Reputable airline operator, Delta Airlines, has declared a 70 per cent profit increase in its financial results for the December 2014 quarter. The company, through its CEO, Richard Anderson, in a statement, noted that, “Our 2014 performance, an industry-leading operation, superior customer service, and a 70 percent increase in profits, shows that Delta is focused…
The national airline of Ivory Coast, Air Côte d’Ivoire, has commenced flight operations to Lagos, the commercial nerve of West Africa, Aproko247 has learnt. This will be a 4-weekly flight from and to the francophone giant city of Abidjan and Lagos. The first flight via this route took off in Abidjan and landed in Lagos…
Travel agents across the world have voted South Africa as the world’s leading Safari destination for the year 2014. The country got this recognition at the 21st World Travel Awards, which held in Anguilla in the Caribbean on December 7, 2014. This further cemented South Africa’s reputation as a sought-after destination in the world. South…
A brand expert has warned that combining the business of nation branding with government communication is dangerous. Miss Wendy Tlou, Chief Marketing Officer, Brand South Africa, said this at the 2014 Public Relations Consultants Association of Nigeria (PRCAN) Annual Public Relations Gold Medal Lecture themed ‘Destination Marketing: A Case Study of The South Africa Experience’…
The Sudan Ambassador to Nigeria, Tagelsir Ali, has died, Aproko247 has learnt. Ali’s death was confirmed by Sudanese Embassy in Abuja on Friday. Ali died at the National Hospital in Abuja at about 1am on Friday. He was deployed to Nigeria in February 2012. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the deceased, aged…
A South African judge has sentenced Oscar Pistorius to five years imprisonment for culpable homicide in the shooting to death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on the night of Valentine’s Day of 2013. Ruling on the matter on Tuesday, Judge Masipa said Pistorius is now automatically unfit to possess a firearm, having been given a…
Several hundreds of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, ISIL, fighters in Kobane town of Syria have been killed by air strikes coordinated by the United States of America, USA, Aproko247 has gathered. For about two days now, the US has led close to 50 air strikes in the Kurdish town of Kobane…
A 36-year-old rock climber, Brad Parker, has died from a fall in Yosemite National Park few hours after he proposed marriage to his girlfriend, Jainee Dial. Parker is a veteran rock climber who lives in Sebastopol. He had completed a climb to the summit of Cathedral Peak, where he asked Dial to marry him, which…
The first European to be infected with the feared Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, Miguel Pajares, has died in a Madrid hospital in Spain. Pajares, 75, was said to have died of the disease on Tuesday. He was a Spanish priest airlifted from Liberia on August 7, 2014, after contracting Ebola while working for a non-governmental…
Pix from CNN One of the American health workers who contracted the deadly Ebola Virus while treating patients infected with disease in Liberia, Dr Kent Brantly, has arrived the United States of America, USA, to receive treatment. Dr Brantly was transported via a medical plane from Liberia and landed at the Dobbins Air Reserve Base…