United Nigeria Airlines Commences Flight Operations United Nigeria Inaugural Flight The new entrant into domestic scheduled air transport operations, United Nigeria Airlines will commence services as its inaugural flight will be conducted tomorrow (Friday, February 12, 2021). According to Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu, the airline’s Head, Corporate Communications said: “The inaugural f...
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THE impasse between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Nigeria over flight operations has taken another shift as Emirates Airlines has announced a discontinuance of outbound passenger flights to Lagos and Abuja in Nigeria citing government directives. The new announcement apexes events of the last few weeks that saw the back and forth between both countries over pre-departure Rapid An...
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The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended Emirates from operating flights to Nigeria (Lagos and Abuja) effective 72 hours from Thursday midnight for violating COVID-19 directives and protocol as issued by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF). The PTF has also ordered that during the 72-hour leeway Emirates Airline is only authorised to bring in passengers into...
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The UAE flag-carrier Emirates announced Thursday that it would be temporarily suspending all flights to South Africa. No services will run from Dubai between Saturday, January 16th, and Thursday, January 28th. The airline stated that the reasons for the suspension are “operational” but has not provided any further detail. An Emirates aircraft is parked after landing at the Cape Town I...
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Dubai’s government has put 7.3 billion dirhams ($2 billion) into Emirates since the coronavirus pandemic brought global air travel to a near halt in March and said it’s prepared to send more help to its flagship airline. The state indicated earlier in the year it was committed to providing financial support to the world’s largest long-haul carrier, and a bond prospectus seen by Bloomb...
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