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Dakar freight line rebuild completed
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
Nigeria will use Nigerian Airlines for evacuations
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
KQ applies for Sh7 billion emergency State bailout
The Treasury is reviewing the application but has remained non-committal on whether it will of… read more
Air France Implements More Safety Measures
As airlines around the world begin to gradually resume passenger services, Air France has introduced further safety measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. As from 11 May 2020, Air France will implement temperature checks on departure from all its flights. These systematic checks will be carried out with contactless infrared the… read more
Lufthansa Group airlines to take off again with 160 aircraft
Starting in June, Lufthansa, Eurowings and SWISS will be offering monthly restart schedules to significantly more destinations in Germany and Europe than in the past few weeks. The repatriation schedules will thus end on 31 May.
A total of 80 aircraft will be reactivated with the "June timetable". This means that a total of 106 dest… read more
Abu Dhabi Airports explained how they have improved
We found a very interesting youtube video with which the Airports of Abu Dhabi have produced. The video shows what the administration has done to be operational also during VOVID-19. Does this display the way of travel in the newar future?
Best wishes for a calm sundy from the travelnews.africa editor team.
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IBOM AIR’S FLEET EXPANDS WITH THE DELIVERY OF 4TH CRJ 900
Ibom Air has taken delivery of the airline’s fourth Bombardier CRJ 900 aircraft in Lagos.
The aircraft arrived Lagos from Calgary, Canada at 10:48 pm local time, (05 May, 2020) . We are very pleased to receive the first of our two recently purchased Bombardier CRJ 900 aircraft, in line with our fleet expansion strateg… read more
IATA calls on Nigerian Government to support aviation
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for aviation-specific financial relief measures from the government of Nigeria to address the severe impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the air transport sector. Air transport has ground to a halt in efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19. Along with the direct impact on jobs and com… read more
Air Mauritius: Resumption of commercial cargo flights
Air Mauritius has resumed commercial cargo operations to and from some designated destinations.
After a first flight to Paris, on Friday 01 May, a second one is planned for next Friday, 08 May. As from next week, Air Mauritius is considering twice weekly commercial cargo flights on the Paris route. Cargo services will be adapte… read more
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