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Emirates’ Airbus A380 returns to Moscow Domodedovo
Due to strong passenger demand, Emirates has announced the return of its A380 service to Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME), starting 18 September.
Emirates has announced it will resume its A380 service to Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME) – serving market demand and offering customers more travel options. The airline resum… read more
TAAG restarts domestic flights from mid-Sep 2020
TAAG Angola yesterday resumed scheduled domestic service, initially operating one weekly flight each on 5 routes. Planned operation from 14SEP20 as follows.
Luanda – Cabinda 1 weekly on Mondays
Luanda – Catumbela 1 weekly on Fridays
Luanda – Huambo 1 weekly on Thursdays… read more
Kenya Airways resumes flights to Accra and Freetown
Kenya Airways said it will resume commercial passenger flights to Ghana and Sierra Leone on September 16 and to Liberia on September 17. The flag carrier said in an advertisement in the Daily Nation newspaper that it will fly four times a week to Accra and twice weekly to Freetown and Monrovia.
In West Africa, the… read more
Air China back to Johannesburg from late-August 2020
Air China last month resumed service to South Africa, operating with Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. From 19AUG20 to 30SEP20, the Star Alliance carrier operates once weekly Beijing Capital – Shenzhen – Johannesburg route. Schedule on/after 01OCT20 remains pending, as schedule listing displays 3 weekly flights.
CA867 PEK… read more
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
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