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Etihad & easyJet sign partnership agreement
Etihad Airways, based in Abu Dhabi, announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with the British low-cost carrier easyJet.
The new partnership, effective with immedeate effect, will enable customers to purchase tickets through the easyJet worldwide website connecting the two carriers’ extensive destination netwo… read more
SAA to sell nine Airbus A340
Quite often the Airbus A340, having four engines and a lower fuel efficiency, has been made responsible for the finacial problems of the airline. However, after having received the first new planes of the model Airbus A 350, South African Airlines now is on the way to sell nine of their A340 plus some spareparts, as per tender on SAA's we… read more
Dana Air eyes more than 30% growth in Q1/2020
Nigera's Dana Air said, they will increase the number of aircraft in their fleet to nine planes and increase the number of flown passengers from 5.4 mio. to 7.2 Mio by the end of first Quarter 2020.
Dana Air is one of Nigeria’s leading airlines with nine aircraft in its fleet and daily flights from Lagos to Abuja, Port Harcourt, Uyo… read more
Azman Air acquires A340-600
In preparation for the Hajj/Umrah season as well as international flights, Azman Air Services has acquired their second wide-boy aircraft, an Airbus A340-600. Another wide-boy plan, an A330 will be returned to the lessor.
The plane, which has been previeiosly used by Etihad in AbuaDhabi and store for almost half a year, arriv… read more
Qatar Airways new to Accra and Luanda
Operations with daily flights into Accra will start mid of April 2020. Luanda in Angola, 4-time per week, will be served as of 14th of October 2020.
RAM to join oneworld
Royal Air Maroc will join the oneworld® alliance effective 01st of April 2020.
This transaction will make RAM the first first full member on the African continent. This step on the 1st of April follows a 15-month implementation phase ti integrate the airline into the oneworld alliance; RAM's regioanl subsidiary, Royal Air … read more
Ethiopian: New destinations in China
Ethiopian Airlines has revealed the airlines’ interest to expand into further destinations within China.
The airline is interested to operate also additionally into Chongqing, Shenzhen and Zhengzhou and consequently, the necessary traffic rights have been requested
Ethiopian Airlines at the moment flies daily passe… read more
Air Peace commences Abuja-Warri-Abuja flights
The development of domestic services in Nigeria, the second largest economy on the African continent, continues: Air Peace announced last week the kick-off its Abuja-Warri-Abuja flights as part of the airline's strategy to boost seamless connections to Nigerians. The new services will be offered on a daily basis. Air Peace' … read more
Hahn Air partners with 40 new airlines in 2020
Hahn AIR has contracted 40 new partners all over the world to use their sales- and ticketing facilities.
17 of the new partners will be using the product HR-169 and hence have entered into an interline agreement with Hahn Air. The remaining 23 carriers are taking advantage of the products H1-Air or X1-Air for airlines that are looki… read more
SAA achieved high punctuality ranking
IATA considers all arrivals and departures within a time frame of 15 minutes versus schedule as punctual. As per this benchmark, SAA permormed an OTP of almost 86% across its netwo… read more
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