Pandemic

Travel: Airline cautioned over wellbeing as planes get…

Aviation experts have cautioned airlines over the wellbeing as various airlines are set to resume from the Coronavirus pandemic stockpiling, experts also warned that planes left in storage area should be carefully inspected. They need…

Airline

South Africa: New Airline Lift Departs

A newly established South African airline inaugurated in the late hours of Wednesday is hoping to create low flight ticket and also low oil price due to the coronavirus. Lift will fly fourth era Airbus…

South Africa in Talks With Keen Investors in State Airline South African Airways

South Africa: Talks With Keen Investors in State…

South Africa‘s government has started talks with private entities interested in buying into the country’s insolvent national carrier, which needs at least 10 billion rand ($583 million) to resume operations. A team from the Department…

Coronavirus: The impact on Nigeria's airlines

COVID-19: The impact on Nigeria’s airlines

Travelling between two factors in Nigeria can be time-consuming, so many human beings opt for air travel. It takes an hour to fly between Lagos, the industrial district, to Abuja, the federal capital, whilst the equal trip would take…

Evacuation

Kenya: A second KQ plane set to evacuate…

The Kenyan High Commission has announced that there will be a second flight to the UK to evacuate Kenyans who are stranded due to COVID-19 pandemic. "The flight has been arranged through offices of the…

Business

South African Airways set to lay-off all its…

South African Airways (SAA) is set to lay off all of its employees at the end of April. A document detailing the airline’s severance package, obtained by Bloomberg, shows that 4,700 employees will leave the…

Bailout

Virgin Atlantic, other UK airlines beg for bailout

Virgin Atlantic is leading Britain’s airline industry to request for emergency government support worth up to £7.5 billion and avert a catastrophe that would wipe out tens of thousands of jobs. Sky News and other…

Ethiopia plane

Crashed Ethiopian plane was unsafe – DeFazio

The Boeing 737 plane that crashed in Ethiopia late last year was not safe and unworthy for take off, an investigation by the US House of Representatives says. The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on…

Terror attack

US warns of possible terror attack on airlines…

The United States’ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) updated its alert issued on Wednesday, warning civilian airliners and all operators of US-registered aircraft to “exercise caution” when flying over Kenyan airspace, citing possible attacks by extremists.…