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Delta resumes Lagos to Atlanta operations with extra safety measures

Ihesiulo Grace 11 September 2020 0

By Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo Delta Airlines has resumed Lagos to Atlanta operations with its Boeing 767-300 aircraft with four times a week with departures on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Delta’s Commercial Director – Africa, Bobby Bryan said that the airline knows how important

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Delta Airline halts operation after 500 staff test positive for COVID-19, 10 dead

Ihesiulo Grace 25 June 2020 0

About 500 employees of Atlanta-based Delta Airlines have tested positive for COVID-19. Ed Bastian, chief executive officer of the airline, confirmed the spread of the disease among its employees during the company’s annual shareholder meeting. Bastian said 10 employees have also died from the disease. “We lost 10 employees to the coronavirus; every one of […]

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Delta airline apologizes to AIB over failure to report emergency

Ihesiulo Grace 16 February 2018 0

Delta Airlines yesterday, in Lagos, apologised to the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Nigeria over the airline’s failure to notify the government agency of the emergency landing involving its Airbus 330-200 aircraft on Tuesday night. Atlanta bound Delta Flight 55, which departed Lagos on Tuesday night returned several minutes later to Murtala Muhammed International

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Delta airline confirms five injured in engine fire outbreak

Ihesiulo Grace 14 February 2018 0

.. To rebuke passengers Thursday Delta Airline in Lagos on Wednesday confirmed that its flight ‘Delta flight 55’ from the Murtala Muahmmed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria to Atlanta returned to Lagos International Airport Tuesday after an issue with one of the A330-200’s two engines. According to a statement from the airline’s office in Lagos, the […]

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Delta airlines named 2017 most on-time global airline

Ihesiulo Grace 11 January 2018 0

Delta Airlines has been named the World’s Most On-Time Airline among mainline carriers by the aviation data and analytics company, FlightGlobal, incorporating FlightStats. This is the first U.S. airline to earn the industry-leading distinction in the nine years FlightGlobal’s FlightStats has presented its OPS Awards. In 2017, Delta’s mainline operation saw 85.94 per cent

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Delta to begin JFK to Lagos flights next year

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2017 0

Delta Air lines would be offering customers a new way to reach Lagos, beginning March 24, 2018 via new service from the airline’s New York-JFK hub. A company statement added that flights will operate three times weekly, complementing the existing four-times-weekly service from Atlanta. The thrice a week service would feature a departing schedule from […]

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‘We are not going anywhere,’ Delta Air lines tells Nigerian passengers

Ihesiulo Grace 24 November 2016 0

Delta Airlines has restated its commitment to the Nigerian market despite the harsh economic situation that has seen airlines leave the country leading Delta to be the only American airline flying from Lagos to the United States. Commercial Director, East and West Africa Delta Airlines, Mr. Bobby Bryan made this known earlier yesterday as he revealed […]