Nigeria blacklists airlines in diplomatic tit-for-tat 11.09.2020 - 00:31 UTC In a tit-for-tat move, Nigeria is denying entry to carriers from countries that have imposed travel restrictions on its citizens. Lufthansa, Air France, and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have been blacklisted because of restrictions imposed on Nigerian tourist visa holders by the European Union. The reason cited being travel restrictions imposed on Nigerians by Abu Dhabi, however the UAE Embassy in Abuja recently denied this, pointing to “growing bilateral relations between the countries”. Initially not approved, RwandAir told ch-aviation the carrier would resume its Nigerian...South African Airways needs State cash next week to survive 10.09.2020 - 20:19 UTC The fate of South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) hangs in the balance again with its administrators urgently needing short-term State funding for the business rescue process to succeed.

Source: Ethiopian News September 11, 2020 00:33 UTC