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• 27/01/2021 07:02

Airölines will operate between CPT and HRE

Airlink is increasingly positioning itself as the main airline in Southern Africa.

In addition to densifying its existing routes, the private South African company is opening of new routes. On March 3, Airlink will inaugurate a direct line between Cape Town and Harare. From that date, the private South African compan… read more

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• 26/01/2021 06:42

Qatar Airways expands African network

Qatar Airways expands African network. Image: Qatar Airways.  Image:  Qatar Airways

The destinations are:

•   Alexandria (two weekly flights resumed 25 January)
•   Cairo (up to 16 weekly flights resumed 18 January)
•   Cape Town (increasing to five weekly flights from 1 February)

• Flights
• 26/01/2021 06:42

Expansion: Air Peace interconnects multiple domestic routes, resumes suspended routes

Come February when Air Peace expects the return of all it’s aircraft out for maintenance, the airline has announced connections to more cities as part of its expansion drive with intent to resume previously suspended ones.

The new routes to be launched this February 2021 are: Enugu-Kano-Enugu, En… read more

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• 26/01/2021 06:38

Ethiopian Airlines and CemAir have signed an interline agreement

Africa's largest airline and Ethiopia's flag carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, and privately owned South African regional airline CemAir… read more

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• 26/01/2021 06:38

Camair-Co leases a Dash8-400, prepares to acquire two more

Cameroon's national carrier has commissioned a new Dash8-400. The airplane (msn 4105), owned by the South African private carrier Cemair, has been deployed for almost a week on the domestic network which includes 5 routes: Douala, Yaoundé, Ngaoundéré, Garoua, Maroua.

Operated under a wet-lease contract(ren… read more

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• 25/01/2021 06:52

Seychelles President suggests Air Seychelles could operate domestic only

The President of the Republic of Seychelles has signalled that changes could be inbound for its national airline. In his first State of the Nation address, Wavel Ramkalawan advised that Air Seychelles maintains a solely domestic focus. The airline is debt-laden by millions of dollars worth of loans.

Last October, Wavel Ramkalawan ac… read more

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• 25/01/2021 06:50

Trans Air Congo (TAC) relaunches its regional flights

TAC is gradually rebuilding its regional network after being severely disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The challenge now will be to ensure consistency.

On January 18, the Congolese private carrier relaunched the routes between its Pointe-Noire base and Douala in Cameroon. For now, the company off… read more

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• 25/01/2021 06:50

Uganda Airlines: second A330 late because of internet shutdown

The recent Internet shutdown outside the presidential elections in Uganda has not only tainted the electoral game. The national carrier Uganda Airlines was also victim. Result: the delivery of its 2nd A330neo suffered a date slippage.

The arrival of the second Airbus A330-800neo from Uganda Airlines was initial… read more

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• 23/01/2021 05:34

Lufthansa Group adjusts mask requirement: medical mask mandatory from 1 February

From February 1, all passengers and crew members must wear a medical mask. The new regulation applies to all Lufthansa Group airlines on flights to and from Germany.

Lufthansa Group airlines are introducing a requirement to wear a medical protective mask on their flights to and from Germany. The regulation comes into force on Februa… read more

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• 22/01/2021 21:16

Qatar Airways to resume Atlanta services

Qatar Airways announce it will add its 12th gateway in the U. S. with the resumption of four-weekly Atlanta flights starting 1 June. The carrier will also significantly increase frequencies adding an additional 13 weekly flights to operate a total of 83 weekly flights across its 12 gateways. Having become the largest international … read more