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Africa World Airlines marks 7 years of successful flight operation

Ghana’s most successful airlines, Africa World Airline (AWA), celebrated its 7th year of seamless flight operation in the industry.

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Chief Operations Officer of the airline, Sean Mendis, in facebook post said: “Today marks 7 years since Africa World Airlines took delivery of “Tango”, our first ERJ-145. She continues to serve us well (together with her 7 siblings) as the airline grows from strength to strength. I am the proudest person to hear AWA referred to as an “African success story”.

Ethiopian Airlines MRO Generates $80M Annually

The Chief Operating Officer (COO), of Ethiopian Airlines,Mesfin Tasew has stated that the airline’s Maintenance Repair and Overhaul(MRO) generates close to $80 million(about N29 billion) annually. This is just as he said that the airline was in search of depending companies in Nigeria to partner with to establish an MRO that would maintain aircraft in the …

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Breakthrough as Nigerian University UniJos invents anti-snake venom vaccine

The Vice-Chancellor of University of Jos, Professor Sebastian Maimako, has announced the development of anti-snake venom vaccine by the institution. Known as COVIP-Plus, the vaccine was developed after 24 years of intensive research by a team at the African Centre of Excellence in Phytomedicine Research Development …

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Zim to experience an upsurge of tourist arrivals

TOURIST arrivals from England to Zimbabwe are set to reach the 100 000 mark by year-end as interest in visiting the country continues to soar in the new dispensation, a tourism expert has said. In an interview with The Sunday Mail, Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) representative in London, Ms Felisicious Munjaidi, said tourist interest is on the surge judging by …

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