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Tewolde Gebremariam, the CEO of the Ethiopian Airlines Group, last week said in an interview that the airline will remain profitable, a much lower profit of course no doubt due to the global circumstances, and attributed the success to a very good first half of the airline’s financial year and continued cargo and passenger flight operations.… read more
Ethiopian Airlines expected to declare a profit
Kenya to reopen its airspace despite increasing Covid-19 cases
Kenya is set to reopen its airspace for domestic flights, allow religious gatherings and inter-county tourism and travel in a bid to salvage its battered economy, even as the number of Covid-19 infections continue to rise sharply.
President Uhuru Kenyatta promised to review the months-long Covid-19 lockdown measures that are suppose… read more
Rwanda: Passenger flights to resume on August 1st
Scheduled passenger flights to the Kigali International Airport are set to resume from August 1. The Country’s Ministry of Infrastructure confirms in a press statement issued today July 4. The statement said, crews, staff and airport operations are expected to adhere to guidelines developed by the Ministry of Health and r… read more
Air Madagascar: Only cargo and repatriation flights
Deprived of revenue since the suspension of its commercial operations on March 20, Air Madagascar is looking for alternatives. This Thursday, July 2, 2020, the Malagasy national company announced the launch of cargo flights from Madagascar, and to destinations in the Indian Ocean and Africa. These are operated by Boeing 737-800 or ATR, with … read more
Air Burkina: 3.5 bln FCFA state support
Air Burkina should soon receive financial aid from the Burkinabè state. According to the finance bill amending the 2020 finance law, sent by the Minister of Economy, Finance and Development, Lassané Kabore, to President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, dated June 15, 2020, it is planned an allocation of 3.5 billion cfa francs ($ 6,003,347) to the… read more
Nairobi Stock Exchange stops trading Kenya Airways
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) on Friday suspended the trading of Kenya Airways shares due to an impending government buyout.
According to, africa.cgtn.com, the NSE said in a statement that the national carrier’s operational and corporate restructuring is now imminent following the publication of the National Managemen… read more
Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767 Returns Abnormally To Bangkok
An Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767-200 was forced to return to Bangkok after receiving an abnormal engine indication notice on July 1st, shutting an engine down mid-flight. Registration number Z-WPF was performing a repatriation flight from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) to Islamabad International Airport (ISB).
According to The Aviat… read more
Brussels Airlines struggles with long haul destination rollout due to continued destination lockdown
Brussels Airlines launched its flight schedule for September and October, offering more destinations and extra frequencies on both leisure and corporate routes. During these months, the Belgian airline will operate 45% of its normal schedule with 27 aircraft. Due to ongoing travel restrictions in destination countries like the US and acro… read more
Somalia to Restart Domestic Flights
Domestic flights in Somalia are set to resume on 5th July, in line with the partial easing of lockdown restrictions in parts of the country.
The Somali cabinet has outlined the measures it has adopted to offer a "healthy and comfortable travel experience" in compliance with directives from the Ministry of Health.
The me… read more
Lufthansa July – October 2020 Inter-continental actual operations
Lufthansa this week filed revised Inter-continental operation for the remainder of summer 2020 season, until 24OCT20. Between 01JUL20 and 24OCT20, the Star Alliance carrier plans to operate following routes.
Various travel restriction will impact the airline’s passenger traffic rights, as well as planned operation.
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