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• 18/10/2022 04:27

Airlink resumes flights to St Helena Island: 3 things to do

Airlink’s scheduled service between South Africa and St Helena Island has been resumed as of 15 October. The airline’s services to the remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean have increased from fortnightly to weekly trips.

‘We are delighted that weekly flights will resume to the island following the suspension during the p… read more

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• 17/10/2022 18:42

Air Peace to open Nigeria-Israel route by the end of the year

Currently, there is no direct flight between Nigeria and Israel. Air Peace, Nigeria's private airline and the country's largest, wants to fill this gap.

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• 17/10/2022 08:56

Is East Africa making strides in the tourism promotion front?

After introducing the EAC tourist visa, East Africa has been cited as one of the most open destinations alongside South East Asia and Oceania.  In contrast, North America, Central Africa and North Africa remain the most restrictive regions.

This is according to the report by World Travel Tourism Council (WTTC) which also… read more

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• 16/10/2022 11:51

ET changes to 3 daily widebody flights to JNB

Ethiopian Airlines is increasing Addis Ababa to Johannesburg to 3x daily. But that's not the real news: it had that many flights in 2018, 2019, and in early 2020, and is simply returning to that level. Instead, it's noteworthy because&nbs… read more

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• 15/10/2022 08:21

Conakry relaunches its project to create a new national airline 20 years later

Conakry has not had a national airline since the privatisation and subsequent liquidation of Air Guinea in 2002 - at the time of President Lansana Conté - under pressure from the Bretton Woods institutions. In the meantime, the West African country has attempted to relaunch a flagship airline, with no less than three projects having been … read more

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• 14/10/2022 13:02

Towards higher air fares on domestic flights

Currently in Ghana, the Airport Passenger Service Charge (APSC) is imposed at 5 cedis (US$0.46) per passenger on domestic flights. For the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), which continues to work on its empowerment, this charge is insufficient to properly maintain the domestic hubs.

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• 14/10/2022 12:11

SAA to expand capacity ahead of holiday season

As South Africa’s peak holiday season approaches, SAA announced  that it would bring into service an additional three A320 aircraft to support the high capacity d… read more

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• 14/10/2022 12:10

Air Cairo takes delivery of A320neo (first of the year)

Air Cairo takes delivery of an A320neo (the first of the year) initially destined for a Russian carrier Airlines Newsaero 13-10-2022 Subscriber 0

Air Cairo is aiming for a target fleet of around 50 aircraft by 2024. For this year, the low-cost subsidiary of EgyptAir is expecting 13 aircraft. An achievable target given the current deliveries.

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• 12/10/2022 22:01

Royal Eswatini National Airways Corporation (RENAC) has released an update on Eswatini Air

The Royal Eswatini National Airways Corporation (RENAC) has released an update on Eswatini's new flag carrier Eswatini Air, … read more

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• 12/10/2022 22:01

Int'Air Îles receives a Let 410 and restarts its regular operations

Int'Air Îles is a Comorian airline based at Anjouan airport. Founded in 2007 as Inter Îles Air and renamed to its current name in March 2015. At the peak of its operations, it served the French territory of Mayotte, Tanzania and Madagascar on the regional market.