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Last week, Ethiopian Airlines announced it will be resuming regular services as lockdown restrictions begin to ease. Africa’s largest airline resumed services to Dubai on July 8th, as the country opened for leisure travelers. The carrier said that other routes would be resuming as countries begin to open their airports.
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South Africa hospitality industry has been hit severely by the lockdown imposed in the country to curtail the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Industry expert believes the sector might not be able to withstand the harsh condition any longer following a sharp decrease in hotel occupancy from 60% to 17% in the last 3 months even as the c… read more
Emirates
has announced it will resume flights to Tehran (from 17 July),
Guangzhou (from 25 July), Addis Ababa (from 1 August), and Oslo (from 4
August), expanding connectivity for customers with these latest cities
rejoining its network across… read more
The Nigerian aviation industry on a monthly basis loses about N30 billion over the continued closure of the international airspace due to the coronavirus pandemic. The losses, borne by the host economy, operating local and international carriers, and sundry service providers, were derived from the $1 billion or N360 billion yearly … read more
As of 15th of July, have Kenya’s leading domestic airlines resumed operations.
Information received indicates that Safarilink’s flights to Ukunda and Vipingo are literally booked to capacity over the coming days already while Jambojet, the Kenya Airways’ subsidiary, has also reported a very encouraging booking trend. Several coastal … read more
Air Senegal from August 2020 is adjusting European service, when the airline resumes scheduled service on International routes. The new adjustment sees Barcelona and Marseille service each served on nonstop terminator basis, instead of 3 weekly triangle routing.
The new nonstop terminator service for both Barcelona and Marseille… read more
Pressure has continued to mount on the Federal Government to lift the ban on international flights less than a week after the reopening of airports for national flights. But the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the apex aviation regulatory agency, insists the time is not ripe to resume international operations, even as it stated … read more
Senegal has opened its air space with new rules, Air Transport Ministry announced. To leave Senegal by plane, the Ministry of Air Transport presented a health protocol with main measures such as: keep a distance and wear a mask until one reaches his/her destination.
To enter Senegal this time, a Covid-19 screening test is cur… read more
The last few months have been tough on all airlines, and some may never recover at all. However, for Ghana-based Africa World Airlines, the pandemic was just another challenge to overcome. Here’s the story of West Africa’s ambitious airline, and how it’s using the crisis to come back even stronger.
The HNA-owned Africa World Airl… read more
Qatar Airways is delighted to be the first international airline to resume flights to the Maldives, with the first daily service touching down at Velana International Airport earlier this morning, marked with a water cannon salute. With the airline’s network never falling below 30 destinations throughout this crisis, Qatar Airways continu… read more
Ethiopian Reveals Post Lockdown Resumption Of Service
South Africa hotel occupancy dropped to 17% in four months
Emirates resumes flights to Addis Ababa
Nigeria loses N30 billion monthly to international airspace closure
Fly540 resumes operations across extended domestic network
Air Senegal European network changes
Nigeria: Govt Under Pressure to Lift Ban On International Flights
Senegal Opens Airspace With Restrictions
Africa World Airlines make the best out of COVID
Qatar Airways back to Addis & Djibouti
