A leaked document (and we use the term "leaked" in the loosest possible way) purporting to show Turkish Airlines' (TK) intended route expansion time line has been published on the web. According to the document, TK is planning an aggressive expansion into West and Central Africa though Southern Africa appears to remain largely neglected for the foreseeable future.
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Showing posts with label Abuja. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abuja. Show all posts
Monday, December 17, 2012
Friday, December 14, 2012
► NIGERIA: Chanchangi Airlines resumes ops with flights between Lagos, Abuja and Kaduna.

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
► NIGERIA: KLM, Air France announce capacity changes on Nigeria routes for 2013.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012
► GAMBIA: Gambia Bird takes delivery of second Airbus A319; prepares to expand network.

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Mali,
Nigeria,
Ouagadougou
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
► NIGERIA: Egyptair boosts capacity to Abuja over December/January period.

Thursday, November 22, 2012
► NIGERIA: Aero Contractors to start daily Abuja-Calabar flights from December.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012
► NIGERIA: Med-View Airlines to launch on 8 November with Lagos - Abuja, Lagos Port Harcourt.

Monday, November 5, 2012
■ NIGERIA: Arik Air celebrates 6th birthday, plans large network expansion.

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Libreville,
London,
Malabo,
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
► NIGERIA: FirstNation Airways A320s repoed by lessors?

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
► NIGERIA: Passenger arrested after going crazy on Arik Air flight.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012
► NIGERIA: IRS Airlines Fokker 100 collides with FAAN truck whilst taxiing at Lagos; no casualties.

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Sunday, August 12, 2012
► NIGERIA: See pics of Overland Airways' new ATR72!

Wednesday, July 25, 2012
► NIGERIA: Turkish Airlines applies for Abuja & Kano; considers Enugu.

Should the routes be granted, they would be Turkish Airlines' second, third and fourth destinations in Nigeria after Lagos, which they have served since 2006.
Chief Executive Officer and President of Turkish Airlines, Dr. Temel Kotil had this to say:
“With its huge resources, Africa is the place to go. We want to expand our business in that continent. With her huge population and resources, we want to increase our flights to Nigeria. We want to fly into Abuja, Kano and Enugu.”
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Turkish Airlines Africa Network |
Turkish Airlines has seen its African Market share rise to 3% in the last 10 years with an aggressive push into various markets, the most adventurous of which has been its service to Mogadishu, Somalia which started this year.
Currently, it serves 21 destinations, the latest being Kinshasa whose service will begin in August. Rumours are afoot that Conakry (Guinea), Freetown (Sierra Leone) and Douala (Cameroon) are also inline to be added, however, no official confirmation from Turkish Airlines could be obtained.
Currently, it serves 21 destinations, the latest being Kinshasa whose service will begin in August. Rumours are afoot that Conakry (Guinea), Freetown (Sierra Leone) and Douala (Cameroon) are also inline to be added, however, no official confirmation from Turkish Airlines could be obtained.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
► NIGERIA: Arik Air announces Winter changes to New York; suffers two incidents in 3 hours.
Friday, June 22, 2012
► NIGERIA: FirstNation flights suspended 'til July; Air Nigeria grounded by NCAA again.

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Thursday, June 14, 2012
► KENYA: Kenya Airways announces vast changes to Summer Schedule.
Kenya Airways (KQ) has announced sweeping changes to its Summer Schedule, suspending several routes most notably Rome (Italy), and Muscat (Oman) due to low uptake, whilst announcing new destinations
that are to be launched between July and October 2012 including Kilimanjaro
(Tanzania), Eldoret (Kenya), Abuja (Nigeria) and Beirut
(Lebanon).
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Kenya Airways Route Map |
The optimized
schedule comes as the airline moves to increase frequencies on existing
routes to meet changing and growing demand, while opening new routes in
Africa and the Middle East. Kenya Airways Group Managing Director, Dr.
Titus Naikuni said the decision to halt operations on the routes was
also based on insufficient demand to sustain the routes.
"“Owing to the decreased passenger volumes on these routes, we have decided to re-align our capacity across the entire network to meet growing demand on other destinations including new ones,” said Dr Naikuni."
Kenya Airways' Summer 2012 Schedule
Kenya (Domestic)
- Kisumu City boosted with introduction of an extra frequency over the weekends bringing it to 4x daily. On specific weekdays the airline will maintain its 3x daily flights. An Embraer E190 will be deployed on the route especially in the mornings and evenings.
Africa
- All Lagos daytime flights to Accra are combined as KQ 534 operating Nairobi – Lagos – Accra – Nairobi. As a result, Kenya Airways will be flying into Accra 12 times a week and 9 times a week to Lagos.
- Additionally, the introduction of wide-body capacity into and out of Lagos and Accra is set to have significant impact on Kenya Airways’ passenger and cargo revenue streams as it will enable it to offer more capacity and minimum connecting time between Guangzhou, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Dubai, Mumbai and West Africa.
- Ndjamena increased to 3x direct flights a week.
- Dakar will now connect through Ouagadougou which increases flights to OUA to 3 times a week.
- Bamako flights will operate via Cotonou 3 times a week; this is expected to ease out on the payload issues that the Bamako passengers have experienced in the past.
Middle East & Asia
- Mumbai, India is increased from daily to 10 flights a week with 3x weekly flights to Delhi.
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia has an extra flight added, bringing the frequency to 3x weekly effective July 2012.
- New direct flight to Dubai which will operate 3x a week with late evening departures from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to capture the late connecting traffic arriving into Nairobi. This is in addition to the daily Dubai service that the airline operates. The airline will now operate 10 non-stop flights to Dubai.
Europe
- Europe has a capacity increase despite the suspension of Rome flights.
- Effective July 2012, flights to London Heathrow will increase to 10 flights per week on the 322 seater Boeing 777-200. This is to cater for increased traffic demand during the Olympics.
- Paris flights will increase to 6 weekly flights during the July – August peak period and the daily Amsterdam capacity will be upgraded to a Boeing 777-200.
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Sunday, June 3, 2012
► NIGERIA: Dana Air MD-83 slams into building in Lagos; 153 feared dead.

