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Overland Airways aircraft suffers serious incident
OVERLAND Airways flight OF1188, an ATR aircraf wiith registration marks 5N- BRQ from Ilorin to Lagos around 7:50pm on Wednesday experienced a high turbine temperature on one of its engines but landed safely with all 33 passengers despite a fire starting on the aircraft engine.
A video on made available to NigerianFLIGHTD… read more
Ethiopian wins the APEX passenger choice awards 2022
Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s leading aviation group, is pleased to announce that it has won the 2022 APEX Regional Passenger Choice Awards for ‘Best Entertainment’ and ‘Best Cabin Service’ in Africa.
The award was held in Dublin, Ireland to celebrate airlines being honored with the 2022 APEX Regional Passenger Choice Awards.
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South African Airways meets AFRAA secretary-general for the AFRAA CEOs leadership dialogues
South African Airways (SAA) Chairman & CEO – Mr. John Lamola and Non-Executive Board Member – Mr Nick Fadugba, met AFRAA Secretary-General, Mr. Abdérahmane Berthé, at SAA headquarters in South Africa for a fruitful “AFRAA Member Airline CEOs Leadership Dialogues” session.
The dialogues session is timely, as SAA forges its… read more
Zambia Airways chooses Johannesburg as first sub-regional destination
Zambia Airways started commercial operations in December 2021 as a 55/45 joint venture between the Zambian government and Ethiopian Airlines. In parallel with the expansion of its domestic network, the young startup is embarking on its sub-regional adventure.
Zambia Airways has announced the start of its flights… read more
TAAG Angola Airlines to be privatised before 2025
Since 2018, the Angolan state has committed to divesting from more than a hundred public and parastatal companies, most of which are loss-making and indebted, such as TAAG Angola Airlines. The aim is to limit state interference in the economy to what is strictly necessary, and above all to offer competitive conditions to the companies that have … read more
TAAG Angola Airlines reactivates a Boeing 777-200ER that has been grounded for 2 years
Since 2020, TAAG Angola Airlines has received five new Dash8-400 aircraft. In parallel with the modernisation of its fleet, the Angolan national airline is working on the operationalisation of all its aircraft, 17 in total.
Brussels Airlines reopens its routes to Conakry and Ouagadougou
After two years of absence, Brussels Airlines returns to Conakry (the capital of Guinee) and Ouagadougou (the capital of Burkina Faso). Both destinations welcomed a first flight out of Brussels on Saturday 11 June 2022. From now on, the airline will connect Brussels with both capitals three times a week.
“As the Africa expert we are… read more
Dana Air provides discounted fares; partners FAAN on National Aviation Conference
DANA Air has announced partnership with the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria on the maiden edition of the FAAN National Aviation Conference (FNAC) scheduled to hold from 14th to 17th of June, at the international conference center Abuja.
As a partner of the conference themed: Advancing the frontiers of Possibilities… read more
Air Côte d'Ivoire opens new route to SA
Air Côte d'Ivoire will be launching a new route between Johannesburg and Abidjan, in Côte d'Ivoire. The Johannesburg-Abidjan via Kinshasa route will launch on 29 June 2022. The airline will be introducing four flights per week between Johannesburg and Abidjan. Bookings opened on 1 June 2022.
The new route also offers… read more
Domestic flights continue to drive Africa's air traffic recovery (AFRAA)
As has been the case since January, passenger transport in Africa continues to grow. According to the latest figures released by the Association of African Airlines (AFRAA) on Friday 10 June 2022, this shows that 'domestic markets remain dominant in terms of both capacity and actual passenger numbers carried'.
For the month o… read more
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