-paced end to the year, with three new routes scheduled for launch starting October 2023. The back-to-back launches, will be the much-delayed Lagos and Mumbai routes as well as Riyadh via Jeddah. The three routes, which…
Nigeria’s major and biggest airport terminal at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos is overstretched and one that needs urgent replacement. Consequently, the new international airport under construction, for which a $500 million loan was sought from China in 2013, is…
Nigeria has again barred Emirates from operating into Lagos, less than one week after both Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) decided to bury the hatchets that led to the return of flights to Nigeria from Dubai. After ten months…
Competition on the lucrative United States-Nigeria route is set to have begun as United Airlines November 30 resumed flight services to Lagos. The airline will battle Delta Airlines for a huge market share on the route and may look to…
After more than one year of inactivity, one of Africa’s biggest airlines, South African Airways (SAA) has concluded plans to resume the lucrative Johannesburg-Lagos route. The carrier plans to re-start the service on December 12. This has brought smiles to…