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Dana Air MD-83 "5N-RAM" |
There were 153 (147 passengers and 6 crew) people on-board - all of whom are feared dead - whilst there are more casualties on the ground whose numbers are yet to be established.
Conflicting media reports state that the aircraft, whilst on approach into Lagos, initially hit power-lines, before careering through a furniture shop and then into residential buildings, before bursting into flames, though this version of events still has to be verified.
On May 10, another Dana Air MD-83 (5N-SRI) was on approach into Lagos when an on-board hydraulic failure was reported. The aircraft continued for a safe landing thereafter.
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The MD-83 down in Lagos (NigerianEye) |
For More images click here.
Today's disaster comes after a Nigerian registered Allied Air Cargo Boeing 727-200 freighter (5N-BJN) yesterday (Saturday 2 June 2012) overran the runway at Accra's Kotoka International Airport and killed 12 people on the ground: 11 occupants of a Benz 207 Bus and a soldier riding a bike along the road.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
■ NIGERIA: Phase II of airport renovations to begin in June; Abuja to get new International Terminal.
Nigerian's Aviation Minister Stella Oduah has announced plans by the Nigerian Government to embark on the second phase of a project to renovate and remodel various airports in Nigeria, in order to "upgrade the quality of services being rendered at airports across the country."
The Minister also said that airports involved in the first phase - amongst them Murtala
Muhammed International Airport (Lagos); Nnamdi Azikiwe Intenational
Airport (Abuja); Owerri Airport; Yola Airport and Benin Airport - were to be reinaugurated by the end of May, with Phase 2 to begin on 1st June 2012.
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Asaba Airport, Nigeria (Ken Iwelumo) |
Oduah also announced that plans had been concluded to build a new international terminal at Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja this year, with the existing international terminal being turned into a domestic terminal, while the old domestic
terminal would now be General Aviation (GAT) and Hajj terminal.
"According to her, the projects are being strictly monitored to ensure that contractors do not deliver substandard jobs.
She said, “We have our quality control group working with the contractors at all times; we want to make sure we don’t play with users’ safety, which is why we are doing total restructuring and remodelling."
The call for enforced transparency follows the attempted arrest on Monday of the Managing Director of the Lagos-based Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), George Uriesi, on suspected allegations of graft by the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Uriesi evaded arrest as he was said to "have left for Abuja on an official duty."
Friday, May 4, 2012
► NETHERLANDS: KLM announces changes to Kilimanjaro, Dar es Salaam, Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Cairo, Khartoum, Addis Ababa, Lusaka.
KLM (KL) has announced changes to their summer timetable effective 4th May 2012.
Amsterdam – Kilimanjaro – Dar es Salaam – Amsterdam
Amsterdam – Lagos
- 17MAY12 – 31MAY12 Increase from 6 weekly to Daily, A330-200 operating
- 01JUN12 – 30JUN12 Airbus A330-300 replaces A330-200, Daily
- 01JUL12 – 31JUL12 Boeing 777-200ER operates Daily
- 01AUG12 – 27OCT12 Boeing 777-300ER replaces -200ER on Day x245
- 28MAY12 – 30JUN12 Airbus A330-200 replaces -300, daily operation
Amsterdam – Abuja – Kano – Amsterdam
- 3 weekly service cancelled from 03JUN12
Amsterdam – Cairo
- Service reduced from daily to 3 weekly, 777-200ER operating
Amsterdam – Khartoum – Addis Ababa eff 18MAY12
- Operational Day change from Day 2 4 6 to Day 2 5 7
Amsterdam – Lusaka eff 15MAY12
- Service resumption with A330-200, 3 times a week
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
► GHANA: Starbow Airlines leases BAe146-300; To start Cotonou, Abidjan, Monrovia, Abuja, Ouagadougou.

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Abuja,
BAe146,
Cotonou,
Fair Aviation,
Ghana,
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Ouagadougou,
South Africa,
Starbow Airlines
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