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In April 2021, Ugandan President Yoheri Museveni ordered the sacking of the former Uganda Airlines board, headed by Perez Ahabwe, following infighting. The Ugandan flag carrier has been loss-making and budgetary since its launch in 2019 and now needs a true cost-killer team to implement its ambitious business plan.
Priscilla Mire… read more
Proflight Zambia (P0, Lusaka) has reached a new milestone with the deployment into commercial service this week of its first Zambian-registered… read more
On 21 March we announced that in September Air Belgium would launch flights to both Johannesburg (JNB) and Cape Town (CPT) in the Republic of South Africa. Details on the schedules are slowly emerging.
Air Belgium flights to South Africa will be operated three times a week from 14 September 2022, with the brand-new Airbus A330-900 a… read more
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that air travel posted a strong rebound in February 2022 compared to January 2022, as Omicron-related impacts moderated outside of Asia. The war in Ukraine, which began on 24 February, did not have a major impact on traffic levels.
Note: We are returning to year-on-year tr… read more
On 8 February, Emirates re-established its entire pre-Covid-19 African network by reopening its route to Casablanca, Morocco. Now, the UAE's national airline is working to increase the density of certain routes, depending on demand.
From 1 July 2022, Emirates will offer two trips per day between Dubai and Port Louis… read more
The flag carrier airline of the Netherlands, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, has announced that it will increase flights between … read more
The future acquisition of PassionAir, currently based at Shannon Airport, is one of 20 aircraft acquired by the Aergo Group in 2021 following the collapse of Flybe a year earlier.
Ethiopian Airlines has signed an eight-year sale and leaseback agreement with TrueNoord, the specialist regional aircraft lessor, for two further factory-new Dash 8-400 aircraft. Manufactured by De Havilland of Canada, the new Dash 8-400 aircraft (MSN4626 and MSN4628) will be integrated into the fleet for immediate operation. Fundin… read more
Cape Town Air Access has welcomed Air Belgium's plans to launch flights to Cape Town in September. The leisure-oriented Belgian airline is in the process of expanding its fleet to enable for the launch of new routes to South Africa, with Johannesburg and Cape Town being the carrier's only continental Africa flights.
In 2019, … read more
The former Managing Director of the defunct national carrier, Nigeria Airways Mr. Yomi Jones, has said that with the current 25 per cent repayment on loans by the Nigerian carriers, none of them can compete with the foreign carriers.
Jones also charged the Federal Government through the Ministry of Aviation to reverse the policy of … read more
Uganda Airlines finally gets new board of directors amidst turmoil
Proflight Zambia debuts CRJ-200LR operations
More details on Air Belgium’s future flights to South Africa (Johannesburg and Cape Town)
Air passenger recovery accelerates in February, according to IATA
Emirates to increase A380 flights to Mauritius to twice daily next summer
KLM increases direct flights between Amsterdam and Cape Town
PassionAir takes Dash8-400 from Irish lessor Aergo Capital
Ethiopian Airlines leases two Dash 8-400 Aircraft from Truenoord
No Nigerian Airline Can Survive With 25% Interest Payment On Loan – Fmr MD Nigeria Airways
