Nigeria, Britain to jointly run Nigerian national airline
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Nigeria and Britain-based Virgin Atlantic Airline here on Tuesday signed an agreement for the take-off of Nigeria&#39;s new national air carrier, Nigerian Aviation Minister Malam Isa Yuguda said.
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British Airways on Wednesday unveiled plans to launch an airline with daily flights from New York to Europe after last year's EU-US "open skies" deal to free up the transatlantic aviation market.
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British Airways  is looking at  merger opportunities that could create a trans-Atlantic  super-carrier in response to a joint venture between Delta   and Air France , the Times said.
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A bid by the FA to host the 2018 World Cup would be backed by the UK government.
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LONDON -- The London and Tokyo stock exchanges announced plans Friday to develop jointly traded products and share technology, marking the latest cross-border deal between stock market operators as international competition heats up.
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Nigeria's ruling party on Sunday chose a reclusive Muslim state governor, Umaru Yar'Adua, to be its candidate to succeed Olusegun Obasanjo as president of Africa's most populous nation in elections next year.
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ABUJA - Nigeria was braced for a nationwide general strike on Monday in protest against rising fuel prices as trade unions launched their latest challenge to President Olusegun Obasanjo and his economic reforms.
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Umaru Yar'Adua, the candidate of Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2007 presidental elections, has named Goodluck Jonathan, the governor of the southern oil state of Bayelsa as his running mate, a Bayelsa State spokesman has said.
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China Southern Airlines Co. said its board of directors has approved plans to take over China Northern Airlines and Xinjiang Airlines from its parent company.
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BA is expected to launch services flying direct between the US to continental Europe.
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British Airways on Wednesday unveiled plans for a new airline with daily flights from New York to Europe, taking advantage of last year's EU-US "open skies" deal to free up the key transatlantic market.
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Spanish toll road group Abertis agreed to buy British airports operator TBI for GBPÂ£551.3 million (USD$1 billion) in cash on Wednesday, giving it ownership of a key London airport.
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Nigeria will on Monday formally hand sovereignty over the potentially oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon after withdrawing its 3,000 troops in compliance with a UN-brokered deadline.
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Virgin Atlantic is to launch a new airline in Nigeria next year to succeed the failed national airline Nigeria Airways.
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NEW DELHI -- India on Wednesday agreed to allow two private airlines to fly to most overseas destinations, ending the decades-old monopoly of state-owned Air-India and Indian Airlines.
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SN30952 writes &quot;Based in Lagos, Virgin Nigeria will operate domestic routes within the country as well as international flights to the USA, Europe and the Middle East.
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Air India and Indian Airlines, India's two main state-owned airlines, are to merge to compete with private rivals.