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All aviation eyes are now on the Ugandan authorities, awaiting the decision when scheduled passenger traffic into and out of Uganda will be permitted again. Uganda closed airports and land borders back in March when a number of #COVID19 cases entered the country through mostly Ugandan travelers returning from abroad, who became ill wh… read more
Brussels Airlines ready to relaunch Entebbe flights
SAA returns 17 aircrafts to owners
South African Airways has returned 17 aircraft to lessors so far. This is because the lessors have elected to initiate the termination of the leases, the state-owned airline's business rescue practitioners confirmed on Friday.
The aircraft returned include four A319s; three A340-300s; three A340-600s; five A330-200s and two B737s. T… read more
LAM Mozambique postpones Lisbon service resumption into 3Q20
LAM Mozambique in recent schedule update removed planned service resumption on Maputo – Lisbon route. The airline originally planned to resume this route with leased A330-200 aircraft from 02JUN20. Airlineroute on 22MAY20 reported reservation for this route was available for travel on/after 01AUG20, however this … read more
Nigerian aviation strategies: Immigration plans to eliminate multiple checks at airports
To enhance passenger facilitation across airports in the country, Nigerian aviation agency, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), is strategizing with Nigeria Immigration Service to eliminate multiple checks at various airports in the nation. The two agencies formed a partnership to reduce multiple checks of passengers by various gover… read more
Kilimanjaro International Airport: tour operators build $50,000 lounge
Tour operators in Tanzania have unveiled a pioneer private, state-of-the-art, waiting lounge at Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) as they seek to offer holidaymakers a hassle-free welcome after a stint of COVID-19. Tanzanian authorities have reopened its skies for international passenger flights from June 1, 2020, becoming the first… read more
Tanzania: KaribuKiliFair postponed into 2021
The directors of KARIBU-KILIFAIR regret to inform you that the worldwide development of COVID-19, the necessary safety requirements and the financial impact for the Tourism sector, does not allow us to organize KARIBU-KILIFAIR in September 2020.
Therefore we have postponed KARIBU-KILIFAIR to June 4th – 6th, 2021
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Condor Sep&Oct 2020 Long-Haul operations: CPT, MRU, MBA, ZNZ, WDH
Condor this week filed additional changes to its planned long-haul operation. As of 11JUN20, the airline plans to resume long-haul service from September 2020. Planned operation remains subject to change, pending on various travel restrictions.
Frankfurt – Cancuneff 01SEP202 weekly
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Air France network update - a few flights into Africa
By the end of June, the flight schedule will represent 20% of the capacity usually deployed over this period. Subject to the lifting of travel restrictions, the gradual increase in the number of frequencies and destinations will continue, reaching 35% of the flight schedule initially planned in July and 40% in August.
Air France pla… read more
Are Foreign Airlines' Multiple Entry Points a problem?
Industry expert and CEO of African Aviation Services, Nick Fadugba, has x-rayed the aviation industry in Nigeria and said multiple entry points and frequencies of foreign airlines are commercially disadvantageous to Nigerian airlines and do not achieve fair reciprocity.
Over 85 per cent of air travellers on international destinations are a… read more
Nigeria shock: No Assurance On Flight Resumption On June 21
National Coordinator, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, at the briefing of the PTF in Abuja on Thursday, said the civil aviation regulators would determine the resumption of domestic flights based on their preparedness. The government had in March shut the nation's airports and airspace to contain the spread of COVID-19.… read more
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