Réunion, the French Overseas Territory in the Indian Ocean, was the first recipient of Corsair International's (SS) recently delivered Airbus A330-300; the first of two with the second due in late January 2013. The new aircraft are part of a renewal programme that follows a EUR300million recapitalization of the carrier by parent company, TUI, the largest tourism group in the world.
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Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Friday, November 30, 2012
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
► COTE D'IVOIRE: Corsair International to start 4x weekly Abidjan flights from 2013.
French carrier Corsair International is to expand its presence in West Africa with the addition of Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. Effective 1 March 2013, Corsair will serve the Ivorian capital 4x weekly from Paris Orly with an A330-300.
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A330,
Abidjan,
Airbus,
Corsair International,
Cote d'Ivoire,
France,
Launch,
Paris Orly,
Route
Thursday, November 15, 2012
► SENEGAL: Senegal Airlines starts Libreville and direct Cotonou flights; inks code-share with Corsair for daily Paris ops from February 2013.
Senegalese national carrier, Senegal Airlines (DN), has signed a code-share deal with French carrier Corsair International (SS) which will result the introduction of daily flights Dakar-Paris-Dakar flights from February 2013 on.
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Abidjan,
Bamako,
Benin,
Code-share,
Corsair International,
Cote d'Ivoire,
Cotonou,
Dakar,
France,
Gabon,
Libreville,
Mali,
Paris Orly,
Senegal,
Senegal Airlines
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
►► LIBYA: Afriqiyah announces Paris, Casablanca, Rome, Khartoum, Dubai from December.
Libyan carrier, Afriqiyah (8U), has announced plans to launch various new routes ex-Tripoli and ex-Benghazi effective 1 December.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
► FRANCE: (Pic) fastjet's first branded A319 rolls out the paintshop.
fastjet's first Airbus A319-100 (MSN: 2176 | 5H-FJA) has finally rolled out of the paintshop in Montpellier, France.
Friday, November 9, 2012
► TANZANIA: Precision Air takes delivery of its first new ATR 42-600.
Tanzanian carrier Precision Air (PW), today, took delivery of its first ATR42-600 out of five brand new -600 series ATR aircraft (i.e. 4 ATR 42-600s and 1 ATR 72-600) ordered in December 2011. The official ceremony took place earlier today at the ATR Delivery Center in Toulouse, France, and was attended by Alfonse Kioko, CEO of Precision Air and Filippo Bagnato, ATR's CEO.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
► RUSSIA: Tunisair launches Monastir - Moscow, Tozeur - Paris CDG.
Tunisian carrier Tunisair (TU) will, in Winter 2012, launch 2 new European services: Monastir, Tunisia - Moscow, Domodedovo and Tozeur, Tunisia - Paris CDG using a combination of Airbus A319s and Boeing 737-600s.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
► SENEGAL: Air France switches Dakar to 777-300ER service from December.
Air France (AF) will, from 3 December 2012, boost their capacity on their Paris CDG - Dakar, Senegal with the introduction of a 3-class Boeing 777-300ER, replacing the current Boeing 777-200ER.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
► FRANCE: Tunisia's Syphax Airlines boosts Paris CDG to daily from late October.
Tunisian carrier, Syphax Airlines (FS), will from 28 October 2012, launch daily A319-operated flights between the Tunisian capital, Tunis, and Paris CDG, four months after the route was originally meant to have gone daily.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
► BURUNDI: China Southern to operate military charters to Monrovia, Bujumbura, Juba, Nairobi in November.
Guangzhou based carrier, China Southern (CZ), will operate three military charter flights to Monrovia (Liberia), Bujumbura (Burundi), Juba (South Sudan) and Nairobi (Kenya) this November on behalf of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, under the auspices of the United Nations.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
■ MADAGASCAR: Government courts Corsair International to resume Paris to Nosy-Be flights.
With Air Madagascar's (MD) Airbus A340-300s too big for Nosy-Be's (Fascene) Airport, the Malagasy Government is attempting to lure French carrier Corsair International (SS) back to Madagascar's largest and busiest tourist resort, as they are the only carrier with the equipment (Airbus A330s) capable of operating a direct Paris - Nosy Be flight from the airport, at this time.
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767,
A330,
A340,
Air France,
Air Madagascar,
Airbus,
Antananarivo,
Boeing,
Corsair International,
France,
Madagascar,
Nosy Be,
Paris,
Route
Thursday, October 11, 2012
► FRANCE: Air Arabia Maroc launches Casablanca - Toulouse from late October.
Moroccan LCC, Air Arabia Maroc (3O), will from 28 October 2012, start once weekly Sunday flights between Casablanca, Morocco and Toulouse, France, which will increase to a twice weekly service (an added Thursday flight) from mid-November onwards.
Labels:
A320,
Air Arabia Maroc,
Airbus,
Casablanca,
France,
Inaugural,
Morocco,
Route,
Toulouse
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
■ FRANCE: Egyptair selects Messier-Bugatti-Dowty to overhaul Airbus A320/A340 landing gears.
