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Emirates (EK) has announced a further expansion within its route network. This move will take the airline’s network up to 58 cities by mid-August.
Emirates announced it will resume flight to Geneva (from July 15) and Los Angeles(from July 22) in July. The remaining four routes will return to service throughout A… read more
Air Namibia service licence is reinstated.
The statement read: “In an application before the Honourable Justice Tommasi, the Respondents were interdicted from implementing or taking any further action regarding the suspension of the Air Namibia licenses pending a hearing of the matter on 3 August 2020.
“Air Namibia wil… read more
Ethiopian Airlines in the last few days extended interim European schedule to late-September, as of 08JUL20. Planned operation between 01JUL20 and 30SEP20 as follows.
Additional changes remain highly possible, as schedules listed on selected routes remain pending, despite reservation is available.
Addis Ababa – … read more
World airlines have warned the Nigerian government and others across the globe not to levy extra fees and charges on passengers in the COVID-19 era. The airlines, under the aegis of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), said imposing extra cost due to health and safety programmes would raise the cost of flying and further di… read more
Aero Contractors has said that it scheduled to start flight operation on Thursday, July 9, 2020.
The airline said that it chose to resume flight service a day after the official restart date in order to stagger flight schedule to ensure that airport facilities were not stretched beyond COVID-19 protocol guidelines.
The managem… read more
Following the recent re-opening of the airports by the Federal Government, Dana Air has announced the resumption of its flight services on July 9 2020
The airline will operate three daily flights from Lagos to Abuja and back while the date for the addition of Port Harcourt and Owerri will be announced later.
The Chief Operatin… read more
Another page of African aviation is turning. After the financial troubles for South African Airways (technically bankrupt), after the State which will take over Kenya Airways while it was the first African airline to be privatised in 1996, the end seems to be near for 73-year old Air Namibia.
Namibian civil aviation authority suspen… read more
As Governments lift lock-down Measures, Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest airline says it will be resuming service to Dubai further to the ending of the lock-down and its opening for leisure travelers as of July 8, 2020.
The airline said it will resume normal service to Djibouti on the 17th of July as the country’s also announced… read more
Kenya Airways will lay off a significant amount of staff by the end of September. The airline will also reduce its network and assets until it is able to begin scaling up operations.
The airline’s chief executive, Allan Kilavuka, told staff: "A decision has been reached to carry out an organisation-wide rightsizing exercise which … read more