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Juba now open for air traffic again
Scheduled passenger flights have resumed from several destinations to Juba International Airport.
Besides Ethiopian Airlines from Addis Ababa are Egypt Air from Cairo and FlyDubai from Dubai back on the route as is Sudan’s Badr Airlines. South Sudan demands from passengers that they undergo a 14 day … read more
Nigeria’s Access Bank acquires Kenyan bank
Nigerian banks have continued to make their foray into East Africa’s financial sectors, with the recent acquisition of Kenya’s Transnational Bank by Access Bank of Nigeria.
According to standardmedia.co.ke, Access is not the first Nigerian bank to get a foothold in Kenya; Guaranty Trust (GT) and UBA already have a presence here. The choice… read more
Nigeria: Eleven Airports so far opened for flights
As at 19th of July, 2020, only 11 airports out of 22 have been opened for domestic flights.The airports owed and operated by government so far opened are the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Murtala Mohammed International Airport,Lagos, Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo, the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano … read more
Rwandair: protocols cause changes to inflight service
Emirates Sep 2020 – Mar 2021 schedule adaptions
Emirates in this past week’s schedule update filed schedule changes between 01SEP20 and 27MAR21, as the airline reduces operational frequencies on various routes.
As of 2215GMT 18JUL20, planned service reduction as follows. Additional network adjustment will be filed in the next few weeks.
Dubai… read more
Pandemic Hits African Tourism
At mid-year, African economies, already battered by the Covid-19 pandemic are now facing a total GDP loss of at least $145.5 billion. With many countries recording an unprecedented surge in the number of infections, and the continent's total cases surpassing the half million mark as per World Health Organisation data, Africa is forecast to suffe… read more
KQ with rock-bottom fares on reopned domestic routes
Nigeria: Domestic airlines risk collapse as load factor declines
Exactly a week after commercial airlines resumed flight services on Lagos-Abuja route, local airlines are struggling to sustain operations and meet cost as load factor hovers around 40 per cent.
The day-one optimism of about 70 per cent traffic across some of the local carriers has waned. Some of the operators c… read more
Kenya SGR Passenger Services Resume
On 13 July Kenya’s SGR resumed passenger services under strict COVID-19 measures. The current maximum seat occupancy is 50% as per government directives. Therefore, the maximum capacity of an economy coach is 59 seats and 36 seats for a first-class coach. Therefore, for the maximum capacity (8 economy and 2 first-class) is currently at 54… read more
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