Egyptair Maintenance & Engineering, a subsidiary of Egypt's national carrier Egyptair (MS), has selected Messier-Bugatti-Dowty for the exchange and overhaul of landing gear on ten of Egyptair's Airbus A320s, and for the
centre landing gears on three of Egyptair's remaining Airbus A340s, prior to their phasing out.
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A320,
A340,
Airbus,
Egypt,
Egyptair,
France,
Gloucester,
Messier-Bugatti-Dowty,
Molsheim,
MRO,
United Kingdom
Monday, October 8, 2012
► MOROCCO: Air France introduces daily Paris Orly - Casablanca flights from 2013.
Air France (AF) will, from 31 March 2013, start daily operations to Casablanca, Morocco using an Airbus A318.
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A318,
Air France,
Airbus,
Casablanca,
France,
Inaugural,
Morocco,
Paris Orly,
Route
Sunday, October 7, 2012
► BURKINA FASO: Ariella Airlines launches with aid of Spain's IMD Airways.
Burkina Faso now has a second operator in addition to Air Burkina (2J); Ariella Airlines has now started operations with its first route being Ouagadougou - Bamako (Mali) - Pointe Noire (Congo Brazzaville) and Pointe Noire (Congo Brazzaville) - Cotonou (Benin) - Bamako (Mali) - Ouagadougo.
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Ariella Airlines,
Bamako,
Benin,
Bobo Dioulasso,
Burkina Faso,
Congo Brazzaville,
Cotonou,
France,
Gabon,
IMD Airways,
Libreville,
Lomé,
Mali,
Marseille,
MD83,
Ouagadougou,
Paris CDG,
Pointe Noire,
Spain,
Togo
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
► SENEGAL: Corsair International launches 4x weekly Paris - Dakar from October.
After signing an agreement with the Senegalese Government, France's second largest carrier, Corsair International (SS), will from 26 October 2012 offer a 4x weekly, Boeing 747-400 operated Paris (Orly) - Dakar, Senegal service, with a fifth frequency (a Saturday flight south, and a Sunday flight north) to follow in January 2013.
Labels:
747,
Aigle Azur,
Air Méditerranée,
Boeing,
Corsair International,
Dakar,
Europe Airpost,
France,
Paris Orly,
Route,
Senegal,
XL Airways
● NIGER: Remembering UTA Flight UT772, twenty three years ago today.
Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the bombing of UTA Flight 772 on 19 September 1989, a somewhat forgotten incident that bears strong similarity with a larger, more widely publicized bombing that occurred a year earlier; that of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in December 1988.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 "N54629" UTA772 |
Thursday, September 13, 2012
► FRANCE: Egyptair increases capacity to Paris from December 2012.
Egyptian airline, Egyptair (MS), will from 1 December 2012, replace its current daily Airbus A330-300 operated service to Paris Charles de Gaulle, France with a larger Boeing 777-300ER.
This comes after the carrier previously announced that from 28 October
2012 it would increase frequencies on the route from daily to 11x
weekly.
Friday, August 31, 2012
► CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE): EC Air Congo to start Douala, Cotonou, Ollombo following last week's Paris service launch.
As previously reported by The African Aviation Tribune, Congolese private carrier Equatorial Congo Airlines, better known as EC Air Congo (LC), last week Friday 24 August, inaugurated its first international route: a 3x weekly Brazzaville, Congo - Paris (Charles de Gaulle) service using a Boeing 757-200 leased from Switzerland's PrivatAir.
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757,
Benin,
Boeing,
Brazzaville,
Cameroon,
Congo Brazzaville,
Cotonou,
Douala,
Equatorial Congo Airlines,
France,
Ollombo,
Paris CDG,
Route
Monday, August 13, 2012
► RÉUNION: Air Austral to continue French services until January 2013.
Réunion
based carrier Air Austral (UU) is to continue its services between
Réunion and various French cities namely Marseilles, Toulouse, Lyon and
Nantes into January of 2013, having previously announced their suspension for 28 October 2012. Its service to Bordeaux however (routed via Marseille) is to end on 28 October 2012.
Air Austral Route Network |
Air Austral: St. Denis de la Réunion – Lyon, France – Nantes, France
-Effective until 20 January 2013
-Effective until 20 January 2013
- UU947 RUN2300 – 0705+1LYS0815+1 – 0925+1NTE 77W 3
- UU948 NTE1515 – 1620LYS1730 – 0700+1RUN 77W 4
St. Denis de la Réunion – Marseille, France – Toulouse, France
-Effective until 20 January 2013
- UU945 RUN2300 – 0650+1MRS0800 – 0855+1TLS 77W 5
- UU946 TLS1515 – 1610MRS1725 – 0630+1RUN 77W 6
St. Denis de la Réunion – Marseille, France – Bordeaux, France
-Service ends 28 October 2012
The
route rationalizations come as part of Air Austral's efforts to return
to profitability following a nasty 2011 financial year which ultimately
forced the cancellation of the carrier's Australian and South Pacific operations, as well as the cancellation of two Airbus A380s it had ordered.
Labels:
Air Austral,
France,
Lyon,
Marseilles,
Nantes,
Reunion,
Route,
Toulouse
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