FILE PHOTO: Planes of the Lufthansa airline stand on the tarmac in Frankfurt airport, Germany, March 17, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A Lufthansa bid price of 200 million euros ($239 million) to buy assets from insolvent Air Berlin plus 100 million euros to meet operating costs is roughly
Month: September 2017
Half a million people back Uber’s bid to stay on the roads of London
A taxi drives past the London Eye in central London, Britain September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON (Reuters) - Half a million people have signed an online petition in under 24 hours backing Uber’s bid to stay on the roads of London, showing the company is turning to its tried-and-tested
Uber is ready to cut a deal to get its London license back
Uber may have lost its London taxi license with no small amount of drama, but it's already willing to make concessions. The ridesharing outfit's city manager Tom Elvidge tells the Sunday Times that he would "like to know what [Uber] can do" to "get this right." He's willing to make tradeoffs to get the business back,
How Electric Cars Can Create the Biggest Disruption After iPhone
It’s been 10 years since Apple Inc. unleashed a surge of innovation that upended the mobile phone industry. Electric cars, with a little help from ride-hailing and self-driving technology, could be about to pull the same trick on Big Oil. The rise of Tesla Inc. and its rivals could be turbocharged by complementary services from
Uber stripped of London license
Minister backs unbundling of Nigerian Postal Serivce
Minister of Communications, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu, has thrown the Ministry’s weight behind the ongoing reform and unbundling of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) by the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE); saying the move would strengthen and reposition it for full e-commerce and e-government services. The Minister who express regret on the state
Delta hits milestone on Lagos-Atlanta route, records 1-millionth passenger
Lagos -Atlanta Route Carrier Delta Airline hit an important milestone as it carried the one-millionth customer to fly on its nonstop service between Nigeria and the United States. Gbemisola Abudu who became the airline One Millionth Customer was checking in on her scheduled flight when Bobby Bryan, Delta’s commercial director for
African Airlines Gets global confidence and Patronage from Travelers
60 percent of British and American travellers would choose to fly with an African airline (Sabre Corporation Texas) Research from global travel technology provider Sabre, has revealed that almost 6 in 10 travellers from the US and UK would consider flying with an African airline if travelling to the continent – suggesting
Partial Restriction of Movement On Lagos Ikorodu Road
Lagos Nigeria, The Lagos State Government had announced that there would be a partial restriction of movement on Ikorodu Road to enable it to bring down the dilapidated and disused steel pedestrian bridge at Fadeyi Bus Stop. Although a new bridge has been constructed which pedestrians have been using it is necessary that
Medical delivery drones are coming to Switzerland
Rather than relying on roads transport doctors, nurses, and technicians can send and receive test samples and results via the drone, and the system's accompanying app. Hospitals in Switzerland will be equipped with a potentially revolutionary autonomous drone delivery network. Healthcare providers and a Menlo Park, California company called Matternet have teamed