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• 21/05/2021 04:54

Accepting vaccinated passengers should be best practice

The latest data collected by IATA, including its Timatic service, shows that more than 20 countries have wholly or partially lifted restrictions for vaccinated travellers.

IATA supports unrestricted access to travel for vaccinated travellers. In cases where vaccination is not possible, access to quarantine-free travel shoul… read more

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• 21/05/2021 04:49

Green Africa starts ticket sales on May 25th with “gFlyer Specials”

Green Africa, is set to commence ticket sales via its website – greenafrica.com ahead of flight operations following pre-sales approvals from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).

Two ATR 72-600 aircraft (with registrations 5N-GAE and 5N-GAA) have been received with a third aircraft (5N-GAD) expected soon. Subsequentl… read more

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• 21/05/2021 04:48

Chadia Airlines temporarily suspends operations

In service since 2018, Tchadia Airlines has succeeded in revitalizing air traffic in the country. But the joint venture between Ethiopian Airlines and the state of Chad is now facing a capacity shortage that is hampering its growth plans.

Chadia Airlines has temporarily suspended operations since May 15. And for good reason, its… read more

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• 21/05/2021 04:48

Virgin’s SA flights still off the board

Virgin Atlantic has again extended the suspension of its South African flights. The Johannesburg flights are currently scheduled to resume on June 2 and the Cape Town flights on June 5.

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• Flights
• 21/05/2021 04:46

Kenya: 748 Air Services adds Kisumu to its home network

Mainly specializing in aircraft charter and charter flights, 748 Air Services is gradually entering the scheduled flight market, with the opening of domestic routes. The latest is the one connecting Nairobi to Kisumu, a corridor where 4 competitors are already deployed.

748 Air Services inaugurated this Thursday, May 20… read more

• Flights
• 20/05/2021 05:48

BestFly takes over intra-island flights for Cape Verde

BestFly has grown from an FBO and aviation services business into charter and commercial operations for Angola’s oil and gas industry through to international operations. It began flights in Cape Verde on Monday following the award of the public service contract.

The six-month contract follows the withdrawal of… read more

• Flights
• 20/05/2021 05:42

Sirika issues another dateline, says national carrier will commence operations 2022

MINISTER of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, once again says efforts at establishing a national carrier are still in the works as operations may commence in the first quarter of 2022 while using this year, 2021 to do the needful. This is just as he said that the COVID-19 exposed certain economic vulnerabilities in the nation due to its lack of having very… read more

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• 19/05/2021 19:43

Royal Air Maroc to widen Spanish network

Royal Air Maroc is planning to add a pair of new routes to Barcelona in the coming weeks as the oneworld alliance member continues to rebuild its network between Morocco and Spain. The planned launch of the services comes as air travel in Morocco is expected to formally resume on June 10 when the Nor… read more

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• 19/05/2021 19:43

Emirates, flydubai combined network to reach 168 destinations

Emirates Airline and LCC flydubai have further expanded their combined network and expect to reach 168 destinations by the end of May. Since resuming their strategic codeshare partnership in early September 2020, close to 500,000 passengers have flown on the  Emirates-flydubai  combined net… read more

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• 19/05/2021 16:14

RwandAir to focus on African routes in new recovery strategy

RwandAir  plans to  focus on  regional routes in order to optimize its  operational cost and boost its financial performance. This was disclosed  by Yvonne Manzi Makolo, the airline’s Chief Executive, during an  interview with The New Times on Monday. Makolo was speaking at the margins of the … read more