• The African Aviation Tribune •
Thursday, September 13, 2012

► ALGERIA: Emirates starts daily flights to Algiers from March 2013.

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Its 22nd destination in Africa, Dubai based Emirates (EK) today announced it will serve the Algerian capital, Algiers, with a daily Airbus ...

■ NIGERIA: Arik renews its Lufthansa Technik deal as Stella tries to lure Boeing and Bombardier into MRO sector.

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Nigerian carrier, Arik Air (W3) and German maintenance service provider, Lufthansa Technik last week renewed a contract signed...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

► NAMIBIA: Air Namibia announces numerous changes to its timetable from October onwards.

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As part of their strategy of efficient utilisation of their aircraft, Namibian carrier Air Namibia (SW) have again announced various change...

► SOUTH AFRICA: Qantas drops First Class from Johannesburg flights effective October.

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Australian carrier, Qantas (QF), will from 1 October 2012 no longer offer First Class on its daily Boeing 747-400 flights betw...

► MOROCCO: (Pics) Delivery of Royal Air Maroc's 787s deferred until late 2014.

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Originally due in Q4 of this year, Morocco's national carrier, Royal Air Maroc (AT), will only, according to press reports...

► SOUTH AFRICA: Comair Ltd declares no dividend despite rise in revenues.

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South Africa's Comair Ltd, the parent company of British Airways (Comair) (BA) and LCC Kulula (MN) today reported that it ...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

► GERMANY: Eritrean Airlines drops Frankfurt 6 months after its inaugural flight.

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Eritrean Airlines (B8), the Eritrean national carrier, has announced that effective 1 October 2012, it will drop Frankfurt, Ge...

► NIGERIA: Saudia Cargo launches 9 new West African destinations via its Lagos hub.

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Using its various interline partners in West Africa, Saudi Airlines Cargo (SV) is to launch cargo services from Jeddah and Riyadh, Saudi ...
Monday, September 10, 2012

► MOZAMBIQUE: LAM Mozambique getting a B737-500, but cash crunch delays launch of international routes.

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Mozambican national carrier LAM Mozambique (TM) is, at the end of this month, to receive a Boeing 737-500 (likely MSN: 25418 | ZS-PKV ), in...

► ANGOLA: TAAG to resume flights to Soyo with Dundo to come following opening of upgraded airports.

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After a 3 year hiatus due to USD43million renovation works which resulted in the completion of a 30m x 2'090m long runway and a 2 sto...

► SEYCHELLES: Emirates to go 12x weekly from December, 13x weekly from February 2013.

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Emirates (EK) is to increase its Airbus A340-500 operated flights between Dubai and Mahé, Seychelles from 11x weekly, to 12x weekly with an...

► TANZANIA: AeroVista looks to expand as Tanzanian AOC is awarded for its B737s.

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AeroVista's Tanzanian subsidiary, currently embroiled in a dispute with Tanzanian national carrier Air Tanzania (TC) over ...

► GAMBIA: See Pics of Gambia Bird's A319 prior to delivery!

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Gambia Bird, the new 90/10 venture between German carrier, Germania (ST) and the Gambian government is shortly to receive its ...

► MOZAMBIQUE: Turkish Airlines looks to add Maputo to route network in coming months.

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The Turkish media this week allured to a new possible route between Istanbul and Maputo, Mozambique as Turkey aims to extend its carrier,...

► LIBERIA: British Airways confirms Monrovia via Freetown from November.

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In confirmation to our original post on the topic , British Airways (BA) have confirmed they will resume three times weekly flight...
Sunday, September 9, 2012

► ZIMBABWE: FreshAir unveils logo, begins offering flights from USD$50 up.

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Zimbabwean aviation blog, Harare Airport Blogger, reports that private Zimbabwean start-up LCC, FreshAir, a 51/49 joint ventur...
Friday, September 7, 2012

►► KENYA: Kenya Airways to start Eldoret from July.

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Kenyan airline, Kenya Airways (KQ), has announced the start of a 2x daily service from Nairobi to Eldoret (Kenya) with effect from 4 Ju...
Thursday, September 6, 2012

■ KENYA: Defying Odinga, Kenya Airways completes its redundancy drive.

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Defying a directive (or request, depending on whose point of view you take) from Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga, to cease its p...

► MALAWI: Air Malawi to be unbundled before privatization.

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As Joyce Banda's Malawian government pushes on with its cost cutting measures aimed at freeing the ailing African nation...

► GABON: Turkish Airlines to serve Libreville from late December.

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Panapress Africa is reporting that Turkey and Gabon, on Monday 4 September,  finalized a Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) that wil...
Wednesday, September 5, 2012

►► SOUTH AFRICA: SA Express increases Gaborone & George operations.

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South African Express Airways (XZ), better known as SA Express, has announced, effective 2 September 2012, it’ll introd...

► ZIMBABWE: Another exercise in futility as Government wants to put AirZim back in the sky "early next month".

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The Zimbabwean Government cabinet is this week expected to meet in order to come up with a viable strategy capable of putting ...

► EGYPT: Aeroflot to start Moscow - Hurghada from late October.

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Effective Winter (28 October 2012), Russian carrier Aeroflot (SU) is planning to introduce a 3x weekly Ilyushin 96-300 operated flight betw...

► NIGERIA: Air Nigeria calls it quits as Dana Air's licence is reinstated.

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On a day of two contrasting fortunes,  Jimoh Ibrahim's troubled venture Air Nigeria (VK), having teetered on the brink of collapse f...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012

► UNITED KINGDOM: Libyan Airlines resumes Manchester flights.

