Travel Tips

DELTA AIR LINES, the Aeroporti di Roma and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport have joined in a first-of-its-kind trans-Atlantic COVID-19 testing program that will enable quarantine-free entry into Italy, in accordance with a decree expected to be issued soon by the government of Italy. The agreement with airports and governments eliminates quarantine requirement on COVID-tested flights connecting Atlanta and Rome. “Carefully …

AS part of its plans to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 on air travelers, Africlaim an indigenous brand is launching COVID-19 Flight Disruption Help Initiative an offer set to last throughout the pandemic. The COVID-19 Flight Disruption Help Initiative, according to Africlaim’s Chief executive Officer Chibuzo Ofulue, is a free service that seeks to help air passengers by providing …

THE Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has debunked a statement released by a certain Tayo Olu yesterday, May 16, 2020 to the effect that the Federal Government of Nigeria, through FAAN has released a post- Covid 19 travel guideline for air travellers. The authority denounced the statement asking air travellers and the general public to disregard the content of the …

DUE to varying circumstances, flight delays and cancellations are a global trend not particular to Nigeria alone, but what matters is how these challenges are addressed, according to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority( NCAA). Director, Consumer Protection Directorate (CPD), NCAA, Alhaji Adamu Abdullahi flight delays and cancellations are unavoidable in the global aviation industry but the regulatory agency would ensure …

NIGERIA’S new Visa on Arrival Policy 2020 launched on Tuesday by President Muhammad Buhari is a policy conceived carefully over months, with the valid input of stakeholders and is set to address major security and economic issues. The President had first made the announcement of the Visa on Arrival policy last December at the Aswan Forum, in Egypt, and the …

ANTHONY OMOH IT has been discovered that air travel has become a fast rising mode of transportation for people who engage in the nefarious activity of human and organ trafficking and so it is important to highlight some tips to look out for when certain people are travelling. The trend has grown unchecked so much that the fight against this …

IN business the role luck plays in success and personal achievement is rarely discussed. If luck is mentioned, it is done with slight condescension, and usually dismissed as a product of hard work, not deserving significant attention. While hard work is paramount – and I have written extensively about the importance of working hard – history and my own experiences …

THE cost and acquisition of a passport document has long been in debate which is not supposed to be the case, causing many Nigerians fall victims to unscrupulous characters who seek to extort them. The document  currently sells at N22, 000 for a 64-page document while a 32-page document costs N17,000 (between ages of 18-59), N10,750 (between ages of 0-17, …

WHILE flying, we all have to deal with different kinds of people and different situations therein. Sometimes there are passengers that are afraid of flying, others are passengers that may get sick mid flight and a whole host of situations. These uncomfortable situations make these passengers sometimes difficult to manage as they become cranky, some irritable while others become downright …

MOST people pass through airports every now and then and they do not know the level of threats that can take place within the airport’s environment both external and internal. The external threats can be checkmated to a level because of the processes and procedures put in place to wade off intruders from the airports, however,what makes the airport environment …