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Air Austral plans exit from Air Madagascar
As per the latest reports received from La Réunion and Madagascar, there are some signs that the partnership between Air Austral and Air Madagascar, which started off in 2017, appears to be heading to the end. After the initial 15. Mio. Euros as an injection have been paid, Air Austral has not paid the next amount as … read more
ONOMO Hotel Maputo
The African Hotel Group announces the opening of a new hotel in Maputo, Mozambique, expanding the number of properties in Southern Africa to 7 hotels, among which 5 in South Africa and one in Rwanda. ONOMO Hotel Maputo, will be officially opened on December 1st,
Luanda Surface Metro: Contructions to start this year
It is expected the constructions to begin already in 2020. Part of the city council master plan is to build two suface metro systems.
Green Africa leases three more A220
These three airplanes serve to kick off operations of the new airline in 2020. This news pops in just after Green Africa had announced the order 50 planes of the same type, straight from Airbus. This step now is… read more
Mozambique Airlines to connect Pemba and JNB
Effective 30 March 2020, LAM - Mozambique Airlines will connect Pemba (POL) and Johannesburg three times per week with a nonstop service. These flights will be offered Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to OR Tambo International.
At the moment, the only competitor is the South African Airlink, currently still operating un… read more
RAM and BA agree Codeshare
Royal Air Maroc has announced a new codeshare agreement with British Airways, which will open up new routes across Morocco including Casablanca and Agadir. It will also give customers more flight flexibility between London Heathrow and Marrakesh. The new agreement took already effect February 13, and codeshare flights will operate … read more
AIRLINK takes over SAA routes
Airlink, the privately-owned South African airline, will continue to operate services between Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth, Entebbe, Ndola and Luanda after 29 February 2020.
Business as usual, this is what Airlink communicates on all channles. And yes, this is basically true as there are no changes on the already published … read more
Ethiopian continues flying to China mainland
Ethiopian Airlines is still operating all flights into China, despite of mounting presure and other major airlines halting their services into China.
The fear over the coronavirus is driving the discussions about China operations, but Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said: “We should not isolate China. We should not margin… read more
Flight Centre restarts selling SAA tickets again
The Flight Centre Travel Group in South Africa has decided to sell again South African Airways tickets as its preferred travel insurer has reinstated travel supplier insolvency cover to the state-owned airline. Six weeks ago, Flight Centre had stopped selling tickets for SAA as the insurance had issued a warning. SAA's acting chief financial off… read more
British Airways will increase flights to Cape Town
As of 10 January 2021, next European winter, British Airways will operate two extra flights every week from London Gatwick Airport to Cape Town in South Africa. These new services added, customers can choose from 19 flights a week to Cape Town from London UK.
With outbound and inbound overnight nights, travellers can m… read more
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