AS a way of encouraging transport business, BKG Exhibitions Limited, the organizers of the annual Lagos Motor Fair, is making arrangements to accommodate all forms of road transport business in this year’s event.

CONCERNED by the state of the aviation industry in Africa, experts at the recently concluded 15th Aviation and Allied Business Leadership Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia have called for a common strategy to develop the industry.

FOR the fifth consecutive year, Air France KLM has been confirmed as air transport sustainability “Sector Leader” for 2009 and will keep its place in both the Dow Jones DJSI World and DJSI STOXX Sustainability indexes.

BOTHERED with the safety of air travel, the Minister of Aviation, Mr. Babatunde Omotoba, has disclosed that the contract for the construction of a second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja will be awarded this month.

DANA Airlines Limited  has commanced flight operations to the city of Port Harcourt.
This brings to five the total number of cities currently serviced by the airline within ten months of its operations. The other cities are Abuja, Enugu, Kano and Lagos.

THE dense forest of the Osun Sacred Grove, on the outskirts of the city of Osogbo, is one of the last remnants of primary high forest in southern Nigeria. The beautiful landscape of the grove and its meandering river dotted with sanctuaries and shrines, sculptures and art works in honour of Osun water goddess and other deities has overtime become the major attraction for tourists flocking the town especially during the festivals.

The inability of local technicians to source vital technical information is robbing off on drivers and admirers of new generation vehicles. MANNY PHILIPSON reports.

Delta Air Lines has announced it will launch direct flights between Abuja and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, via Dakar, Senegal effective 11 June 2009, following government approval.