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Ethiopian Airlines returns to Dubai
Ethiopian is pleased to announce that it has resumed passenger flight to Dubai as of July, 2020 with enhanced safety measures to ensure your wellness.
Fly when you are ready We are offering more choices and greater flexibility for tickets purchased until August 30,2020 with a travel dates until Sep 30,2020. Your Safety is our… read more
Safarilink operations resume on July 15
Air Botswana to resume operations
The state-owned national flag carrier of Botswana, Air Botswana, is set to resume operations. According to a press release, the airline is planning to re-introduce scheduled domestic flights in Botswana on 17 July 2020.
The resumption of services is subject to health and safety protocols and the new ways of working. Air… read more
Dana Tells Passengers to Arrive Airport Three Hours to Flight
Following the recent re-opening of the airports by the Federal Government, Dana Air has announced the resumption of its flight services on July 9.
The airline also advised its potential passengers to arrive airport three hours to flight. The airline, in a statement Wednesday morning, said it will operate three daily flights from Lag… read more
Comair’s former CEO is looking at a new South African Airline
Gidon Novick is a former Comair CEO and founder of Kulula.com. He’s a serial entrepreneur, founder of Lucid Ventures, and this week he talked to AviaDev Africa about his latest enterprise: a brand new low-cost airline based out of South Africa that he hopes to launch before the end of the year.
Although he’s keeping ti… read more
Emirates route expansion
Emirates (EK) has announced a further expansion within its route network. This move will take the airline’s network up to 58 cities by mid-August.
Emirates announced it will resume flight to Geneva (from July 15) and Los Angeles(from July 22) in July. The remaining four routes will return to service throughout A… read more
Air Namibia AOC licence reinstated
Air Namibia service licence is reinstated.
The statement read: “In an application before the Honourable Justice Tommasi, the Respondents were interdicted from implementing or taking any further action regarding the suspension of the Air Namibia licenses pending a hearing of the matter on 3 August 2020.
“Air Namibia wil… read more
Ethiopian Airlines actual European network
Ethiopian Airlines in the last few days extended interim European schedule to late-September, as of 08JUL20. Planned operation between 01JUL20 and 30SEP20 as follows.
Additional changes remain highly possible, as schedules listed on selected routes remain pending, despite reservation is available.
Addis Ababa – … read more
IATA against extra charges as traffic drops by 91.3%
World airlines have warned the Nigerian government and others across the globe not to levy extra fees and charges on passengers in the COVID-19 era. The airlines, under the aegis of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), said imposing extra cost due to health and safety programmes would raise the cost of flying and further di… read more
Aero Gets NCAA Approval To Recommence Operation today
Aero Contractors has said that it scheduled to start flight operation on Thursday, July 9, 2020.
The airline said that it chose to resume flight service a day after the official restart date in order to stagger flight schedule to ensure that airport facilities were not stretched beyond COVID-19 protocol guidelines.
The managem… read more
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