Flights
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Runway 18L/36R at Lagos International Airport was last rehabilitated in 2008. Dedicated to domestic flights, it did not have adequate lighting to allow it to be operational at night. This shortcoming has now been rectified.
According to a press release from the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), runway 18L/36R dedicated … read more
Domestic airline Lift has opened for business between Cape Town and Durban in time for the festive season.
This comes a month after the airline started its three daily flights between Johannesburg and Durban.
“We’re delighted to announce this latest route. Not only will this
add much-needed capacity but w… read more
A private Gabonese company founded in 2005 in Libreville, Afrijet became the leading airline in the CEMAC zone in 2019. A historical charter player, the company has developed a regional scheduled air transport network since October 2016.
Afrijet is now a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The organisation anno… read more
Virgin Atlantic re-launched its direct flights between Cape Town and London Heathrow on November 5, not a moment too soon for the hordes of December holidaymakers wanting to travel in both directions between the two points.
Liezl Gericke, Virgin’s Head: Africa, Middle East and India, talks to Travel Newsabout the fligh… read more
South African Airways (SAA) has announced the resumption of flights between OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg and Victoria Falls International Airport (VFA) in … read more
The holiday airline Condor started a connection between Frankfurt am
Main and Johannesburg on Friday. The premiere flight had the flight
number DE2288.
This route is now served on Monday and Friday traffic days. The
flight duration is arou… read more
Mack Air, the first private commercial operator in Botswana to hold both scheduled and non-scheduled licenses, has announced a collaboration with Sou… read more
The Nigerian aviation industry has fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic era, and it is presently performing at 111 per cent, Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said.
With its present performance, it is only Colombia, which has 120 per cent that is performing… read more
As the winter season approaches, Kenyan carrier Safe Air is strengthening its operations with the introduction of two leased A321s.
The two aircraft - LZ-MDF (msn 1451) and LZ-MDI (msn 3378) - were acquired under an ACMI contract with Fly2Sky Airlines, a charter carrier based in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The lease commenced on 1 … read more
Ibom Air started commercial operations on 7 June 2021. Based in Uyo in south-eastern Nigeria, it serves half a dozen domestic routes. After 3 years of operations, it is now eyeing the regional market.
Ibom Air is boosting its capacity in anticipation of the increase in traffic expected from next month. The Akwa State-based … read more