The European Commission has described Emirates websites as fully compliant with all requirements enunciated in EU consumer legislation, and commended it for being transparent with its customers with regards to fares indicated on its sites.

Aerocontractors has, in conjunction with Oceanic Insurance group, introduced a travel insurance scheme for its customers in Nigeria and Ghana.

Emirates SkyCargo, one of Emirate Group’s subsidiaries, has appointed a General Sales Agent (GSA) in Slovenia, taking its number of offline stations in Europe to 12. Prakash Nair, Emirates Manager Network Cargo Sales Development, said.

Qatar Airways has received a top safety award from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in recognition of its outstanding achievement in its Operational Safety Audit (IOSA).

Arik Air has pledged to continue to invest in training and development of its staff as a corporate priority, with a view to enhancing. safety of its flights

South African Airways is organising a three-day marketing capacity building workshop for its 41 travel agents/partners in Nigeria.

The Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) has vowed to resist plans by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to charge its members for use of the access gate linking the domestic to international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

The World Bank Group has announced a comprehensive settlement with Siemens AG in the wake of the company’s acknowled-ged past misconduct in its global business and a World Bank investigation into corruption in a project in Russia involving a Siemens subsi-diary.

African governments with large foreign reserves in western banks have been urged to keep such reserves with African Financial Institutions (AFIs).

Interswitch, an e- payment and switching company, has deployed Gemalto’s Dexxis Instant Issuance solution to to accelerate banks’ migration to its chip and PIN Verve paymnet card.