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Air Peace to open route to Ibadan
Africa World Airlines opens route to Abijan
Africa World Airlines (AWA) continues to expand its wings in West Africa. The carrier, based in Accra, has announced the opening of a new line to Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire.
As of 14th of February 2020, Africa World Airlines will opera… read more
Eritrean Airlines acquires new airplane
TAAG includes Lagos into network
As of mid of december, 2019, TAAG Angola Airlines will connect the capital of Angola, Luanda with Lagos in Nigeria.
From 16DEC19, this route will be served twice weekly and operated on a Boeing B737-700
Also from Kano to Owerri: Air Peace's expansion
As of 26th of November 2019, Air Peace, West Africa's largest airline, will the launch of domestic flights between Kano and Owerri.
This new service, three times per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays will elimited the need to travel either via Abuja or Lagos in order to reach Owerri from the Noth of Nigeria.
Cabo Verde Airlines opens second flight to Boston
Already this coming december (14th), Cabo Verde Airlines, will start flying twice a week to Boston, on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
This new service can be used for either Americans travelling to the Cabo Verde island or connecting to Africa as well as for customers travelling the western direction. Cabo Verde airlines is recently starting to operate in Lagos, Nigeria.
Additional Embraer E195-E2s for Air Peace
Azman to introduce Owerri
Owerri, a city with appx. 540,000 inhabitants in the South East of Nigeria and capital of the Imo state in Nigeria is now part of the network of Azman Air Services Limited.
As of 15th of November, Owerri flights are scheduled four time per week from Lagos as well as from Abuja; the schedule for all flights is almost the same … read more
Air Senegal will operate to Marseilles and Barcelona
As of December 12th, 2019, Air Senegal will operate three weekly flights into its new destinations, Marseilles and Barcelona. The flights will be operated on brand new Airbus A330 neo.
New destinations have been also started within Africa (Lagos and Abuja in Nigeria and Accra in Ghana) and in the United States (New York plus Washington) in… read more
Air Peace to operate dayly between Lagos and Johannesburg
Ai Peace, one of tha most important carriers in Nigeria, has been granted with traffic rights between Lagos (Nigeria) and Johannesburg in South Africa. The service will start "as soon as possible" and operated on a Air Peace B777.
The serivce has been announce to operate on a daily basis.
Since Arik Air has disconneted … read more
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