Ethiopian Airlines (ET) will, from 08MAY13 to 15JUN13, be offering a resumed Boeing 787 service on its Addis Ababa – London Heathrow route, where it’ll operate 6 weekly flights. For a run down of Ethiopian's other planned 787 resumptions, see this post.
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Showing posts with label Resumption. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Resumption. Show all posts
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
►► NIGER: Afriqiyah to tentatively resume Niamey flights this month following inter-governmental talks.
[UPDATE 29 APRIL 2013] Libyan carrier, Afriqiyah (8U), is expected to resume twice weekly flights to Niamey, Niger later this month following discussions held in Tripoli between the Nigerien ambassador, Hassan Maloune, and the Libyan Minister of Transport, Abdel Kader Mohamed.
► CANARY ISLANDS: Mauritania Airlines International eyes Las Palmas as first EU destination from early May.
Mauritania Airlines International (L6) has set Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands as its first European destination following the removal of Mauritania and all its airlines from the EU's No Fly List. Thrice weekly flights are scheduled to begin on May 8.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
► KENYA: (Video) Ethiopian successfully resumes 787 ops with flight to Nairobi; Frankfurt to follow.
Boeing's incident plagued aircraft, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has successfully resumed operations for Ethiopian Airlines (ET) following the replacement of the aircraft's problematic Li-ion battery; the cause of the Dreamliner fleet's grounding since mid-January.
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
► LIBYA: Afriqiyah eyeing more West African flight resumptions "in due course".
Libyan carrier, Afriqiyah (8U), is set to relaunch flights to West Africa in the coming weeks as the carrier seeks to re-establish its former Sub-Saharan network, suspended following the fall of Muammur Gaddhafi's regime.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
► NIGERIA: Dana Air resumes Port Harcourt flights from next week; confirms plans to acquire a 737.
Troubled Nigerian carrier, Dana Air (9J), has announced plans to resume flights from both Lagos and Abuja to the southern city of Port Harcourt on Monday, April 22, 2013. In addition the airline has reaffirmed plans to acquire B737 aircraft as part of its fleet renewal plans.
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
► MALI: Air Mali tests the waters by operating its CRJ200 and MD87 on behalf of sister carrier, Air Burkina.
As the political situation in Mali begins to settle down, so Celestair Group's Malian subsidiary, Air Mali (I5), has taken its first steps towards resuming operations by dusting off its stored Bombardier CRJ200 (MSN 7392 | TZ-RCA) kept until recently in France.
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
► MAURITIUS: Air Mauritius to start Beijing, resume Durban flights from July, to reduce Johannesburg from
Confirming our previous post, Air Mauritius (MK) is to start once weekly Mauritius - Beijing flights effective 06 July, while Mauritius - Durban flights, speculated about here, are to resume with a twice weekly service beginning July 5. In addition, Air Mauritius is to discontinue its night time flights from Johannesburg from May 2, though supplementary night flights will be introduced during peak periods to accommodate demand.
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South Africa
Sunday, April 7, 2013
►► SOUTH AFRICA: Air Botswana to drop Cape Town - Maun from end of March.
[UPDATE 7 APRIL] Air Botswana (BP) is to drop its 4x weekly Cape Town - Maun route effective 31 March, just 10 months after its début. The route originally launched with daily flights back in June 2012 and predominantly catered for the leisure market.
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
■ NIGERIA: AeroContractor's management directs fired workers to reapply for their jobs.
AeroContractor's (AJ) management, on the back of strong government pressure, has directed its recently dismissed staff numbering 600+ to reapply for assessment and possible reemployment. The airline recently resumed partial operations following a 20 day long strike.
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Nigeria,
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
► SOUTH AFRICA: Air Mauritius to resume Durban flights "soon".
Air Mauritius (MK) is looking to return to Durban, South Africa after having dropped the route in late October 2012 citing poor loads. In addition, the carrier will also offer "convenient connections to the Far East" as it seeks to exploit the growing Africa - Asia market.
