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• 18/02/2021 11:57

Why Is Kenya Airways Adapting Aircrafts to Hold Cargo?

Thanks to Valentines Day, Kenya Airways increased cargo capacity after its rival, Ethiopian Airlines, was allowed to deploy more freighters to help carry Kenyan flowers to Europe.

The Kenyan airline adapted a passenger Boeing 787 Dreamliner to start carrying cargo, and help meet more flower orders. The conversion and increase… read more

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• 18/02/2021 11:55

Gulf Air and Etihad Airways announce strategic commercial cooperation

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, have signed a Strategic Commercial Cooperation Agreement (SCCA) to deepen their partnership between Bahrain and Abu Dhabi and beyond the respective hubs.

The wide-ranging SCCA, subject … read more

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• 18/02/2021 05:21

Qatar Airways expands further into South Africa

Middle-Eastern airline Qatar Airways has announced plans to expand its flight operations in South Africa.

The group said that by March 2021 it plans to operate 28 weekly flights from the country, including:

• Cape Town will see an increase to 7 weekly flights;
• Durban will see an increase to 3 weekly flights;

• Flights
• 17/02/2021 19:53

Airlink: Flights between Johannesburg Nosy Be (Madagascar) remain suspended

South African privately-owned regional carrier Airlink has announced the further suspension of its service between OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg and Fascene Airport (NOS) on the is… read more

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• 17/02/2021 19:52

Afrijet restarts regional operations

Afrijet announced Tuesday, February 16, the resumption of its regional flights. This decision follows new measures taken a day earlier by the Gabonese government, which stipulate that "international flights operated by national companies are set at 02 frequencies per week, per destination and per company".

From its base… read more

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• 17/02/2021 19:44

FAAN removes Azman aircraft reopens Runway 18R for operations

THE Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has reopened Runway 18R/36L following the removal of Azman Air’s Boeing 737-500 aircraft with registration 5N SYS, and flight number ZQ2325 which was grounded in the middle of the Runway causing airlines to cancel flights.

Aircraft was said to be moved in the early hours of the morning, open… read more

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• 17/02/2021 07:14

EK suspends passenger flights to MEL

It’s been about three weeks since Emiratesresumed its suspended service to Australia.  However, it looks like the Middle Eastern carrier will be re-suspending its flights to Melbourne for the next month and a ha… read more

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• 16/02/2021 20:47

Uganda Airlines selects Geven premium economy seats for A330-800NEO

“We are excited about the delivery of the A330-800neo which strengthens our fleet capabilities and introduces the desired comfort standards for our long-haul operations. We are proud of our beautifully equipped plane which features a three class layout, including a fully lie-flat business class” said Cornwell Muleya, CEO of Uganda Airlines.

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• 16/02/2021 20:47

United Nigeria begins commercial operations

Two weeks after securing an air operator’s certificate(AOC), United Nigeria has begun commercial operations.

The carrier, which is based at Enugu Akanu Ibiam International (ENU) and has a fleet of four Embraer ERJ145 aircraft, operated its first flights on Feb. 12, with the inaugural… read more

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• 16/02/2021 20:46

Not wearing A mask could cost you $7,000 on FlySafair

Airlines have cracked down on anti-mask behavior in different ways and with varying levels of regulatory support. In South Africa, low-cost carrier FlySafair is upping the ante. Failure to comply with the airline’s face mask requirements could end up costing passengers up to R100 000 (approximately $7,000).

If a traveler on b… read more