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• 14/11/2022 07:33

Virgin Atlantic jets back into CPT

Virgin Atlantic re-launched its direct flights between Cape Town and London Heathrow on November 5, not a moment too soon for the hordes of December holidaymakers wanting to travel in both directions between the two points.

Liezl Gericke, Virgin’s Head: Africa, Middle East and India, talks to Travel Newsabout the fligh… read more

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• 14/11/2022 04:38

South Africa resumes flights to Victoria Falls

South African Airways (SAA) has announced the resumption of flights between OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg and Victoria Falls International Airport (VFA) in … read more

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• 09/11/2022 04:49

Condor’s JNB flights begin

The holiday airline Condor started a connection between Frankfurt am Main and Johannesburg on Friday. The premiere flight had the flight number DE2288.

This route is now served on Monday and Friday traffic days. The flight duration is arou… read more

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• 09/11/2022 04:48

Mack Air & South West Aviation to offer flights services across Zimbabwe

Mack Air, the first private commercial operator in Botswana to hold both scheduled and non-scheduled licenses, has announced a collaboration with Sou… read more

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• 08/11/2022 19:58

Nigeria Aviation At 111% Pre-COVID-19 Recovery Performance – MD FAAN

The Nigerian aviation industry has fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic era, and it is presently performing at 111 per cent, Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said.

With its present performance, it is only Colombia, which has 120 per cent that is performing… read more

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• 08/11/2022 19:53

Kenya : Safe Air introduit deux Airbus A321 loués

As the winter season approaches, Kenyan carrier Safe Air is strengthening its operations with the introduction of two leased A321s.

The two aircraft - LZ-MDF (msn 1451) and LZ-MDI (msn 3378) - were acquired under an ACMI contract with Fly2Sky Airlines, a charter carrier based in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The lease commenced on 1 … read more

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• 08/11/2022 05:17

Ibom Air sécurise deux A320ceo pour soutenir son expansion

Ibom Air started commercial operations on 7 June 2021. Based in Uyo in south-eastern Nigeria, it serves half a dozen domestic routes. After 3 years of operations, it is now eyeing the regional market.

Ibom Air is boosting its capacity in anticipation of the increase in traffic expected from next month.  The Akwa State-based … read more

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• 08/11/2022 05:17

Kuva Air closes shop and looks forward to the second quarter of 2023

Kuva Air officially started commercial operations on 5 May with the opening of a route between its base in Harare and Victoria Falls. The new Zimbabwean startup intended to take advantage of blockchain to develop its operations.

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• 08/11/2022 05:01

First non-stop Kigali to London Heathrow service takes flight with RwandAir

RwandAir’s first non-stop flight between Kigali and London landed at Heathrow today.  The ambitious African airline has been operating flights to London via Brussels for the past five years, but from today, they have been replaced with a new non-stop direct service to cater for demand.

Customers will be able to fly four … read more

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• 08/11/2022 04:58

Nigeria Air to serve Niamey daily (Minister)

Nigeria Air (NAL) has been in the making for more than four years and should finally take off by the end of December. Although it wants to establish itself in the domestic market before expanding outside Nigeria, the Nigerian parastatal airline already has an idea of one of its first regional destinations.

Nigeria Air, whi… read more