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Comair in crisis
Things were going well. Comair had an unblemished financial record, its fleet renewal was progressing, it had won legal damages from South African Airways (SAA), was transitioning to a more reliable maintenance provider, and had diversified through a series of acquisitions.
Unfortunately, the tide was about to turn.
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AFRAA launches interactive capacity-sharing portal
AFRAA’s secretary general, Abdérahmane Berthé said: “This platform is a tool to enhance cooperation among AFRAA members with the view to ensuring that African operators provide solutions to African challenges with win-win benefits.
The portal, which has been created under the auspices of the strategic part… read more
KQ nationalisation: Is the the way out?
Downsizing of Kenya Airways operations, which has seen hundreds of employees sent home, has led to a bitter fall-out between management and the company's staff, which continues to play out.
This, even as the airline remains in the process of being nationalised, debate pending in Parliament, a move that is expected to help tur… read more
FAAN: Don't pay to any airport official
Hilton Nairobi to reopen in September
As Tourism activities continue to return to some level of normalcy in Kenya, the Hilton Nairobi CBDis set to reopen to the public in September.
The hotel has been closed since the imposition of curfew by the Kenyan Government from the later part of March 2020. Though the hotel is yet to confirm the exact date for the reopenin… read more
Arik Air: Unions call off August 17 strike
In a notice to all staff dated August 16, 2020, the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and the Air Transport Senior Staf… read more
Proflight Zambia's current schedule
Proflight Zambia has published the actual schedule for its operations as follows:
Emirates: President says there is an urgency for a bailout
Emirates passenger flights now account for approximately half the airline’s daily frequencies but a bailout from owner the Dubai government will be needed “sooner rather than later”, says airline president Tim Clark.
As the Dubai carrier expands operations, daily frequencies are now running at around 230 flights, which… read more
McKinsey: Business Travel will return in phases
When economies around the world shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic, most large corporations instituted sweeping restrictions on travel and set high thresholds for exceptions. By April 2020, … read more
Mauritius: Stranded ship breaks in two
The grounded Japanese ship that leaked tons of oil near protected areas off the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius has split apart, officials said Saturday, with its remaining fuel spreading into the turquoise waters. Photos posted on social media by the official cleanup effort with support of the environment ministry s… read more
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