![Air Tanzania logo Air Tanzania](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4mQkeQJGgkFx-K_y7lVK4GCxmdgn0mkZGxvGd3A1yA-Ag8S1XZXnfwiAdargcTGQkuu4SRVmjY7TAVF916rp1e1jeZeyWyR32Q76mDKpd-bZg3s4lwM3do14GING2sW_dMmzR0TPCXNI/s1600/AirTanzaniaCLEARsmall.png)
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
► TANZANIA: Chaos as Air Tanzania 'sort of' resumes services and Fly540 TZ suddenly drops various domestic routes.
![Air Tanzania logo Air Tanzania](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4mQkeQJGgkFx-K_y7lVK4GCxmdgn0mkZGxvGd3A1yA-Ag8S1XZXnfwiAdargcTGQkuu4SRVmjY7TAVF916rp1e1jeZeyWyR32Q76mDKpd-bZg3s4lwM3do14GING2sW_dMmzR0TPCXNI/s1600/AirTanzaniaCLEARsmall.png)
Labels:
737-200,
ACMI,
Air Tanzania,
Boeing,
Dar es Salaam,
Fly540,
Kilimanjaro,
Mwanza,
South Africa,
Star Air Cargo,
Tanzania,
Zanzibar
► BRAZIL: Ethiopian Airlines delays Sao Paulo launch over lousy slot times.
Ethiopian Airlines (ET), originally meant to have launched their first South American route of Addis Ababa - Sao Paulo, Brazil via Lome, Togo (3x weekly Boeing 787 from December 2012), have now postponed the launch of flights to March 2013 owing to "the inconvenient slot given the airline" by the Brazilian aviation authorities.
Friday, October 12, 2012
■ MADAGASCAR: Air Madagascar passes IOSA, EASA audits; wants to be struck off the EU No-Fly Ban List.
![Air Madagascar logo Air Madagascar](http://i.imgur.com/hedHJ.png)
►► ZIMBABWE: SA Express launches Durban - Harare from October onwards.
![SA Express logo SA Express](http://i.imgur.com/ooIwC.png)
Labels:
Bombardier,
CRJ 200,
Durban,
Harare,
Inaugural,
SA Express,
South Africa,
Update,
Zimbabwe
Thursday, October 11, 2012
■ LIBYA: Afriqiyah to remove "infamous 9s" livery in coming weeks.
![Afriqiyah logo Afriqiyah](http://i.imgur.com/vm27U.png)
■ SOUTH AFRICA: 1Time to retire two aircraft and shed 15% of workforce as part of cost cutting measures.
![1Time logo 1Time](http://i.imgur.com/D1s9z.png)
Labels:
1Time,
Blackie Komani,
Equipment,
Finances,
Lay offs,
South Africa
■ GHANA: Government signs MoU with Chinese firm for feasibility study on new Accra airport near Prampram.
![Ghana Government Coat of Arms Ghana Government](http://i.imgur.com/2YCEr.png)
► MOROCCO: Mauritanian Airlines International Boeing 737-700 suffers second technical glitch in three weeks.
![Mauritania Airlines International logo Mauritania Airlines logo](http://i.imgur.com/v2QFW.png)
► FRANCE: Air Arabia Maroc launches Casablanca - Toulouse from late October.
![Air Arabia Maroc logo Air Arabia logo](http://i.imgur.com/QzL6E.jpg)
Labels:
A320,
Air Arabia Maroc,
Airbus,
Casablanca,
France,
Inaugural,
Morocco,
Route,
Toulouse
►► SWEDEN: Ethiopian Airlines incorporating Cairo stop on Stockholm flights.
![Ethiopian Airlines logo Ethiopian Airlines](http://i.imgur.com/hUIgA.png)
The route change has been in vigour since 10 August 2012 and will last until 10 September 2012, though the GDS has it until late October.
► TANZANIA: FastJet to launch with 3x daily Dar es Salaam - Nairobi flights.
