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Back Again: Miami Regains Its Only Link To Africa
Miami has regained its sole non-stop passenger route to Africa, a continent not especially associated with the South Florida area. Resuming on May 13th will be Royal Air Maroc from Casablanca, returning after an absence of 26 months because of the pandemic. Miami will be one of four destinations in the US and Canada served b… read more
Qatar Airways highlights Egypt: launches Sharm el-Sheikh, resumes Luxor and increases Cairo
Four times weekly service to Luxor starts 23 November 2021, and twice-weekly service to Sharm El-Sheikh begins 3 December 2021 The new routes will be operated by the airline’s Airbus A320 and offer seamless connectivity via the World’s Best Airport to many destinations in Asia, Europe, Middle East and North America
Qatar Airways will launc… read more
Etihad relaunches Boeing 787 South Africa tag flight
On September 30th, Etihad Airways unveiled three new destinations for its upcoming winter season. These three quarantine-free spots are the South African cities of Johannesburg and Cape Town, as well as the tropical island paradise of Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania. Let’s take a look at the aircraft selection and schedu… read more
Why Ethiopia Airlines is supporting Single African Air Transport Market Policy
Ethiopian Airlines has reiterated that the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) policy would give the carriers from the continent the opportunity to dominate the continent’s sky. This is, as the airline said that it would continue to take the growth of African airlines and aviation as a top priority.
Mr. Esayas WolderM… read more
Airlink to land in Luanda this month
Intra-African flights are gradually returning to normality as travel restrictions are eased. With this momentum, Airlink, Southern Africa's leading regional carrier is strengthening its wings in the southern region of the continent.
Airlink is strengthening its wings in the southern African region. The regional private airline ha… read more
African airlines traffic fell 58.5% in August
Because comparisons between 2021 and 2020 monthly results are distorted by the extraordinary impact of COVID-19, unless otherwise noted all comparisons are to August 2019, which followed a normal demand pattern. Total demand for air travel in August 2021 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) was down 56.0% compared to August 2019. T… read more
Aero Contractors takes delivery of two Airbus 320
The Aero Contractors, Nigeria's oldest aviation company, yesterday took delivery of two Airbus 320 from Heston airline based in Lithuania.
The two aircraft touchdown the runway of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, yesterday's afternoon and was immediately received at the airport by the Managing Director of t… read more
Air Mauritius secures funding
Air Mauritius said it has exited voluntary administration and is increasing flight capacity to cater for travellers from all over the world who are planning to visit the Indian Ocean paradise island for work and pleasure.
The government of the Republic of Mauritius is injecting Rs12 billion (US$280million) into Air Mauritius via a l… read more
South African Airways and Emirates are set to reactivate long-standing partnership
South Africa's national airline, South African Airways (SAA), and the largest airline of the … read more
South Africa Airways re-launch operations in Ghana
Competition in the Aviation Industry in Ghana is set to be keener as South African Airways (SAA) on Tuesday, re-launched its operations in Ghana after eight months break.
This is as a result of the outbreak of the COVID-19 and associated restrictions imposed on air travel and closure of some airports across the world.
The re-entry of… read more
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