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Friday, January 4, 2013
● KENYA: AFRAA launches Fuel Procurement Tender for 1bn litres of JetA1.

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AFRAA,
Fuel,
Fuel Procurement Project,
Kenya,
Nairobi
► TANZANIA: Air Tanzania to resume Kigoma from 10 January with Mbeya, Tabora, Mpanda, Arusha, Zanzibar and Mtwara to follow.

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Air Tanzania,
Arusha,
Bombardier,
Dar es Salaam,
DHC 8-300,
Kigoma,
Launch,
Mbeya,
Mpanda,
Mtwara,
Songwe,
Tabora,
Tanzania,
Zanzibar
Thursday, January 3, 2013
► BENIN: Westair Bénin announces vast West African expansion with Dakar, Conakry, Banjul and Lagos to come.

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Abidjan,
Banjul,
Benin,
Brazzaville,
Conakry,
Cotonou,
Dakar,
Douala,
Kinshasa,
Lagos,
Launch,
Libreville,
Niamey,
Ouagadougou,
Pointe Noire,
Route,
Westair Benin
■ NIGERIA: Government to forge ahead with plans to buy 30 aircraft for use by local operators.

■ TANZANIA: fastjet ruffles first feathers as TCAA encourages more LCCs to start operations.

► ETHIOPIA: Ethiopian announces 787 operational changes for Q1 2013.

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Addis Ababa,
Beijing,
Canada,
Dubai,
Ethiopia,
Ethiopian Airlines,
Frankfurt,
Harare,
Johannesburg,
Lusaka,
Mumbai,
South Africa,
Toronto,
United States,
Washington DC,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe
► KENYA: Jetlink Express hoping to resume ops by 31 March.

Labels:
Finances,
Jetlink Express,
Kenya,
Resumption
► NIGERIA: Dana Air to resume flights tomorrow 4 January 2013.

Labels:
Abuja,
Dana air,
Lagos,
McDonnell Douglas,
MD83,
NCAA,
Nigeria,
Resumption
► ALGERIA: Air Algérie in talks to buy 787-8s, 737-800NGs and A330s as international expansion plans move forward.

■ MALAWI: Establishment of new Airports Authority to aide improvement of ageing airport infrastructure.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013
►► KENYA: Rwandair boosts Nairobi with 5 additional flights starting 25 January.

► TUNISIA: Tunisia joins Madagascar, Malawi in offloading its unwanted Presidential Jet(s).

Labels:
737-700,
A340,
Airbus,
Boeing,
Dassault Falcon 900,
Madagascar,
Presidential Jet,
Rabah Jrad,
Tunis,
Tunisia
► COMOROS: Government acquires Let410 with aims of rebuilding national airline.

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Anjouan,
Comoro Islands Airline,
Comoros,
Equipment,
Government,
Grande Comore,
Let 410,
Moheli,
Sudan Airways
► NIGERIA: Med-View Airlines set to start daily Lagos - Owerri, Abuja - Yola flights.

► SUDAN: Kenya Airways B737-700 suffers engine failure after take off, returns to Khartoum; no casualties.

Tuesday, January 1, 2013
■ TUNISIA: Tunisair to axe 1'700 jobs, dramatically grow Africa network as part of plans to return to profitability.

Labels:
Brazzaville,
Burkina Faso,
Congo Brazzaville,
Finances,
Ouagadougou,
Pointe Noire,
Rabah Jrad,
Redundancy,
Tunis,
Tunisair,
Tunisia
► CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Karinou Airlines to go regional in early 2013.

► IRELAND: See Pics of FirstNation Airways' first A319 christened "Faith."

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A319,
Airbus,
Dublin,
Eirtech Aviation,
Equipment,
First Nation Airways,
Ireland,
Nigeria
► GAMBIA: Gambia Bird announces big network expansion effective 10 January 2013.

Labels:
Abidjan,
Accra,
Bamako,
Banjul,
Barcelona,
Burkina Faso,
Conakry,
Cote d'Ivoire,
Dakar,
Freetown,
Gambia,
Gambia Bird,
Ghana,
Liberia,
Monrovia,
Ouagadougou,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Spain
► CHAD: The case of Toumaï Air Tchad and the dodgy Boeing 737-300.

Labels:
Chad,
Idris Deby,
Ndjamena,
Sky Air Corp.,
Toumai Air Tchad,
Zakaria Deby
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