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Qantas will come to South Africa
For years, Qantas has been fighting to share in the profits of the Perth to Johannesburg route. The airline last put the plans on hold in 2018. Now the plans are coming back to life - in the middle of the pandemic. From Sydney, the Australians can actually fly to South Africa. Due to the lockdown and travel restrictions, all fli… read more
35% of the fleet of African companies remains grounded
The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic continue to disrupt air traffic. As everywhere else, African airlines are struggling to recover from this crisis, which led to a loss of 14 billion USD in passenger transport in 2020.
As of February 1, 35% of the African fleet was nailed to the ground. Of the 1,290 aircraft in ope… read more
Air Sénégal intends to operate flights into the US
Air Senegal plans to launch its scheduled services to the United States from September 1, on the basis of a wet-lease contract or a codeshare agreement with an American company.
A request, in this sense, was submitted on February 11, 2021 to the US Department of Transport, by its advisers Eckert Seamans and Evelyn Sahr.… read more
Tourism Minister Launches Tourism Policy and Strategy Development
The Ministry of Tourism and Culture, through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs supported by the UNDP Economic Management Project on Monday launched the revision and reformulation of a tourism policy and strategy development.
The launch, which attracted stakeholders from different sectors, was held at Sir Dawda Kairaba Jaw… read more
Air Senegal returns to Morocco, brings Casablanca and Barcelona closer
Absent from the Moroccan market since July 2020, Air Senegal returns to Casablanca next week to experiment with a new route, which extends to Barcelona in Spain.
Milan in Italy and Lyon in France are its next 2 routes.
On February 16, Air Senegal will reopen its Dakar - Casablanca route, suspen… read more
Delta To Upgrade Asaba Airport To Category 9 As United Airline Debuts
Delta Government on Friday disclosed its plans to upgrade the Asaba International Airport to a Category 9 Airport to enable it to receive bigger planes.
Special Projects Director of the Airport, Mr Austin Ayemidejor, disclosed this to journalists shortly after the arrival of United Nigeria Airline’s Maiden flight to As… read more
Kenya Airways: State injects 91 million USD to support loss-making company
Funding strangled by the health crisis, Kenya Airways has recently benefited from ad hoc government support. His bailout, announced last year, is still awaited. The company needs at least $ 500 million to stay afloat.
The Kenyan state has granted 10 billion shillings ($ 91.4 million) to Kenya Airways (KQ). According to Busi… read more
Fly-SAX buys SA Express for R50 million
Fly-SAX has emerged as preferred bidder for SA Express, as reported by ATC News.
SA Express, which has been in liquidation since April 2020, has been purchased for an estimated value of R50 million.
South Africa’s public enterprise department last week confirmed the intention to sell the airline’s assets. SA Express cur… read more
Cabo Verde Airlines (CVA) relaunch requires creditors support
The CEO of Cabo Verde Airlines (CVA) does not see a way out of the crisis for the company without the involvement of its various creditors. Run since March 2019 by Icelandic investors, the carrier, financially weakened by Covid-19, has not performed any commercial flights for nearly a year.
n an interview given to the Portugue… read more
Burkina Faso: after Ouagadougou, Royal Air Maroc targets Bobo Dioulasso
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) aims to serve Bobo Dioulasso. This is what the representative of the Moroccan national company in Burkina Faso told the Burkinabè Minister of Transport, Urban Mobility and Road Safety.
Received in Ouagadougou by Vincent Timbindi Dabilgou, Joudat Reda told him that 15% of passengers tr… read more
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