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• 17/12/2021 18:56

Royal Air Maroc voted best airline in Africa

Royal Air Maroc has been voted the best airline in Africa at the Global Traveler Magazine’s 18th annual GT Tested Reader Survey Awards. The prize was given to the National Company at Global Traveler’s annual award ceremony on Tuesday, December 14, in Los Angeles. In the same survey, Royal Air Maroc was also ranked as the fourth Best Airli… read more

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• 17/12/2021 05:28

BA & Qatar Airways looking into expanded Joint Venture

British Airways and Qatar Airways are seeking to expand their joint venture beyond routes between Australia, Europe and the UK to cover a host of additional services, in particular routes accessed via connections from the two carriers’ flights between London and Doha.

The two… read more

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• 17/12/2021 05:28

FAAN suspends staff over Max Air incident at Lagos Airport

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has suspended one of its airfield Officers  over an incident at the Lagos airport today. The officer according to the spokesperson of FAAN, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu was on duty following an averted near incident involving a Max Air aircraft from Abuja, which landed on Runway 18L, and a ma… read more

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• 17/12/2021 05:26

Turkish resumes SA ops

Turkish Airlines will resume flights to South Africa on December 18. The airline says it may add flights to the following schedule:

• TK044 will depart IST at 02h30 and

• Flights
• 16/12/2021 04:04

COVID-19: How well have African Airlines recovered?

The big question as to whether Africa could produce its own mega-carrier or an ‘African Airlines Alliance’, like the global alliances of SkyTeam, Oneworld and Star Alliance, appears to be getting a definite response as Kenya Airways signed a Strategic Partnership Framework with South African Airways late November 2021. The airlines describe this… read more

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• 16/12/2021 04:04

AASA breathe a sigh relief as UK reverses Travel Restrictions

The Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) said it is relieved that the UK has decided to relax the travel restrictions that were hastily imposed on South Africa and other Southern African countries following the announcement of the identification of the Omicron variant by South African scientists last month.

Aaron Munetsi, … read more

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• 15/12/2021 18:54

Brussels Airlines plans to grow Its Offering In Africa Next Summer

Brussels Airlines is resuming some of its previously canceled routes to Africa due to the COVID-19 crisis. For its 2022 summer schedule, the Belgian flag carrier will add West-African destinations Conakry (Guinea) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) from June 11th. The airline credits its expansion to an additional Airbus A330 that will join i… read more

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• 15/12/2021 18:53

Crisis averted: Emirates could return to Nigeria after Air Peace deal

In the latest installment of the UAE-Nigeria aviation drama, it seems the UAE has backed down on its allocation of slots for Nigerian airline Air Peace. In a letter seen by Simple Flying, Dubai Airports has allocated slots at Dubai (DXB) for Air Peace, instead of at Sharjah. This paves the way for Emirates to also restart flights t… read more

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• 15/12/2021 05:04

Nigeria-UAE impasse: UAE seeks to accommodate Air Peace with allocation of 7 slots at DXB

The Authorities of the United Arab Emirats (UAE) have reportedly offered 7 slots to the Nigerian airline, Air Peace, to fly to Dubai World Airport in Dubai, UAE. This followed the withdrawal of the the initial approval of the request of Emirates Airline to operate 21 frequencies to Nigeria, by Nigerian aviation authorities. The Nigerian a… read more

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• 15/12/2021 05:01

Aero Contractors bags ATQ MRO of the year Award December 13, 2021

For the second time in two years, Nigeria’s oldest private airline, Aero Contractors has again clinched the” MRO of the year award” at the Air Transport Quarterly Magazine Industry Awards which took place in Lagos at the weekend.

The Editorial board and Award Committee of the top flying industry magazine nominated the airline for th… read more