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MEA & TK aircraft collision at Lagos Airport
A wing tip incident involving Middle East Airlines and Turkish Airlines aircraft on Wednesday occurred at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
The incident, which occurred at night, a source close to the place of the incident confided in our correspondent led to the grounding of the two a… read more
Nigeria clears Benin, Jos, Sokoto airports for flight operations
The Federal Government has cleared another four airports to resume commercial flight operations in line with the COVID-19 safety and security protocols. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made the disclosure, saying ministerial approvals in and out of the airports would no longer be required.
The new entrants are: Sultan Abub… read more
Seychelles geting ready arrival of passenger flights
President Danny Faure chaired a meeting this morning with Government officials and private sector representatives to review final preparations prior to the re-opening of Seychelles International Airport to commercial flights on 1 August 2020.
The focus of the meeting was setting up a designated establishment within the touris… read more
Turkish Airlines back to LED from Istanbul and Antalya
Turkish Airlines will be the first foreign carrier to resume flights between Pulkovo St. Petersburg Airport (Russia) and Turkish cities of Istanbul and Antalya. The services to Istanbul will be provided starting August 2, 2020. Turkish Airlines flights from St. Petersburg to Antalya will be launched on August 10, 2020.
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Uganda: Banks waive Merchants Surcharge for 6 months
Uganda Bankers Association (UBA) has launched the ‘No Merchant Surcharge’ Campaign dubbed “Pay with your Card @ No Extra Cost”. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the Card payment system. The campaign aims at eliminating the practice of merchants levying extra fees for electronic payments made using Point of Sale (POS) machine… read more
Proflight cancels DUR and LLW operations
According to Proflight Zambia's latest schedule update, the airline has canceled flights between Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (LUN) in Lusaka and King Shaka International Airport (DUR) in … read more
Kenya Airways: daily flights to Seychelles as of February
Seychelles will be more accessible to the outside world starting February 6, 2019, as Kenya Airways introduces additional flights to its services, operating on a daily basis between the exotic islands and Kenya. The airline is currently flying to the island archipelago five times per week from Kenya’s Capital city Nairobi.
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SAA back? Not yet.....
The business rescue practitioners of South African Airways announced on Tuesday that all the condition s in the embattled airline's business rescue plan have been fulfilled.
There is, however, still no indication of where the R10.3 billion funding to implement the rescue plan will come from. So far… read more
Kenya Airways: International operations in august 2020
Kenya Airways has announced it will resume International operation starting 01AUG20, operating with reduced frequencies. Planned operation as of 2245GMT 28JUL20 as follows. Additional changes will be filed in the next few days, while ongoing travel restrictions continue to impact the airline’s operation.
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Fastjet: Preparations for delisting from London Stock Exchange
The following notice was filed by the company as per regulatory requirements:
fastjet, the low-cost African airline, today announces that the Director… read more
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