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• 09/08/2021 06:24

Qatar Airways inaugurates Lusaka and Harare

Qatar Airways currently serves some 20 African cities. Since the start of the health crisis last year, the Qatari national airline has opened four new routes in Africa, Abidjan being the most recent. The airline is now expanding into the southern part of the continent.

Qatar Airways inaugurated its new Doha-Lusaka-Harare route… read more

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• 09/08/2021 06:19

Johannesburg: Air Mauritius returns in October, British Airways increases flights

Air Mauritius has announced the resumption of its flights to Johannesburg. From October 1, the Mauritian national airline will offer a weekly non-stop rotation to the South African megalopolis.

Initially, the route will be operated every Friday, without competition, by Airbus A330-900neo. Flight MK851 will depart Sir Seewo… read more

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• 09/08/2021 06:13

Air Peace chooses Douala in Cameroon as its first destination in Central Africa

Today, Air Peace is the leading local carrier in Nigeria, both in terms of number of aircraft and cities served. Supported by the renewal of its fleet, the private company continues to grow its African and international network.

"Soon in the sky of Douala (Cameroon)". With this teaser, Air Peace has announced the imminent … read more

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• 09/08/2021 06:08

Air Senegal’s Airbus A220 order: everything we know so far

In November 2019, Airbus announced that African carrier Air Senegal had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for eight A220-300 aircraft. At the time, the airline’s CEO, Mr Ibrahima Kane, said that the jets would contribute to developing the airline’s long-haul network to Europe as well as its regional network in Africa. With nearly two ye… read more

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• 09/08/2021 06:07

Royal Air Maroc adds 5 Airbus A321 on long-term ACMI contract

Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is betting heavily on the 2021 summer season to regain its financial health after a catastrophic previous year.  For this summer, the Moroccan flagship has decided to beef up its offer to its favourite markets in Europe. By chartering additional capacity, it hopes to support its strategy.

• Flights
• 09/08/2021 06:07

Despite B737 Max Aircraft crashes, Air Peace will maintain orders

Mr. Allen Onyema, Chairman of Air Peace, in this interview with OLUSEGUN KOIKI, speaks on the B737 Max aircraft the airline ordered for, the impact of COVID-19 on the aviation industry, and the 18 Left runway of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos, among others. Excerpts:

Few years ago, you made some orders for aircraft and, j… read more

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• 07/08/2021 07:14

New AOC sees prospects brighten at South African Airways

South African Airways has taken a step towards flying again. The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has handed the strife-torn airline a fresh air operators certificate (AOC). South African Airways is eyeing resuming domestic flights in September and rebooting some international services in November.

“This is an importan… read more

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• 07/08/2021 07:12

Airlink to resume flights between Johannesburg and Nampula

South African privately-owned regional carrier Airlink is set to resume direct flights between OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg and Nampula Airport (APL) in … read more

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• 07/08/2021 07:11

British Airways to increase flights to South Africa

The flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, British Airways, has announced that it will increase its service between Heathrow Airport (LHR) in London and OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in … read more

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• 06/08/2021 07:07

Emirates suspends Nigeria flights 24 hours ahead of planned resumption

Emirates' flights to and from Nigeria will remain suspended until 15 August 2021, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier has said foreclosing resumption of flights between the two countries by today (Thursday, August 5) as earlier announced.

This is coming 24 hours before it resumed flight operations for the route after a series of halts.… read more