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Thursday, February 28, 2013
● LIBYA: LYCAA releases final report on crash of Afriqiyah 771; blames lack of pilot coordination, somatogravic illusions.

Labels:
A330,
Afriqiyah,
Airbus,
Incident,
Johannesburg,
Libya,
Libyan Civil Aviation Authority,
South Africa,
Tripoli
► SOUTH AFRICA: TAAG Angolan Airlines goes 3x weekly to Cape Town from April.

■ SOUTH SUDAN: Kiir issues decree founding Civil Aviation Authority as new airline, South Supreme Airlines, is born.

► SIERRA LEONE: Senegal Airlines starts Dakar - Freetown, adds extra Conakry flights on-board Brussels Airlines A330s.

Labels:
Belgium,
Brussels,
Brussels Airlines,
Conakry,
Dakar,
Freetown,
Guinea,
Inaugural,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
■ MAURITIUS: Maldives and Mauritius ink BASA; daily intra island flights slated to begin "before July."

■ ETHIOPIA: Ethiopian Airlines MRO certified for both Bombardier Q-Series airframe maintenance and CFM56-3/7 engine overhauls.

Labels:
Addis Ababa,
Bombardier,
CFM,
ECAA,
Ethiopia,
Ethiopian Airlines,
Ethiopian MRO,
FAA,
MRO,
Q100,
Q200,
Q300,
Q400
► SOUTH AFRICA: Kulula 737 suffers engine failure during take off roll in Cape Town forcing closure of runway; no injuries.

► NIGERIA: Saudia Cargo boosts Hong Kong - Lagos flights on back of strong demand.

► JAPAN: Egyptair to reduce Tokyo Narita ops from 31 March.

► ZAMBIA: Proflight set to take delivery of a 737 in May for use on Lusaka - Livingstone flights during UNWTO.

Labels:
737,
Boeing,
Congo Kinshasa,
Equipment,
Lilongwe,
Lubumbashi,
Lusaka,
Malawi,
Proflight Zambia,
Route,
UNWTO,
Zambia
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
►► ETHIOPIA: ASKY Airlines now codesharing with Ethiopian on the latter's West Africa, Brazil flights.


Labels:
Abidjan,
Abuja,
Addis Ababa,
ASKY Airlines,
Bamako,
Benin,
Brazil,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Codeshare,
Cote d'Ivoire,
Cotonou,
Dakar,
Douala,
Equatorial Guinea,
Ethiopian Airlines,
Lome,
Malabo,
Mali,
Ouagadougou
■ TANZANIA: Precision Air sees a 6% increase in pax uplifted over NOV12 - JAN13 period.

Labels:
Dar es Salaam,
FastJet,
Operations Report,
Precision Air,
Tanzania
► NIGERIA: Discovery Air outlines its planned route network though launch date is still uncertain.

► TANZANIA: fastjet to start daily Kilimanjaro - Mwanza & Zanzibar ops from mid March.

► EGYPT: Sky Cruise hot air balloon explodes in mid flight over Luxor; 19 dead.

Labels:
Egypt,
Hot Air Balloon,
Incident,
Luxor,
Sky Cruise
► EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Air Annobón finally starts operations with daily Bata - Malabo flights.

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Air Annobón,
Annobón,
Bata,
Equatorial Guinea,
Inaugural,
Launch,
Malabo,
Route
■ SOUTH AFRICA: Comair Ltd takes SAA's current and previous bailouts to the High Court; disputes their legality.

► ICELAND: Air Madagascar to transfer its A340 onto Air Atlanta Icelandic's registry in hopes of using them on EU bound flights.


its Airbus A340 onto Air Atlanta Icelandic's registry. The aircraft will therefore fall under the supervision of the Icelandic Civil Aviation Authorities and will allow the Malagasy national carrier to resume flights to Europe using its "own" equipment, despite its categorization as an "Annex B" class carrier on the EU No Fly List.
► KENYA: Renowned conservationist, "Dangerous Flights" cameraman die in crash near Mt Kenya.

Labels:
Aeroprakt A22,
Incident,
Kenya,
Lake Michaelson,
Nanyuki
► SOUTH AFRICA: CemAir acquires LuxAir; to launch scheduled ops to Sishen, Lephalale from Johannesburg ORTIA.

Labels:
Cemair,
Ellisras,
Johannesburg,
Launch,
Lephalale,
LuxAir,
Route,
Sishen,
South Africa
Monday, February 25, 2013
► NIGERIA: Overland Airways goes 6x weekly from Abuja to Akure.

■ COTE D'IVOIRE: Air Cote d'Ivoire signs up for ADSoftware's AirPack suite.

Labels:
Abidjan,
ADSoftware,
Air Cote d'Ivoire,
AIRPACK,
Cote d'Ivoire,
France
■ GAMBIA: New board appointed for Gambia International Airlines.

Labels:
Banjul,
Gambia,
Gambia International Airlines
► SAUDI ARABIA: Nile Air to start Alexandria - Gassim from late May.

