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• 30/05/2021 09:26

Southwest Airlines flight attendant loses two teeth after altercation with a passenger

A Southwest Airlines flight attendant lost two teeth on Sunday morning (23 May) after she was hit (attacked) by a passenger. The female passenger didn’t follow standard safety instructions while the aircraft was landing in San Diego, the airline said in a statement.

Upon arrival, the passenger was taken into custody and was arrested for ba… read more

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• 29/05/2021 06:08

Air Peace starts flights to Ilorin

Air Peace has announced the commencement of Ilorin flights from Lagos and Abuja as well an increase in its daily flights to Accra, Ghana

Spokesman of the airline, Stanley Olisa, who disclosed this to journalists, stated that the airline was set to kick off daily Abuja-Ilorin-Abuja and Lagos-Ilorin-Lagos flights on June 17, 20… read more

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• 28/05/2021 05:54

Air Senegal to increase Milan flights to 5 weekly nonstop as of 1st July 2021

Encouraged by high bookings, Air Senegal has officially announced that it shall be further increasing its Milan (Malenspa) bound services from 3 to 5 weekly effective 01st July 2021. It will therefore be the airline that offers the highest number of weekly flights between Italy and Senegal for the summer 2021 season.

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• 28/05/2021 05:29

USA coming closer to Senegal

The announcement that Air Senegal is launching twice-weekly flights between Senegal and the U.S. in September will likely boost Senegal as an attractive destination for U.S. travelers.

Air Senegal will launch U.S. service on Sept. 2, flying from the Senegalese capital of Dakar to JFK with continuing service to Washington Dulles.… read more

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• 27/05/2021 21:24

Emirates voted 'Best Airline Worldwide' for the 8th consecutive year

The wins demonstrate Emirates' strategic approach to continuously improving the onboard and on ground experience, offering a safe customer journey across all touchpoints, leaving no detail behind, while ensuring it meets evolving customer expectations during the mos… read more

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• 27/05/2021 19:57

The Royal Eswatini National Airways Corporation is planning to launch regional operations

The Royal Eswatini National Airways Corporation (RENAC) is planning to launch regional scheduled air services to globally connect the Kingdom of Eswatini. RENAC is expecting to operate commercial flights from November 2021.… read more

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• 27/05/2021 04:52

KLM will fly to Mombasa

After the previously announced expansions in Europe for summer 2021, KLM will also be adding new destinations to its intercontinental network on commencement of its winter schedule (31 October 2021 to 26 March 2022). The new destinations include Mombasa, Orlando, Cancun, Bridgetown, Port of Spain and Phuket.

Mombasa wi… read more

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• 27/05/2021 04:49

Cemair to launch flights between Gqeberha East London & Bloemfontein

South African regional carrier CemAir is set to launch two new routes from Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth).

Effective 06 July 2021, the airline will introduce flights between Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport… read more

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• 27/05/2021 04:41

Malawi Airlines to resume full network operations

The flag carrier airline of Malawi, Malawi Airlines, has announced that it will resume full network operations from mid-June 2021. According to the Nyasa Times, a Malawian online newspaper, the airline's two stakeholders - E… read more

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• 26/05/2021 17:37

Nairobi to London still a no-go

Despite Kenya Airways sending a notice to agents and  customer last week,  informing them of the resumption of the Nairobi-London route from May 22, and opening bookings from that date, it has emerged that  the ban on flights between the two countries has actually been extended by another month and the… read more