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• 22/08/2022 20:07

Tunisair charters Mongolia's only Boeing 737 MAX 8

Tunisair continues to rely on charters to cover the demand during this summer period.

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• 22/08/2022 05:18

$464m Blocked Funds: Foreign Airlines Ripping Off Nigerians – Stakeholders

Players in the Nigerian aviation industry have said that foreign airlines operating into the country are ripping its travelers with higher airfares when compared to passengers from other countries.

Investigation by Sunday Independent indicates that air travelers emanating from Nigeria pay about triple airfares for the same destinations whe… read more

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• 20/08/2022 08:42

Airlink’s Richards Bay flights to resume in September

Airlink, Southern Africa’s premier airline, said it will resume scheduled services between Johannesburg and Richards Bay from 19 September 2022.

The reinstatement of daily flights follows Richards Bay Airport’s securing of the necessary resources to accommodate scheduled airline services after an enforced 20-month hiatus.

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• 19/08/2022 19:43

IATA livid as foreign airlines’ trapped funds in Nigeria rises by $14m to $464m in July

THE International Air Transportation Association (IATA) is downbeat and says foreign airlines’ funds being blocked in Nigeria increased to $464million in July from $450 million in May stating that the figure grew by $14 million.

The global airline body revealed this in a series of tweets on Thursday while stating that Nigeria… read more

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• 18/08/2022 14:42

Emirates suspends operations to Nigeria effective September 1

Barely a month after announcing a reduction of frequencies in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria following complaints of trapped funds, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Dubai based airline, Emirates, says effective September 1, it would stop flights operations into and out of Nigeria.

As at last count the airline has $8… read more

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• 18/08/2022 14:40

Lufthansa Group announced its European winter flight plan for 2022/23 into South Africa

The Lufthansa Group has announced its plans for Southern Africa during the upcoming European winter 2022/23.

Lufthansa will continue to operate daily flights between Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Frankfurt and … read more

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• 18/08/2022 14:40

Ethiopian Airlines introduces flights to a third destination city in Zimbabwe

The flag carrier of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Airlines, has announced on twitter that it is set to launch flights to third destination city in … read more

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• 18/08/2022 14:40

Air Tanzania plans to serve Nigeria, Ghana and England in 2023

Air Tanzania will expand its international network next year. Speaking to the press on Monday, August 15, 2023, its CEO announced that it will open three routes to Nigeria, Ghana and England. "We want to encourage people to use Air Tanzania to travel to Europe in particular," said Ladislaus Matindi.

Nigeria and… read more

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• 17/08/2022 07:45

New airline to launch in Lesotho

Lesotho-based airline operator, Mohahlaula Airlines, has announced plans to launch a local Lesotho airline within the next year. The operation will initially service the Maseru-Johannesburg route with plans to extend to other destinations in South Africa also in the pipeline.

Mohahlaula Airlines is one of two Lesotho c… read more

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• 17/08/2022 00:56

Air Algérie returns to 6 African routes, targets 3 new countries including South Africa

On 10 August 2022, Air Algérie, the Algerian national airline, obtained the OK from the ministry in charge, to reopen several corridors closed since March 2020, as part of the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Air Algérie's African network is gradually being rebuiltwith the re-launch of several routes.… read more