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Airlink has announced that it will launch a mid-morning flight between Johannesburg and East London from 16 March 2020. The key objective of this flight is to provide connections with international and regional flights arriving in the early morning at OR Tambo International.
The flights will depart daily from Johannesburg at 10h10 … read more
Only 7 out of 14 Airbus A380s Lufthansa will fly again
Today, Lufthansa has confirmed that only half of its 14 Airbus A380s will ever fly again once the coronavirus pandemic is over and they will all operate out of Munich Airport, not Frankfurt.
From Lufthansa’s point of view, a distribution to two locations is no longer justifiable “logistically and economically” as the crisis hit the … read more
German Government agrees on a rescue package for Lufthansa
The German government has agreed on the final details of a rescue package for Lufthansa, German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Wednesday.
Lufthansa… read more
Airpeace to downsize, stop inflight service to cut cost…..
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, MD/CEO, of Airpeace airline Mr. Allen Onyema says it will down size its operations when flights resume in the country.
This action he says will affect some of the workforce activities and no inflight service again onboard it domestic flights across its routes network. Speaking … read more
South Africa Puts Aside More Money For Struggling SAA
The South African Government has thrown cash-strapped South African Airways another lifeline. $212 million has been “provisionally” set aside by the government for the airline this current financial year. This comes despite earlier assurances from the government that there would be no more money for the state-owned carrier.
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Angola Picks Lebanese Group Africell as Fourth Telecoms Operator
Angola on Tuesday awarded the licence for its fourth telecoms network to Lebanese group Africell, as sub-Saharan Africa's second-biggest oil producer opens other economic sectors to foreign competition.
Africell is already present in four African countries -- Gambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone and Uganda. Angola had awarded… read more
Delta Air Lines Planning To Add Cape Town To Its Route Map
In a bid to save its South Africa service, Delta Air Lines will be adding Cape Town to its route network. Delta president Glen Hauenstein stated this in a virtual town hall on May 20th for employees. In it, airline executives reaffirmed confidence that the A350 could continue to fly where the 777s used to.
Vertis adds first multi-mission Embraer ERJ145 to Equatorial Guinea
Based in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, the privately owned ERJ145 has a range of some four hours and is strategically positioned to serve increasing demand from customers requiring group passenger transportation or cargo lift within Western and sub-Saharan African regions. The cabin seats up to 50 passengers or holds up to four tonnes of cargo, mak… read more
Comair stands ‘reasonable’ chance of survival
There is a reasonable chance of rescuing Comair Group given its asset base and importance to South Africa’s connectivity, according to the business rescue practitioners who were appointed to the company earlier this month.
Shaun Collyer and Richard Ferguson said that the group was not factually insolvent and has assets of ZAR7.4 b… read more
COVID-19: Middle East and Africa market update
Middle East capacity
Following steep double-digit drops in recent weeks, the rate of capacity decline from and within the Middle East slowed last week (w/c May 11) to 2.7%. In total there were 1 million departure seats in the region’s market, a slight fall of 28,000 seats week-on-week. However, the figure meant that the Middle East’… read more
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