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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged governments to begin careful planning with industry stakeholders to ensure full preparedness when vaccines for COVID-19 are approved and available for distribution. The association also warned of potentially severe capacity constraints in transporting vaccines by air.
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Barely four days after the Federal Government reopened the airspace for international flight services into the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, Delta Air Lines, the only United States carrier that operates into Nigeria has landed at Lagos airport.The airlin… read more
Air Tanzania in recent schedule update filed planned service resumption to India, on board Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. Based on OAG schedules listing as of 06SEP20, as well as the airlines’ booking system, the airline intends to resume Dar es Salaam – Mumbai route as early as 02DEC20.
This route is scheduled 4 time… read more
“We salute Emirates for resuming flights between Cebu and Dubai. This is truly a heartening development, and the Mactan-Cebu International Airport gives our reassurance that we are more ready than ever to safely welcome back our passengers. We are indeed excited to take one more step towards our recovery,” said Atty. Steve Y… read more
The Director of Airports and Aviation Security for the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA), Al-Hajj Eng. Sooma Ayub, reported that Phase 1 of passenger flights to Entebbe International Airport for the next 3 months will begin starting on October 1, 2020 to December 2020.
The Uganda Tourism Board is currently working on an evaluat… read more
Costa Crociere (Costa Cruises), a part of Carnival Corporation & plc, today announced the cancellation of the arrival of its ships for the 2020-2021 season in South America.
All cruises aboard the Costa Fascinosa, Costa Luminosa and Costa Pacifica ships in South America, with embarkations scheduled for th… read more
Zimbabwean government says it has banned mining activities in national parks following an outcry over Hwange.
Harare was criticised left, right and centre for allowing Chinese companies to prospect for coal in Hwange National Park. Coal mining by Chinese nationals in the national park coincided with the death of 12 bab… read more
Asky Airlines since late-August 2020 added Lome – Brazzaville nonstop sector, on board Boeing 737 aircraft. Introduced on 24AUG20, the airline operates Lome – Brazzaville – Kinshasa routing, 3 times weekly.
KP044 LFW1255 – 1715BZV1755 – 1835FIH 737 136
KP045 FIH0805 – 0845BZV0925 – 1125LFW 737 247
Not far from the "Dag Hammerskjöld Crash Site Memorial", but basically on the other side of town, North-East, the new Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport Ndola will be capable of handling one million passengers per annum and expected to have a capacity to handle a million tonnes of cargo yearly.
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With assets exceeding liabilities and an unbroken seven-decade record of grinding out profit, Comair always stood a better chance of emerging from business rescue than its state-owned counterpart.
Even though shareholders such as Allan Gray will walk off with nothing, as they would have if the company was liquidated, th… read more
IATA: Time to prepare for COVID-19 vaccine transport is now
Detla Airlines returns to Lagos from Atlanta
Air Tanzania to resume Mumbai service from Dec 2020 at earliest
Emirates resumes Cebu to Dubai service on August 20
Uganda Set to Open Entebbe International Airport Flights
Costa Crociere suspends 2020-2021 season in South America
Zimbabwean government pressured to cancel mining in National Parks
Asky Airlines adds Lome – Brazzaville sector as of August
Progress: New Ndola Airport
Comair prepares to restart operations
