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Senegal's national airline is resisting an order to hand back its two widebody Airbus A330neo aircraft, in a legal confrontation with a Luxembourg-registered special purpose vehicle that goes to the heart of how African carriers finance their fleets. The Commercial Court of the High Court in London ruled in February 2026 that the two jets should… read more
The NCAA data covers 15 domestic airlines, not 14, and the 7,961 flights are the recorded total for August 2026 rather than a monthly average; the figures were … read more
Anyone selling Zambia regularly learns quickly that the country's domestic air network runs on two very different machines, and that the difference between them shapes what can realistically be sold to a client. Proflight Zambia, the country's principal scheduled domestic operator, builds its entire route map around this split, … read more
The number that should interest anyone selling West African air travel is 1.19 million seats. That is Nigeria's scheduled airline capacity for September 2026, according to OAG data presented at an industry conference in Abuja this week. It is 37.4 percent more than the same month in 2025, and the fastest growth … read more
The headline number is large, yet the timing is what African network planners should note. Turkish Airlines has placed a firm order for 100 Boeing 737-8 aircraft, with options for 50 more 737 MAX jets, in what Boeing calls the carrier's largest single-aisle order. Deliveries are scheduled between 2033 an… read more
The national carrier of Cape Verde has returned to the IATA Billing and Settlement Plan, a step that once again allows accredited agencies to issue tickets on the airline through their usual GDS platforms using the carrier's own ticket stock. The airline announced the development on Friday, 18 September, presenting it as a reinf… read more
Eight months after an armed assault at a West African airport left it badly damaged, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 operated by ASKY has formally returned to commercial service. The repair work, handled by a specialist maintenance and overhaul partner, marks an important operational milestone for the pan-African carrier, which is at the sam… read more
Two more narrow-body jets have joined the fleet of Ethiopian Airlines, taking the carrier to 31 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. For agencies and tour operators across the continent, the important detail is not the aircraft count. It is what these jets do: they open and thicken the short and medium-haul routes that fe… read more
Mozambique's flag carrier is still the state company that puts the most pressure on the national budget. That is the finding of the Fiscal Risks Report 2027, published by the country's Ministry of Finance and reported this week. The airline, known for decades as Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM)… read more
The scrapping of a single narrow-body jet rarely counts as big news. Yet the decision to break up a 20-year-old Airbus A319 that once flew as 6V-AMA for Air Senegal says a great deal about how aircraft financing shapes air links across West Africa. The jet served the Senegalese flag carrier for … read more
Air Sénégal fights to keep its two A330neos in a London court battle with lasting lessons for Africa
Nigeria's 15 Domestic Airlines Fly Just 260 Flights a Day as Capacity Gap Widens
Proflight Zambia's two-fleet formula is how remote safari country stays reachable from Lusaka
Nigeria Seat Capacity Jumps 37% as Lagos Terminal Two Weighs Slot Controls and No-Bag Zone
Turkish Airlines Buys 100 Boeing 737-8s, But Africa Waits Until the 2030s for Capacity
Cabo Verde Airlines back on agency screens after six years outside the global ticketing system
ASKY puts repaired Boeing 737 MAX 8 back in the sky as Lomé hub growth accelerates across West Afric
Ethiopian Airlines Takes 31st Boeing 737 MAX 8 as Regional Network Growth Speeds Up
Air Mozambique Named Biggest Fiscal Risk to State as Fleet Renewal Gets Under Way
