Posts Tagged with "travel"

Sighting Mount Kilimanjaro

Monday, February 8, 2010

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We were cruising at an altitude of about  34,000 feet from the coastal town of Mombasa headed for Nairobi when the voice of the Kenya Airways pilot broke into the quietness of the flight. I took it to be another routine announcement but it  turned out to be different: ‘…for those seated on the left side [...]

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3 ways to fly smart in Nigeria

Friday, November 6, 2009

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Nigeria’s aviation industry is amongst the largest in Africa. It helps to have a large population, a huge economy and some of Africa’s richest people. Despite that, the industry is not where it should be. Poor safety records, occasional fuel supply problems and the current financial crisis for most of the Nigerian airlines don’t help [...]

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Text2fly.com.ng: Check domestic flights availability in Nigeria by SMS

Saturday, October 3, 2009

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Each time I had a tough time travelling within Nigeria, I always wished there was an electronic Nigerian travel information service that met the needs of the business traveller. A service that offered flight, hotel, car rental information via SMS, mobile web or a full-fledged website. Though there are several websites that offer air travel [...]

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Pet Airways, a pet-only airline dedicated to pet-friendly travel

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

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The Associated Press reports that the first flight for Pet Airways, the first-ever all-pet airline, took off from Republic Airport in Farmingdale, New York, USA on Tuesday. According to Wikipedia: Claimed to be the first airline designed specifically for pets, the company was founded by Dan Wiesel and Alysa Binder in Delray Beach, Florida, who got [...]

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Are things falling apart at Virgin Nigeria?

Thursday, June 25, 2009

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Clearly, all is not well with Virgin Nigeria. Being a VN frequent flyer and a fan of Richard Brandson, I have always monitored the progress of Nigeria’s national flag carrier. There are various accounts as to the true state of affairs but it is obvious that the centre is not holding. “Virgin Nigeria Airways Limited is [...]

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Ghana’s trotro – a viewpoint

Thursday, June 15, 2006

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Coleen Ross, a CBC radio and TV reporter, choose Ghana as destination, during her vacation early last year. She wrote an article published on the CBC News website about her experience with trotro: “Travelling by Tro-tro” If you have been to Ghana before, you would know that trotros are mini-buses/buses that convey people from one part [...]

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