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TAP to add European and North African routes
TAP Air Portugal is expanding its network with the additions of three destinations in Europe and three in North Africa. The six new routes are from Lisbon (LIS) and will be served seasonally from next summer.
In Europe, TAP intends to offer 2X-weekly flights to Ibiza (IBZ) in the Balearic Islands and 1X-weekly to Fuerteventura (FU… read more
Air Partner opens new freight office in South Africa
The expansion follows record growth of the Freight division over the last three years and will be overseen by newly appointed Cargo Sales Manager Fred Du Plessis.
Headquartered in the UK, the new South African sales office marks Air Partner’s first presence on the African continent and is a natural next step in the expansion strategy as th… read more
TAP Air Portugal moves Cancun / Cape Town launch to 2021
TAP Air Portugal in last week’s schedule update revised planned new long-haul network addition. Additional adjustment now sees the removal of planned service to Cancun and Cape Town for Northern winter season, previously scheduled from mid-December 2020 (original launch date was 27OCT20 and 11NOV20 respectively).
Latest adjustme… read more
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi delays service launch to mid-Oct 2020
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi (5W) last week revised planned service launch, as the airline delays planned service by 2 weeks, from 16OCT20 instead of 01OCT20. Latest adjustment as follows.
Abu Dhabi – Athenseff 16OCT203 weekly A321neo (Previous plan: eff 02OCT20)
Abu Dhabi – Borg el Arab (Alexandria)… read more
Union unrest: Arik Air seeks intervention from Ministry of Labour
This is just as the airline states th… read more
Etihad Airways follows Emirates: Morocco flight resumption
Services will begin from Saturday September 19th, and run three times per week. Flight number EY613 will l… read more
Fastjet Zimbabwe flight relaunch dates
Fastjet ZIMBABWE has now confirmed that their domestic flights will commence effective Monday, 21st of September 2020. Flights between Harare and Bulawayo will operate every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, starting 21st of September 2020.
Flights between Harare and Victoria Falls will operate every Thursday and Su… read more
Again unions in Arik Air want the airline to shut down today
This, according to the uni… read more
TAP takes advantage of seasonal expansion opportunities to plan and strengthen its network, taking into account its strategy between Europe and the Americas, as well as Africa. For Summer 2021, the Portuguese airline plans to launch six new routes: Ibiza and Fuerteventura, in Spain; Oujda, in Morocco; Zagreb, in Croatia; and Dje… read more
Etihad denies Air Seychelles requesting debt restructuring
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