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International travellers to get higher compensation for deaths, flight delays - ICAO
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International travellers to get higher compensation for deaths, flight delays – ICAO

The International Civil Aviation Organization has officially implemented higher compensation limits for international flights, effective December 28, 2024. The new limits cover a range of passenger issues, including death, injury, delays, and baggage or cargo problems. The updated compensation includes an increase to $202,500 for death or injury, up from 128,821 Special Drawing Rights, which […]

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Why flight fares may increase – Local airlines

Airline companies have warned that they may be have to evaluate their pricing upward since the price of aviation fuel increased to more than N1300 According to The Punch, the local airlines’ spokesperson, Obiora Okonkwo, revealed this in a statement on Friday and demanded prompt government action to stop the local airlines from going out […]

Boeing takes responsibility for aircraft mid-flight door blowout
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Boeing takes responsibility for aircraft mid-flight door blowout

The Chief Executive Officer of Boeing has taken responsibility for an aircraft manufacture fault following a door blow-out on one of its planes shortly after takeoff in the United States. Fortunately, no one was hurt when the main cabin door of an Alaska Airlines flight from Portland, Oregon, broke loose on Friday. Since the incident, […]

FG to enact rules on flight cancellations, delays
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FG to enact rules on flight cancellations, delays

Bisola David   The Federal Government has declared that it will look into incidents of frequent aircraft cancellations and delays and may consider implementing restrictions on these matters. The Punch reported that according to a statement from the government, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development,  Festus Keyamo, made this disclosure during a recent trip to Lagos’ […]

Foreign travellers to price tickets N770/$1 from N663/$1
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Foreign travellers to price tickets N770/$1 from N663/$1

      There are compelling indications that global airfares, particularly on Nigerian routes, may experience a significant increase as the International Air Transport Association has set the exchange rate of $1 to N770 on Wednesday. The protracted inability of international airlines to repatriate their ticket sales for a significant duration has been a contributing […]

FG approves Air Peace for direct Nigeria-Brazil flights as strategic aviation routes
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Air Peace halts flight operations for elections

Buna Juliet   Air Peace on Thursday announced that flight operations will be suspended on February 25 as a result of the general elections. However, flight operations will resume February 26, the local airline assured. The airline disclosed this in a statement via its official Instagram handle. The statement reads, “Members of the public are […]

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Reps seek lower flight prices for holidays

The request by the House of Representatives to foreign airlines to reopen cheaper layers of fares for the Nigerian market while trapped funds are resolved has gone unanswered, much to the chagrin of international travellers this holiday season. Even so, an increasing number of airlines are only offering premium fares to inbound tourists. Premiums in […]

Flights to South-South most expensive - NBS
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Flights to South-South most expensive – NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics ranked flights to the South-South as the most expensive of all geopolitical zones in the country. According to recent NBS fare watch data, the average airfare for a one-way trip in the South-South zone was N74,150 in September 2022. For the same period under consideration, the North Central zone cost […]

Flights to South-South most expensive - NBS
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Passengers lament as one-hour flight hits N100,000

A one-hour journey within Nigeria now costs more than one hundred thousand (N100,000) naira, causing air passengers to lament bitterly at the excessive charges airline operators have imposed. Findings revealed that economy class domestic tickets from Lagos to Abuja via Arik Air, United Nigeria and Air Peace as of the time of filing this report […]