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FRANCE has been ranked the top international tourist market for Zanzibar in October despite challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.
A report entitled, "Tourism Statistical Release for October 2020", reveals that, visitors from France flock to the country despite the novel virus, as in September this year the… read more
Emirates has added another flight from Dubai to Harare, via Lusaka, taking the total number of flights to three a week.
The extra flight will operate on Fridays, using a Boeing 777-300ER, complementing the Saturday and Monday flights.
Flight EK714 … read more
Local SA airline CemAir aims to secure a stronghold in the mainstream commercial aviation industry by increasing operations by 50%.
The airline is buying three more Airbus A319 aircraft and has applied for approvals to fly to six more destinations in Africa, according to Business Tech. Jets are new to the airline… read more
Shocklogic has been voted ‘Favourite Event Technology Supplier’ at the 2020 Event Technology Awards ceremony held on the 5th of November. The awards celebrate excellence in the events industry by recognising the achievements of companies delivering technology solutions to event planners. The presenters noted that despite lockdown, a recor… read more
DOH-ABV
Carrier: |
Qatar Airways |
Aircraft: |
Boeing 787 Dreamliner |
Frequency: |
3X-weekly |
Start date: |
Nov. 27, 2020 |
Distance: |
5,013 km |
O& D traffic demand (2019): |
969 |
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The terms of the joint venture agreement between Kenya Airways (KQ) and Air France-KLM will no longer apply for a while. The Kenyan national carrier and the Franco-Dutch group, partners of the SkyTeam alliance, have decided to temporarily suspend this joint venture (JV), reveals Aviation Week, in its November 18 release.
"We agreed … read more
For the National Union of Steelworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), the layoffs of 400 Comair workers, are "illegal and unjust". On October 31, the provisional administrators of the private South African company (owner of the company kulula. com) announced that they had concluded a collective agreement with the unions regarding … read more
United Nigeria will take delivery of its first Embraer E145 in the coming days. The aircraft, which arrived on a ferry flight at Shannon Airport (Ireland) on Thursday, November 19, is expected in Lagos, Nigeria by the end of the week. This is the first of a fleet of four Embraer E145s that the company will operate to launch its ope… read more
ASKY received this Thursday, November 19, at the Gnassingbé-Eyadema international airport in Lomé (its hub) a new Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The 14.4-year-old aircraft (msn 30705, ET-ATV) was previously operated by Ethiopian Airlines, its partner airline. It had been operated by Air China between 2006 and 2016.
The … read more
The agreement allows the 34 party nations to conduct aerial reconnaissance over each others’ territory.
On 22 May 2020, the United States submitted notice of withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies. Senate Democrats questioned the legality, wisdom, and appropriateness of the planned withdrawal so close to the 2020 United States pre… read more