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South African Airways says it has taken another important step towards resuming flights, with two leased Airbus A320 passenger aircraft which landed at OR Tambo International Airport on Thursday evening.
The modern aircraft, which were among the planes SAA sent back to lessors, were placed in storage and given six-year mainten… read more
EgyptAir is operated yesterdayy 83 international and domestic flights, carrying 9,862 passengers to many of the world's cities and capitals.
In a statement on Thursday, the national flag carrier said the international flights will head tomorrow to each of Dubai, Baghdad, Lagos, Casablanca, Accra, Tunis, Douala, Doha, Madrid, … read more
Air Tanzania has taken delivery of the last DeHavilland Dash 8 Q400 to be built for the foreseeable future. The program is currently indefinitely suspended as the Canadian manufacturer suffers from decreased demand for its aircraft. The aircraft was ferried to Tanzania in late July.
The DeHavilland Dash 8 Q400 is a vital part… read more
Asky Airlines will re-establish its services to Malabo in Equatorial Guinea on 23 August. This is according to a recent press release from the airline. For the resumption, the Togolese carrier will serve Malabo, initially, once a week on Mondays. The pan-African airline plans to increase the number of frequencies as the restr… read more
On Thursday, Uganda Airlines sent one of its two rare Airbus A330-800neos on a demo flight from Entebbe to Johannesburg, South Africa. The flight is part of the process of securing an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) for the new and rather special widebody aircraft.
The seven-month-old aircraft, registered as 5X-NIL, took off from Entebbe In… read more
Southern Africa is all set to receive its newest carrier: Zambia Airlines. The new flag carrier of its home country will begin operating flights from 30th September, starting with domestic and regional routes. The carrier is backed by Ethiopian Airlines, which took a 45% stake in the startup airline in 2018.
According … read more
The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has placed South African low-cost airline Mango, a subsidiary of … read more
Emirates has increased flights to Johannesburg from daily to 11 weekly flights, with the addition of four linked flights with Durban, and the airline also flies to and from Cape Town with three weekly services. Customers flying in and out of Emirates' three South African gateways can safely connect to an array of onwards connections to Europe, M… read more
Zambia has not had a national airline for 26 years following the liquidation of the defunct Zambia Airways. For the past three years, the landlocked southern African nation has been working to revive its national flag in parallel with the modernisation of its airport infrastructure. By joining forces with the behemoth Ethiopian Airlines, it has set the tone for its ambitions.
The airline carried one million passengers in H1 2021, with an average seat load factor of 24.9%. This represents an average 10% month-on-month growth in passenger volumes since Etihad restarted passenger operations in July 2020.
Network capacity in the first half of 2021 came in at 16.4 billion ASKs, and has grown steadily since the start… read more
SAA one step closer to takeoff with return of two leased planes
Egyptair to operated 83 flights yesterday
Air Tanzania takes delivery of the last new Dash 8 Q-400
Asky Airlines returns to Equatorial Guinea
Uganda Airlines sends its rare A330-800 to South Africa
Airline Startup of the week: Zambia Airlines
South Africa: Mango placed in voluntary business rescue
Emirates boosts connectivity across Africa
Etihad Airways on path to recovery as operations grow