Labels:
A320,
Airbus,
Alexandria,
Egypt,
Gassim,
Launch,
Nile Air,
Route,
Saudi Arabia
► SOUTH AFRICA: Area gynaecologist ventures into airline market with PE - East London flights.

Labels:
Blu Crane Air,
East London,
Launch,
Port Elizabeth,
South Africa
■ COTE D'IVOIRE: Arab Contractors awarded $30mln contract to build new cargo terminal at Abidjan's international airport.

► SUDAN: Sun Air wet-leasing A320 from Jordan Aviation.

Sunday, February 24, 2013
■ GABON: New Airport Infrastructure Levy to pay for new Libreville Airport.

Labels:
Finances,
Gabon,
Gabon Government,
Infrastructure,
Libreville,
Tax
► ERITREA: Eritrean Airlines signs deal with Sudan Airways; looks to expand into West Africa.

Labels:
Asmara,
Dubai,
Eritrea,
Eritrean airlines,
Italy,
Jeddah,
Juba,
Khartoum,
Partnership,
Rome,
Saudi Arabia,
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Sudan Airways,
UAE
■ NAMIBIA: NAC to launch "FlyWindhoek" initiative aimed at luring more traffic to Hosea Kutako International Airport.

Labels:
Infrastructure,
Namibia,
Namibia Airports Company,
Windhoek
► MOZAMBIQUE: See a pic of MEX-Moçambique Expresso's first Embraer E145 Jet.

Labels:
Embraer,
Equipment,
ERJ 145,
LAM Mozambique,
MEX-Moçambique Expresso,
Mozambique,
Nampula,
Tete
■ GUINEA: SOGEAC to embark on Phase 2 of Conakry Gbessia International Airport's expansion plan.

Labels:
Aeroports de Paris,
Conakry,
Guinea,
Infrastructure,
SOGEAC,
Tender
Friday, February 22, 2013
■ ZIMBABWE: Former head of Zimbabwean cricket board, Osias Bvute, named new chairman of Air Zimbabwe.

Labels:
Air Zimbabwe,
Harare,
Nicholas Goche,
Zimbabwe
■ BOTSWANA: Puma Energy Co. opens new $3mln fuel storage depot at Maun International Airport.

Labels:
Botswana,
Fuel,
Infrastructure,
Maun,
Puma Energy,
Steval Engineering
■ ZIMBABWE: CAAZ takes first step in establishing own aviation academy.

Labels:
CAAZ,
Harare,
Infrastructure,
Mbada Diamonds,
Zimbabwe
► RWANDA: KLM to boost Kigali, Entebbe frequencies to daily from April.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines(KL) will, from 5 April, boost its frequency on its Amsterdam to Entebbe, Uganda via Kigali, Rwanda route from 6x weekly, to a daily service with the introduction of a Tuesday (Day 2) service.
► SENEGAL: Air Méditerranée to start Dakar in April; Oran, Algeria in June.

■ TANZANIA: Air Tanzania allegedly tries to evade court ordered building evaluation over unpaid debts.

Thursday, February 21, 2013
■ GHANA: Government once more looking to partner private sector in launching new national carrier. Fifth time lucky?

► INDIA: Air Mauritius adjusts India/Hong Kong ops during September.

► AZERBAIJAN: Azerbaijani Airlines to operate two one-off charters to Egypt, Morocco for Novruz holiday.

Labels:
Agadir,
Azerbaijan,
Azerbaijan Airlines,
Baku,
Charter,
Egypt,
Morocco,
Sharm el Sheikh
► ZAMBIA: Kenya Airways to operate Harare via Livingstone flights from June 'til October.
Kenya Airways (KQ) will launch 3x weekly Nairobi, Kenya to Livingstone Zambia and on to Harare, Zimbabwe flights effective 2 June until 25 October. The route will operate with an Embraer E190 jet.
Labels:
Harare,
Kenya,
Kenya Airways,
Livingstone,
Nairobi,
Route,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe
► ALGERIA: Tassili Airlines to launch domestic ops from 4 March; outlines intended route network.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013
► GABON: Nationale Regionale Transport dominates domestic market in 2012 says AdL.

► SOUTH AFRICA: Qatar Airways reduces capacity to Joburg, Cape Town & Maputo from 31 March.
Qatar Airways (QR) will from 31 March adjust its capacity on its Doha – Johannesburg – Cape Town route and its Doha – Johannesburg – Maputo route.
Labels:
777,
Boeing,
Cape Town,
Doha,
Equipment,
Johannesburg,
Maputo,
Mozambique,
Qatar,
Qatar Airways,
South Africa
■ ETHIOPIA: New BASA signed with Spain raises hopes for an eventual Ethiopian Airlines' Madrid service launch.


Labels:
Addis Ababa,
BASA,
ECAA,
Ethiopia,
Ethiopian Airlines,
Madrid,
Route,
Spain
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