The federal government is to meet with telecommunication and airline companies this week to try and resolve issues relating to job losses and welfare of workers, threatening to ground the sectors. For the airline operators who are seeking ways to cut costs based on the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the
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Foreign Airlines Suffer Big Blow as Nigeria Shuts Lagos, Abuja Airport Over COVID-19
About 33 foreign airlines operating flights into Nigeria may suffer a major blow as the Federal Government says it will in a few days shut the international wings of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Capt Musa Nuhu, in
Read moreAirlines Ground Flights to China Over Corona Virus
Seven airlines have announced that they are halting or reducing flights to China as the country struggles to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The airlines are Air France, British Airways, United Airlines, Lion Air, Finnair, Cathay Pacific and Urals Airlines Air France suspended its three weekly flights to Wuhan on January 24, but
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