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Oman Air Oct 2020 operations
Oman Air in October plans to resume scheduled passenger service, with first flight scheduled on 01OCT20. As of 09SEP20, planned operation for the period of 01OCT20 – 24OCT20 as follows.
Additional changes remain likely.
Muscat – Cairo 2 weekly 737-800/-900
Muscat – Delhi 2 weekly 73… read more
Ethiopian Airlines NW20 European network changes as of 09SEP20
Ethiopian Airlines this week filed service changes for Europe, effective from 25OCT20. Following planned operation for Northern winter 2020/21 season is scheduled to be maintained in Northern summer 2021 season, subject to market condition.
Latest adjustment as of 09SEP20 as follows. Additional changes remain likely.
A… read more
Ethiopian Airlines China operations as of 09SEP20
Ethiopian Airlines in this week’s schedule update filed changes to its Mainland China service during the month of November 2020. As of 09SEP20, the Star Alliance carrier plans to operate following service between 01OCT20 and 30NOV20.
Additional changes remain highly possible.
Addis Ababa – Chengdu 1 wee… read more
Zambia Airways obtains its air operator certificate
Zambia Airways takes one more step towards starting operations. The future national company obtained its air operator certificate (CTA) on September 9. The announcement was made by Minister of Transport and Communications, Mutotwe Kafwaya.
“The establishment of the national airline and the investments made by the government i… read more
3 of the shortest International flight routes in the World are in Africa
The shortest international flights in the world have been revealed by aviation analytics firm OAG after crunching the numbers from 2019’s flight schedules. Despite crossing country borders, many of these flights are unbelievably short, with six of the 10 shortest coming in at under 60 nautical miles long! Although these figures are based … read more
Fastjet announces their return to the skies
Emirates adds Moscow to its growing flight network
Emirates will re-start passenger services to Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME) with two flights a week, starting 11 September. The resumption of flights to Moscow will take the airline’s expanding network in Europe to 26 cities – offering Emirates’ global customers with more travel options to Europe, and customers in Russia wi… read more
United Airlines adding new nonstop flights to Africa
United Airlines today announced plans to expand its global route network with new nonstop service to Africa, India and Hawaii. With these new routes, United will offer more nonstop service to India and South Africa than any other U.S. carrier and remains the largest carrier between the U.S. mainland and Hawaii.
Starting this … read more
Detla Airlines returns to Lagos from Atlanta
The airlin… read more
Air Tanzania to resume Mumbai service from Dec 2020 at earliest
Air Tanzania in recent schedule update filed planned service resumption to India, on board Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. Based on OAG schedules listing as of 06SEP20, as well as the airlines’ booking system, the airline intends to resume Dar es Salaam – Mumbai route as early as 02DEC20.
This route is scheduled 4 time… read more
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