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• 24/04/2021 05:39

SriLankan Airlines lands in Nairobi, Kenya, its 2nd destination in Africa

SriLankan Airlines is well aware of the potential of the African market.

With the opening of the Nairobi service, the Oneworld alliance company wants to capture the flow of traffic between Africa and markets in South Asia, China, the Far East and Australia. This Thursday, April 22, took place the inaugural flight of … read more

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• 24/04/2021 05:39

Brussels Airlines to resume U.S. routes, boost Europe, Africa service

Brussels Airlines will start or resume service to 43 destinations throughout the spring and summer, including its first flights across the North Atlantic in more than a year, the carrier announced. With those routes added, the carrier will serve a total of 79 destinations.

For the past six months, Brussels' network has focused ma… read more

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• 24/04/2021 05:33

Arik Resumes Lagos - Kano Flights

Arik Air has announced that it will resume direct flights from Lagos to Kano, effective Tuesday, April 27, 2021. The airline said the three weekly flights would operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Arik said the decision to reintroduce direct flights between Lagos and Kano was informed by the importance of both citie… read more

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• 24/04/2021 05:30

Mango could ground planes from May 1st

Just as things have started looking up for South African Airways (SAA), its budget subsidiary airline may be forced to ground its fleet. Mango Airlines has been in debt for a while and has been defaulting on loans for over six months. Now, the airline will likely ground its fleet from Saturday, May 1st, because it owes money to the… read more

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• 23/04/2021 08:05

Air Tanzania will be nurtured strategically

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has said that government will continue to nurture national carrier Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) strategically to enable it to operate effectively.

"The company has been operating at a loss but this is because it inherited huge debts and therefore as a government we need to strategize on the way f… read more

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• 23/04/2021 08:04

Turkish Airlines readies for restar into Seychelles

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• 23/04/2021 07:45

Money runs out: Mango grounded

Mango Airlines (JE, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) is to be mothballed from May 15 until such time as it receives funding from the South African state, whic… read more

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• 23/04/2021 07:39

Kenya Airways and Congo Airways sign partnership agreement

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Congolese host Felix Tshisekedi today witnessed the signing of a partnership agreement between Kenya Airways and Congo Airways.

The agreement signed in Kinshasa, on the last day of President Kenyatta’s three-day State visit of DR Congo, will see the two national carriers partner i… read more

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• 22/04/2021 15:13

Africa World Airlines operates test flight into Ho

Africa World Airlines on Thursday, 15^th  April 2021 operated a demonstration flight to the Ho Airport in the Volta Region, as part of the assessment and preparation for commercially scheduled flights.

The Airline wishes to thank the Chiefs and people of Asogli for their warm reception and outstanding hospitali… read more

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• Beyond Africa
• 22/04/2021 03:42

Airline revenue only likely to reach 43% of pre-pandemic levels this year

he airline industry’s revenues are expected to take longer to recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic than previously envisaged, according to the International Air Transport Association.

Industry revenue this year is only likely to recover to 43 per cent of 2019 levels, compared with a previous forecast in December of 55… read more