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• 16/09/2021 18:22

Emirates to place Airbus A380 on DXB-IST

Emirates Airline will place the Airbus A380 on one of its two daily Dubai (DXB)-Istanbul (IST) flights from Oct. 1, marking the first time the extra-large aircraft will fly to Tur… read more

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• 13/09/2021 21:26

Airlink ranked as South Africa's most punctual airline

This puts Airlink on track to repeat its 2020 top ranking when its overall on-time performance was consistenly better than 96%.

“It proves that there is always room for improvement.  On-time performance is crucial for our customers who rely on Airlink for their business and leisure travel in the region, including those connecting with… read more

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• 13/09/2021 21:23

Rwandair expanding its DR Congo network

RwandAir will expand its footprint in DRC this month through new routes of Kigali-Lubumbashi and Kigali-Goma, adding to the Kigali-Kinshasa one, which has been one of the busiest these past two years.

The Kigali-Lubumbashi route will be launched on September 29, followed by Kigali-Goma flights, as the airline moves to cement … read more

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• 13/09/2021 21:14

DRC opens discussions with Ethiopian Airlines for the creation of a new airline

The Democratic Republic of Congo, the second largest country in Africa (2.3 million km2) and the fourth largest in terms of population (95 million inhabitants), has the ambition to set up a new national airline.

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• 13/09/2021 06:37

Kenya Airways and 18 other SkyTeam members commit to IATA's 25by2025 initiative

Launched by IATA on September 26, 2019, the 25by2025 initiative, which is a voluntary commitment, aims to increase the number of women in airline leadership positions by 25% over current staffing levels, or a minimum representation of 25% by 2025.

On Thursday, September 9, SkyTeam, which groups 19 airlines including Kenya … read more

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• 11/09/2021 04:53

Air France postpones its arrival in Mozambique by several months

Initially scheduled for June and then postponed until the end of October, due to the economic and health situation in Mozambique, Maputo remains a strategic destination in Air France's expansion plan in Africa.

Air France will finally inaugurate its new service to Maputo in Mozambique via Johannesburg with a Boeing 777-300… read more

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• 11/09/2021 04:52

Emirates to restart St Petersburg, increase Saudi Arabia operations

Emirates will reinstate flights to St Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport(LED in October after an 18-month hiatus.

The resumption, alongside frequency increases to Moscow Domodedovo (DME), will see the carrier’s Russian network return to pre-pandemic levels.

Service between Dubai Inte… read more

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• 11/09/2021 04:48

Jambojet returns to the regional by opening Goma in DRC today

Prior to the health crisis, Jambojet had started building its regional network by opening services to Entebbe (February 2018), Mogadishu (November 2018) and Kigali (November 2019). The low-cost subsidiary of Kenya Airways also offered flights to Bujumbura on behalf of its parent company. All these routes were suspended last year du… read more

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• 10/09/2021 06:12

Airlink most punctual airline in Southern Africa, says ACSA

Airlink, the independent regional airline, has been ranked as South Africa’s most punctual airline, based on its 98% average on-time performance for the year to date, according to the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA).

This puts Airlink on track to repeat its 2020 top ranking when its overall on-time performance was consistently … read more

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• 09/09/2021 20:50

Nigeria: Max Air buys a Boeing 737 from a local company

Founded in 2008, Max Air initially specialised in charter flights with one-off operations for Hajj and Umrah to Mecca.

Since July 2018, the company based in Kano in northern Nigeria has started its regular domestic flights.