Arik Air is to add the UAE to its network for the first time,
From 28 July, the Nigerian carrier will fly from Abuja to Dubai via Lagos.
The service will be operated five times weekly. Arik plans to use an Airbus A330-200 on the route, in a two-class configuration.
Innovata schedules show this will be the only direct scheduled link between the Nigerian capital and Dubai, although Emirates operates to two other cities in the African nation: Kano and Lagos.
Source: Cirium Dashboard
Southwest Airlines on 4 November disclosed the appointment of Rakesh Gangwal as independent chair of the company’s board of directors, filling the role left vacant by former executive chairman Gary Kelly.
New York investment firm Stonepeak has signed an agreement to acquire US air cargo and aircraft leasing company Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) for $3.1 billion under a deal that would make ATSG a private company.
While French investigators believe an intense oxygen-fuelled cockpit fire brought down an EgyptAir Airbus A320 eight years ago, they have yet to determine fully the reasons for the oxygen leak and pinpoint the source of ignition. Investigation authority BEA has dismissed the Egyptian air accident commission’s official explanation – detonation ...