![FastJet logo Fastjet](http://i.imgur.com/uMyPW.png)
Labels:
Dar es Salaam,
Ed Winter,
FastJet,
Inaugural,
Kenya,
Nairobi,
Richard Bodin,
Route,
Tanzania
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
■ FRANCE: Egyptair selects Messier-Bugatti-Dowty to overhaul Airbus A320/A340 landing gears.
![Egyptair logo Egyptair](http://i.imgur.com/MfG6C.png)
Labels:
A320,
A340,
Airbus,
Egypt,
Egyptair,
France,
Gloucester,
Messier-Bugatti-Dowty,
Molsheim,
MRO,
United Kingdom
■ UNITED STATES: Air Namibia awards $4million contract to JBT AeroTech for Airport Ground Support Equipment.
![Air Namibia logo Air Namibia](http://i.imgur.com/z0FHYOS.png?1)
Labels:
Air Namibia,
Chicago,
Equipment,
JBT AeroTech,
Namibia,
United States,
Windhoek
► NIGERIA: IRS Airlines Fokker 100 collides with FAAN truck whilst taxiing at Lagos; no casualties.
![](http://i.imgur.com/6ROHT.png)
Labels:
Abuja,
FAAN,
Fokker 100,
Incident,
IRS Airlines,
Kano,
Lagos,
NCAA,
Nigeria
■ SEYCHELLES: Etihad partnership starting to pay off as Air Seychelles quarterly revenues up 23%.
![Air Seychelles logo Air Seychelles](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2I1y7Sqi9lPONlF1Vm7A6DxpyLzvNP2FVFPuA7S-lUXTgaLMv0p8EUoPb0ysGsQk1b91oDKXRNLYtqo-yj4PJIK8JHp83qPf9cjy7eoFFSO-OOttOwkqjwbxUvZ11kw-e9XFT1lfQu0w/s1600/AirSeychelles127.png)
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
► TANZANIA: Air Tanzania resumes flights Friday as Government wants Lufthansa for joint venture.
![Air Tanzania logo Air Tanzania](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4mQkeQJGgkFx-K_y7lVK4GCxmdgn0mkZGxvGd3A1yA-Ag8S1XZXnfwiAdargcTGQkuu4SRVmjY7TAVF916rp1e1jeZeyWyR32Q76mDKpd-bZg3s4lwM3do14GING2sW_dMmzR0TPCXNI/s1600/AirTanzaniaCLEARsmall.png)
► SUDAN: Azza Air Transport AN-12 crashes near Khartoum, 15 dead.
![Azza Transport logo Azza Air Transport](http://i.imgur.com/6NVdr.png)
► SOUTH KOREA: Kenya Airways signs codeshare deal with Korean Air.
Kenya Airways (KQ), has announced the signing of a codeshare agreement signed with fellow SkyTeam member, South Korea's Korean Air (KE), thereby allowing the Kenyan national carrier to offer direct
return flights between Seoul and Nairobi.
Labels:
Code-share,
Kenya,
Kenya Airways,
Korean Air,
Nairobi,
Seoul,
South Korea
► ITALY: Algeria's Tassili Airlines launches Hassi Messaoud to Rome-Fiumicino service.
![Tassili Airlines logo Tassili Airlines](http://i.imgur.com/HVhQYIB.png)
Labels:
737-800,
Algeria,
Boeing,
Hassi Messaoud,
Inaugural,
Italy,
Rome,
Route,
Tassili Airlines
► GERMANY: Ethiopian to reduce Frankfurt service to 6x weekly from late October 'til late November.
Ethiopian Airlines (ET) will temporarily reduce its Boeing 767-300 operated Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Frankfurt, Germany service from daily to 6x weekly, effective between 28 October 2012 'til 25 November 2012.
Labels:
767,
Addis Ababa,
Boeing,
Ethiopia,
Ethiopian Airlines,
Frankfurt,
Frequency,
Germany,
Suspension
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