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Africa: Kenya Third Worst Hit as Continent Loses 3,1 Million Aviation Jobs
Nation, 9 March 2021
Kenya is the third worst hit country on the continent in the air travel business by the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more »
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Ghana: Govt Rejects British Airways Plans to Move Accra Flights to Gatwick
Ghanaian Times, 21 January 2021
The Ministry of Aviation says it has rejected British Airways (BA)'s plan to move the London-Accra-London flights from the Heathrow Airport to Gatwick Airport this summer. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya Mulls Suspending Flights Over New Virus Strain
East African, 30 December 2020
Kenya will consider closing its airspace to a number of airlines in response to a new variant of the novel coronavirus, which is reported to be up to 70 percent more transmissible… Read more »
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Nigeria: Covid-19 - Aviation Roundtable Urges Domestic Operators to Consider Merger
Vanguard, 18 January 2021
Dr Gabriel Olowo, President, Aviation Roundtable (ART) has urged domestic airlines to consider merger due to the present rise in the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Read more »
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Nigeria: Operators Anticipate Special Exchange Rate for Airlines
This Day, 18 January 2021
Airline operators are expecting that the federal government may review the exchange rate at which they purchase the dollars in order to sustain their operations. Read more »
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Nigeria: Stakeholders List Expectations From Aviation Sector in 2021
This Day, 8 January 2021
Aviation industry stakeholders in this report recommend ways to improve air transportation in the country, writes Chinedu Eze Read more »
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Nigeria: Airlines Get Govt's N4bn Bailout to Pay Workers
This Day, 5 January 2021
The federal government has started disbursing the N5 billion it had promised operators in the domestic arm of the country's aviation sector whose operations were ravaged by… Read more »