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Though previously scheduled to have started from 14 September 2012, today marked the resumption of Libyan Airline...

► GHANA: Antrak Air adds second ATR72 to its fleet.

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Ghanaian domestic operator Antrak Air (O4) last week took delivery of its second ATR72-200 ( MCN: 171 | EC-KAD ) from Spain's Swiftair,...

► ETHIOPIA: Ethiopian Airlines Cargo set to receive its first Boeing 777F in late September.

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In a press statement today, Ethiopian Airlines announced that its Cargo division, Ethiopian Airlines Cargo will, on 19 September 2012, rece...

► MAURITANIA: New agreement to increase Nouakchott - Casablanca flights.

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With the signing of a new Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) between Mauritania and Morocco last week , Mauritania Airlines Internatio...

► MADAGASCAR: Air Austral & Air Madagascar to codeshare from November.

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In the first developments following the announcement last week of an "alliance" of sorts between Air Mauritius (MK),...

► NIGERIA: Air Namibia to establish direct Lagos flights next year?

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Over the course of the coming year, Namibian carrier, Air Namibia (SW) is allegedly to start direct flights between Namibia and Nigeria, ac...

► SUDAN: Sudan Airways, Marsland Aviation apply for Juba rights as flights between Sudan/South Sudan are set to resume.

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In a sign that strained relations between Sudan and its new southern neighbour, South Sudan, are improving, the two countries...

► LIBERIA: British Airways to resume Monrovia flights by the end of October?

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Press reports out of Liberia state that British Airways (BA) is to resume flights to Monrovia, Liberia by the end of October, following t...
Monday, September 3, 2012

► MAURITANIA: Turkish Airlines to launch Nouakchott via Dakar from mid September.

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Turkish Airlines (TK) made another power move into the West African market by announcing a Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday weekly Istanbul – No...

■ KENYA: Kenya Airways Layoffs Debacle takes new twist after revelations KQ execs were awarded 25% payrises over the last year.

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Quite a few eyebrows were raised in Nairobi during the presentation last week of Kenya Airways' (KQ) annual report in which it was reve...

► ZIMBABWE: Tanzania's Precision Air eyes Harare via Blantyre before year end.

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Tanzania's  Precision Air (PW), in addition to announcing its partnership with Vodacom Tanzania in launching M-Pesa - an innovative met...

► KENYA: See flySAX 's Fokker F28 in its new colours!

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After its recent acquisition by the Fly540 group of FastJet fame, flySAX, formerly East African Safari Air Express (B5), has just received ...
Sunday, September 2, 2012

■ ANGOLA: See Pics of Luanda Airport's New Domestic Terminal.

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After the recent opening of the newly renovated Catumbela International Airport in the coastal city of Catumbela in Benguela Province...
Friday, August 31, 2012

► MAURITIUS: Emirates to go 14x weekly as Air Mauritius, Air Austral & Air Madagascar band together to survive.

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Bucking the ongoing trend amongst European carriers of reducing their frequencies to the Indian Ocean island, Dubai based mega-carrier, Emi...

► KENYA: Air Berlin to quit Mombasa from April 2013.

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Germany's second largest airline, Air Berlin (AB) will, from 7 April, cease its twice weekly Airbus A330 flight from Munich, Germany t...

► CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE): EC Air Congo to start Douala, Cotonou, Ollombo following last week's Paris service launch.

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As previously reported by The African Aviation Tribune, Congolese private carrier Equatorial Congo Airlines, better known as EC Air Congo ...

► SIERRA LEONE: Fly540 Ghana to launch Freetown, Abidjan flights from early September; Monrovia, Lagos to follow.

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According to Amadeus, Fly540 Ghana (5G) is to venture further into the regional field when it launches flights from its Accra, Ghana hub to...

► GHANA: Egyptair to acquire majority stake in CTK CiTylinK?

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Unconfirmed reports out of Ghana claim that Egyptian carrier, Egyptair (MS), having allegedly considered "other options" on the G...
Thursday, August 30, 2012

► SOUTH AFRICA: Emirates cancels intended A380 service return to Johannesburg.

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As a result of the introduction of a new A380 service to Singapore on a regular basis, the planned A380 service resumption on Dubai – J...

► MAURITIUS: Air Mauritius confirms Viljoen as CEO; appoints new Chairman.

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Following a meeting of the board of directors of Air Mauritius (MK), Appalsamy Thomas, the current Chairman of Mauritius Telecom, and Andre...

► TANZANIA: LAM Mozambique to increase Maputo - Dar Es Salaam flights from November.

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Mozambican national carrier Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique, better known as LAM Mozambique Airlines (TM), has, via the Agência de Informação ...

► GHANA: (Pics) Africa World Airlines first Embraer ERJ145 finally arrives in Accra.

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After a long delivery flight that was routed Tianjin - Changsha - Kunming - Kolkata - Ahmedabad - Abu Dhabi - Djibouti - Entebbe before fin...

► CONGO (KINSHASA): Korongo to expand network to Mbuji-Mayi, Kolwezi, Goma, Kisangani with more regional routes to follow.

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With a second Bae146-200 (aka AvroRJ 85) ( MSN E2196 | OO-DJJ ) having joined its fleet on Tuesday 28 August, George Forrest, the Belgian b...

■ ST HELENA: Tender for flights to Cape Town to be issued "soon".

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Press reports out of Cape Town, South Africa state that tenders will soon be issued for flights to the British Overseas Territory of Saint ...
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