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To optimize its operational costs, TAAG - Linhas Aéreas de Angola has initiated a plan to renew its fleet by opting for turboprop engines.
In 2019, the company ordered six Dash 8-400s.
The process of renewing the TAAG - Linhas Aéreas de Angola fleet continues. The Angolan national company took delivery on Monday, Jan… read more
Airlink is increasingly positioning itself as the main airline in Southern Africa.
In addition to densifying its existing routes, the private South African company is opening of new routes.
On March 3, Airlink will inaugurate a direct line between Cape Town and Harare. From that date, the private South African compan… read more
Carnival Cruise Line released plans for additional ship deployments as it continues to refine its phased in approach to a return to guest operations for 2021, resulting in some ship-specific cruise cancellations and movements. Those plans include:
Related to already-announced dry dock plans for Carnival Magic, Carnival Paradise and … read more
Delta Air Lines is planning to bring hundreds of its pilots back by this summer as the airline seeks to position itself for a rebound in travel demand.
Delta’s pilots avoided furloughs last year after the union agreed to reduced pay an… read more
Namibia's Road Authority (RA) has announced that according to the findings of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Competitive R… read more
Qatar Airways expands African network. Image: Qatar Airways. Image: Qatar Airways
The destinations are:
- Alexandria (two weekly flights resumed 25 January)
- Cairo (up to 16 weekly flights resumed 18 January)
- Cape Town (increasing to five weekly flights from 1 February)
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Come February when Air Peace expects the return of all it’s aircraft out for maintenance, the airline has announced connections to more cities as part of its expansion drive with intent to resume previously suspended ones.
The new routes to be launched this February 2021 are: Enugu-Kano-Enugu, En… read more
Zambian high commissioner to South Africa Jackson Miti has called for increased innovation within Zambia’s tourism sector to ensure the survival of the industry amid the debilitating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in that country. Miti made the remarks at the Zambian High Commission in Pretoria.
It was necessary to … read more
Africa's largest airline and Ethiopia's flag carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, and privately owned South African regional airline CemAir… read more
Cameroon's national carrier has commissioned a new Dash8-400. The airplane (msn 4105), owned by the South African private carrier Cemair, has been deployed for almost a week on the domestic network which includes 5 routes: Douala, Yaoundé, Ngaoundéré, Garoua, Maroua.
Operated under a wet-lease contract(ren… read more
TAAG - Linhas Aéreas de Angola receives its third Dash 8-400
Airölines will operate between CPT and HRE
Carnival Cruise Line releases additional plans on its fleet deployment
Delta plans to bring back 400 pilots, signaling optimism about future air travel
Namibia has the best roads in Africa!
Qatar Airways expands African network
Expansion: Air Peace interconnects multiple domestic routes, resumes suspended routes
Zambian diplomat says innovation could save tourism after Covid-19
Ethiopian Airlines and CemAir have signed an interline agreement
Camair-Co leases a Dash8-400, prepares to acquire two more
