Flights

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• 11/05/2021 13:32

Cape Town-Singapore direct will resume

Singapore Airlines’ direct non-stop flights from Cape Town to Singapore will resume on July 1.

SQ482 will operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays, departing from Cape Town at 12h45 and arriving in Singapore at 06h10 the next morning. The return flight operates on the same days, departing from Singapore at 01h30 and arriving… read more

• Flights
• 11/05/2021 07:53

Seychelles reaches deal with Etihad to take full ownership of Air Seychelles

Seychelles on Thursday announced it had reached a deal to take full ownership of its national airline, Air Seychelles, following talks with Etihad Airways in which the UAE-based airline agreed to relinquish the 40-percent stake it holds at a steep discount, officials said.

The Secretary of State in the Ministry of Fin… read more

• Flights
• 10/05/2021 15:27

Resumption of scheduled flights in July?

After officially exiting its lengthy business rescue process on 30 April, SAA has indicated it aims to resume scheduled flights from the beginning of July. According to the document seen by Fin24, the now liquid and solvent national carrier plans to take flight within the next two months. The document indicates that the airline … read more

• Flights
• 10/05/2021 15:27

SWISS plans restructuring in response to structural market change

In view of the continuing global coronavirus pandemic and the resulting structural changes in its markets, SWISS has concluded that a restructuring of the company now seems unavoidable. In the medium-term future, the company expects to see a structural decline of 20 per cent in overall demand. In response to this, the SWISS aircraft fleet should… read more

• Flights
• 09/05/2021 06:20

Kenya Airways interlines with Airlink

Kenya Airways is teaming up with South Africa’s Airlink in the form of an interline agreement. This agreement will allow for a combination of Kenya Airways/Airlink itineraries, allowing passengers from one airline to connect to additional destinations on the other carrier’s network.

“These new routes will positively impact th… read more

• Flights
• 08/05/2021 06:18

RwandAir resumes services to Lusaka

Its services to Harare and Cape Town will resume on May 14, 2021, with two weekly flights on Fridays and Sundays.

• Flights
• 08/05/2021 06:17

Air Tanzania cancels flights to Mumbai

AIR Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) has cancelled flights to Mumbai due to the rise of Covid-19 cases in India. The decision came a day after Engineer Matindi announced that ATCL is set to flights to China's Guangzhou twice a month starting this Saturday.

The national carrier was prompted to postpone flights to the China's city afte… read more

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• Conservation & Wildlife
• 08/05/2021 06:13

Airlink to launch direct flights between Cape Town Skukuza in Kruger National Park

South African privately-owned regional carrier Airlink is set to launch direct flights between Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in Cape Town and Skukuza Airport (SZK), the only commercial airport in … read more

• Flights
• 08/05/2021 06:12

Azman Air cleared to resume 737 flights

^{The NCAA said: “We have reviewed the corrective action plans that were developed and implemented to address the non-compliance and non-conformances identified by the audit and found them satisfactory. In view of the above, the authority hereby lifts the suspension of Parts A3 and D43 of the operations specifications issued to Azman Air with}… read more

• Flights
• 07/05/2021 06:46

Private investors to raise USD 250m for formation of new national carrier

At least a total sum of USD 250 million would be raised by private investors to start a new national carrier for Nigeria, Sen. Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation has said.

The minister also said that the Federal Government’s investment in the new national carrier would not exceed 5 per cent.

These were contained in a docume… read more