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Air Zimbabwe's B767 back in the air
The Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767-200ER stuck in Bangkok to undergo an engine change is now back in service collecting stranded South Africans and Zimbabweans to bring them back home. The plane, under charter to Maple Aviation Limited, flew first to Kuala Lumpur after being certified as flight-worthy before flying across the South China … read more
Ugandan Airline's first maiden flight to West Africa for evacuation
East African carrier, Uganda Airlines made its first flight into West Africa in an operation which saw the carrier evacuating over 50 of the country’s nationals stranded in the region due to the coronavirus pandemic and global travel restrictions. According to softpower.ug, Ugandan music icon, Eddy Kenzo and a group of over 50 Ugan… read more
TAP Portugal plans restart
TAP Air Portugal has outlined operational restart plans in an aim to replenish 40% of its normal pre-COVID-19 operations by September. From next month, the airline will resume operations to 66 destinations, with it increasing to 76 in September. August will offer close to 500 round-trip flights per week, with Septembe… read more
Emirates will return to Nairobi
Emirates has announced it will resume flights to Nairobi (from 2 August), Baghdad and Basra (from 10 August), expanding its growing network, and offering customers around the world more convenient connections to Dubai, and via Dubai.
This will take the airline’s passenger network to 67 destinations in August, including seven … read more
St Helena: Titan Airways prepares for first B757 flight
A very special aircraft is gearing up to land at the infamous Saint Helena Airport. Titan Airways will be flying a Boeing 757 to the airport this week. This will be the airport’s first Boeing 757 arrival and the largest passenger jet to ever land at the airport. The plane will operate a repatriation flight.
Saint Helena A… read more
Major International Airlines Announce Plans to Resume Operations in Nairobi
A host of international airlines are set to resume operations in and out of Nairobi in August, four months after Kenya suspended all flights to combat the spread of COVID-19.
British Airways says it will operate 4 weekly flights, being on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Qatar Airways will also res… read more
South Africa’s Comair in problems to raise funds
South Africa based Comair is in a perilous situation after its business rescue practitioners failed to convince lenders to throw more money into the restructuring process of the aviation company, which operates Kulula and British Airways flights in SA.
The business rescue process of Comair is on the ropes as the… read more
Air Burkina flight resumption yesterday
Lesotho: Mohahlaula Airlines starts ops with charter flights
Had it not been for the Coronavirus pandemic, Mohahlaula Airlines would have launched scheduled flights in April 2020, which obtained its air carrier license on February 24. Slowed in its momentum by travel restrictions imposed due to the health crisis, Lesotho's new private company has been offering charter flights in… read more
UAE airlines flydubai and Emirates near merger, says Emirates COO
There seems to be a tightening working relationship between United Arab Emirates top-flight carriers flydubai and Emirates which may lead to a merger. This was disclosed by the Chief Commercial Officer of Emirates, Adnan Kazim, in a recent statement.
“flydubai is an important supportive element for Emirates, and the ai… read more
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