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Air Mauritius,
Durban,
Mauritius,
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Route,
South Africa
Friday, March 29, 2013
► NIGERIA: AeroContractors resumes operations today.
As previously reported, Nigeria's second largest airline, AeroContractors (AJ), will resume flights effective today, 29 March bringing to an end, a strike that had lasted 20 days. Dana Air (9J) however, remains grounded despite being given the go ahead by government to resume operations nearly 2 weeks ago.
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Aero Contractors,
Nigeria,
Nigeria Government,
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
► NIGERIA: AeroContractors to tentatively resume ops come Easter weekend?
AeroContractors (AJ), grounded by virtue of an NCAA directive following a workers' strike that has now gone into its 14th day, is to tentatively resume operations this coming Easter weekend hinging on the successful completion of an audit by the NCAA.
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Aero Contractors,
NCAA,
Nigeria,
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Sunday, March 24, 2013
► BURUNDI: New Air Burundi website appears; to resume operations in near future?
Burundian national carrier, Air Burundi (8Y), is in the process of launching a re-branded website (though it currently lacks any functionality) with a possible resumption of services to follow writes Rwandan aviation blog, Rwandan-Flyer.
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Air Burundi,
Bujumbura,
Burundi,
Resumption
Thursday, March 21, 2013
► ITALY: Royal Air Maroc resumes Casablanca - Turin from June.
Moroccan national carrier, Royal Air Maroc (AT), during Summer 2013 season, will resume its Casablanca – Turin service, where it plans to operate 3 weekly flights effective 11 JUN13. RAM last operated this route in mid-January 2012.
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Turin
Monday, March 18, 2013
► NIGERIA: Dana Air resumes ops tomorrow morning as AeroContractors moves to fire nearly 1'000 striking employees.
After talks held today between its management, the Nigerian Aviation Ministry and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Dana Air (9J) has announced it will resume operations tomorrow. Fellow Nigerian domestic operator, Aero Contractors (AJ), has moved to fire nearly one thousand employees, striking since last Wednesday.
► COMOROS: Air Tanzania resumes Dar es Salaam - Moroni flights from late March.
Tanzanian national carrier Air Tanzania (TC) will resume flights from Dar es Salaam to Moroni (Comoros) effective 25 March. Flights will operate three times weekly using Air Tanzania's leased Boeing 737-200Adv.
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Comoros,
Moroni,
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Monday, March 11, 2013
► ZAMBIA: Proflight to resume 2x daily Lusaka - Livingstone flights from April.
Proflight Zambia (P0) is to resume twice daily Lusaka - Livingstone flights effective 01APR 2013. The service operates using a Jetstream J41.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
► ZIMBABWE: A sneak peek at Air Zimbabwe's planned N. Summer 2013 Route Network.
Following on from our previous bulletin yesterday, Air Zimbabwe's (UM) planned route expansion and fleet utilization plans have been unveiled. AirlineRoute writes that as per the 06MAR13 GDS timetable and inventory display, as well as OAG Schedules iNet, Air Zimbabwe’s planned Northern Summer 2013 operation are as follows, effective 31MAR13. Amongst the routes being introduced are Bulawayo - Victoria Falls, and tentatively Harare - Lagos - Accra - Harare and Harare - London Gatwick. No mention has been made of the Embraer ERJ135s.
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Johannesburg,
Lagos,
London Gatwick,
Nigeria,
Resumption,
South Africa,
United Kingdom,
Victoria Falls,
Zimbabwe
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
► SOUTH AFRICA: Alitalia mulls resuming Rome - Johannesburg from September.
Italian carrier, Alitalia (AZ), is mulling the resumption of operations from Rome Fiumicino to Johannesburg, South Africa this September as part of the reorganization of its long haul route network. According to Alitalia, Johannesburg has become a "highly requested intercontinental destination".
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Rome,
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South Africa
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