The following is a fleet update bulletin for aircraft that are in use,
have been in use or will be in use for these listed airlines: FirstNation Airways Nigeria (FRN), Libyan Airlines (LN), Rwandair (WB), GEASA Guinea Ecuatorial, the Senegalese Air Force, Dana Air Nigeria (9J).
Friday, June 28, 2013
► LIBYA: Egyptair Express to go 4x weekly Alexandria - Benghazi from July.
Egyptair Express (MSE) are to launch four weekly flights between Benghazi, Libya and Alexandria with effect from July 2. The flights will operate using an Embraer E170.
■ SEYCHELLES: Air Seychelles outsources some of its accounting needs to Accelya Kale.
Air Seychelles (HM), the national carrier of Seychelles, has selected Accelya Kale Solutions Limited, part of the Accelya Group, to handle the outsourcing of its Passenger Revenue Accounting, Cargo Revenue Accounting, Airmail Revenue Accounting and Miscellaneous (Non-Transport) Billing to Accelya Kale. The transactions are being processed on Accelya Kale’s proprietary platforms – REVERA and FinesseMBS.
■ MOZAMBIQUE: Carlos Jeque elected Chairman of the Board at LAM.
Reports via Radio Mozambique state that during a General Meeting of Mozambique’s publicly owned national carrier, LAM - Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (TM) held yesterday in Maputo, Mr Carlos Jeque was appointed to the chairmanship of the board of Directors.
■ KENYA: Kenya Airways renegotiates its MRO contracts in bid to cut costs.
Fresh from announcing its latest Financial Year results which entailed a USD92million loss, Kenya Airways (KQ) has announced further cost cutting measures aimed at returning the struggling carrier to the black within the next two years with news that it has renegotiated its aircraft MRO (Maintenance Repair Overhaul) contracts to its benefit.
■ TUNISIA: European Union, Tunisia set to conclude latest round of talks on Open Skies agreement.
Negotiations between Tunisia and the European Union (EU) regarding a possible Open Skies agreement are set to come to an end today amid reports that Tunisia's Minister of Transport, Abdelkrim Harouni, believes that national carrier, Tunisair (TU), was no longer in any danger
and could hold its own in an open market. Open skies is an air transport liberalization scheme in which any barriers
of entry to participant countries’ airlines are reciprocally lifted as
well as regulations on all forms of air transportation – cargo or
passenger – within their sovereign borders.
► DUBAI: Emirates to deploy A340 to Lusaka/Harare, 777-300ER to Cape Town from September.
Emirates (EK) will from 1 September switch the operational aircraft currently deployed on its Dubai to Cape Town and Dubai to Harare via Lusaka flights. According to AirlineRoute, Harare/Lusaka will switch from the current 777-300ER to the Airbus A340-300 while Cape Town will see flights EK772/773 switch from the A340-300 to a 777-300ER.
Thursday, June 27, 2013
■ SOUTH SUDAN: First batch of SSCAA managers undergo training in Turkey.
Turkey has once more extended its hand to help develop the fledgling civil aviation bodies of nation states in the Horn of Africa, this time with a security training programme aimed at managers from the South Sudanese Civil Aviation Authority - SSCAA. The SSCAA was born in February this year.
■ NIGERIA: Abuja finalizes plans for new carrier "Nigeria One" as Aer Lingus refutes claims of leasing deal with government.
The
Nigerian Government , through its Aviation Ministry, has now completed
plans to float a new national carrier to be named Nigeria One (not National One as previously reported).
■ THAILAND: Mozambique, Thailand hold talks on improving cooperation in civil aviation.
Mozambique's Minister of Transport and Communications, Paulo Zucula, and Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra have met in Bangkok to discuss various issues pertaining to the development of civil aviation in the Southern African nation.
■ TANZANIA: TCAA awards ATC upgrade contracts to Germany's Comsoft.
The Tanzanian Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) has contracted German ATC contractors, Comsoft, to deliver two modern technologies in the fields of air navigation and communication equipment, in order to increase flight safety in the region.
■ TANZANIA: fastjet in talks with four other African carriers regarding possible tie-ups: Winter.
On the back of recent investments in South Africa and Nigeria, fastjet (FN) is reportedly in negotiations with as many as four airlines over possible partnerships, as the struggling LCC attempts to spread its wings across the continent, albeit circuitously.
■ NIGERIA: Captain Fola Akikuotu appointed new Director General of the NCAA.
The Nigerian Senate yesterday confirmed the appointment of Captain Fola Akikuotu as the new Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority(NCAA). Captain Akikuotu takes over from interim DG, Joyce Nkemakolam, appointed in March.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
■ GHANA: CACC hands over preliminary designs for new Accra International Airport to government.
Ghanaian Minister of Transport, Ms Dzifa Attivor, says preliminary designs for Accra's new international airport have been presented to the Ghana Airports Company Limited. The project will be undertaken by the China Airports Construction Corporation (CACC) and is intended to transform Accra into a regional West African hub.
■ NIGERIA: Thirteen airports to have dedicated perishable cargo facilities says FAAN.
Thirteen airports in Nigeria - Abuja, Akure, Calabar, Ilorin, Jalingo, Jos, Kano, Lagos, Makurdi, Minna, Owerri, Port Harcourt and Uyo - have been singled out for the construction of perishable cargo terminals, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN has announced.
■ SEYCHELLES: Hong Kong, Seychelles sign Bilateral Air Services Agreement.
Hong Kong and Seychelles have announced the signing of a Bilateral Air Services Agreement 
(BASA) which will provide the necessary legal framework for establishing direct air links between the two places. At present, Air Seychelles (HM) serves Hong Kong via Abu Dhabi under the auspices of a codeshare agreement.
► UNITED KINGDOM: Air Zimbabwe pushes back London flights to November as 767s await refurbishment.
Air Zimbabwe (UM) says direct Harare - London Gatwick flights, originally meant to launch from July 1 but now removed from the GDS, will now resume in November once their two 767-200ERs have been refurbished.
► KENYA: Royal Air Maroc to tap into Kenyan market before year end.
Royal Air Maroc (AT) has once more announced plans to begin flights between Casablanca and Nairobi, Kenya. In a statement made in Nairobi at the signing of various bilateral trade agreements between Morocco and Kenya, Moroccan Minister for Industry and Trade, Mr Abdelkader Amara, said RAM would introduce direct flights to Nairobi "by the end of the year."
► NIGER: Air Niamey takes on its first A320; domestic ops in conjunction with Equaflight Niger to begin shortly.
Air Niamey (A7) has taken delivery of its first of two Airbus A320-200s, (MCN 314 | ex-N389VL). The A320 was transferred from the US aircraft registry to the Nigerien one on June 19.
► DUBAI: Emirates outlines African routes to be affected by closure of DXB runway 12L/30R in 2014.
With Dubai International Airport's Northern runway 12L/30R nearing the end of its designed lifespan and therefore requiring rehabilitation and upgrading, Emirates (EK) has outlined its planned service reduction set to come into effect from May 1, 2014 and ending July 20, 2014. The following list contains the affected African flights:
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