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Air Peace announced on Wednesday that its repatriation flight, scheduled to depart from Canada to Lagos on 14th May, has been postponed. The airline said in a statement that some logistic issues had prevented the Canadian government from allowing the flight to be operated. The Nigerian High Commission in Ottawa is in negotiations with the… read more
Zambia reopened its Nakonde border with Tanzania on Friday for cargo after a five-day closure of the key transit point for copper and cobalt exports and fuel imports, but people were still not allowed to cross, a provincial minister told Reuters.
President Edgar Lungu had shut the border on Sunday after the town of Nakonde recorded 76 case… read more
Bestfly, a privatly owned Angolan airline, has taken delivery of its second ATR72-600 aircraft. The aircraft (MSN 1072), rented from ACIA Aero Leasing, was delivered on May 13, 2020 in Toulouse, France.
The Bestfly airline continues to develop its operations in Angola. The reception of its second ATR72-600 should allow to dev… read more
Lufthansa Group airlines will be pulled from the Sabre distribution system from the end of June. The group, which includes Lufthansa, Brussels Airlines and Austrian Airlines, has notified travel agents by email of the termination, which also affects those connected to Abacus, which Sabre bought in 2015.
A statement from Sabre says i… read more
“We’ve invested a lot of energy into these partnerships,” said Jim Carter, American’s Eastern Division vice president for global sales. “It’s these kinds of times when you get to test these partnerships. It’s natural now that we lean on them. The conversations we are having with them are more critical, to make sure we’re listening to where their… read more
Airlink (South Africa) (4Z, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has announced it has reached an agreement with South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) to reissue tickets sold by the flag carrier after December 6, 2019, for travel on Airlink's flights.
Airlink will reissue all tickets under its own stock, using the 749 flight… read more
President EDGAR LUNGU has opened the Victoria falls to the public which was closed due to the outbreak of Covid 19 pandemic. President LUNGU says he wants key sectors of the economy running whilst observing the new normal of following Covid 19 health guidelines.
The President also said government will give incentives to sectors such … read more
Reconstruction of the metre-gauge freight railway through the suburbs of Dakar has been successfully completed, despite the constraints imposed by new working arrangements to protect against coronavirus.
The electrified 1 435 mm gauge TER express rail link to the capital’s Blaise Diagne International Airport is being built alongs… read more
N IGERIA’S Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama has said that henceforth, subsequent evacuations of Nigerian nationals will be carried out by indigenous airlines stating that some flights are already scheduled with Nigerian airlines.This is just as he announced that government will be staggering subsequent repatriations into the cou… read more
Zambia and Tanzania are in talks over public health management amid the coronavirus pandemic, a day after the former shut its joint international border, officials said.
Last Saturday, Zambia recorded as many as 85 virus cases, 76 of which were detected in Nakonde. Chitalu Chilufya, Zambia’ s health minister, said both the countries were p… read more
Canada Blocks Air Peace Repatriation Flight For Nigerians
Zambia reopens border with Tanzania
Angola: Bestfly receives its second ATR72-600
Lufthansa Group to be removed from Sabre as pair fail to reach distribution agreement
Airlink, SAA agree to transfer ticket revenue, reissue
Zambia: President Lungu re-opens Victoria Falls
Dakar freight line rebuild completed
Nigeria will use Nigerian Airlines for evacuations
