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Qatar Airways adds Abuja: A route analysis
| 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 |
Kenya Airways temporarily suspends its joint venture with Air France-KLM
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
NUMSA sues plan to cut 400 jobs at Comair
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 takes delivery of 1st of four Embraer 145s expected, December 2020 for star
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
A 4th Boeing 737-800 inreases ASKY fleet to 10 aircraft
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
United States withdraws from Open Skies treaty
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
Domestic Tourism Picks Up in Etosha
Despite the negative impacts stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic, domestic tourism has been reported to have picked up with more locals visiting the Etosha National Park compared to international tourists.
Etosha is one of the largest national parks in Africa, one of the oldest, and is considered as Namibia's flagship tourist destin… read more
Qatar Airways celebrates 15 years on Doha to Nairobi route
Qatar Airways has now marked 15-years of operation on the Nairobi-Doha route.
The airline which is one of the few global airlines that never stopped operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, currently operates double-daily flights between Nairobi and Doha serviced by its modern fuel-efficient Boeing 787 Dreamliner, featuring 2… read more
Still no economic visibility for Air Mauritius
At this stage, “it remains difficult to estimate the restructuring costs (given the stage of the discussions with the stakeholders), which need to be included in the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2020 and the subsequent quarterly results that comply with the fundamental accounting principles”.
The subsequent events may… read more
Brussels Airlines introduces rapid Covid-19 tests on some flights
At Brussels Airlines, there was a first test flight with rapid coronavirus tests on Friday 20 November.
Passengers and crew on flight SN3157 leaving Brussels Airport at 09:30 to Milan Malpensa were asked to have a rapid test taken at the Brussels Airport test centre managed by Ecolog before departure. They were only allowed t… read more
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