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• Flights
• 21/05/2020 06:36

COVID-19: Middle East and Africa market update

Middle East capacity

Following steep double-digit drops in recent weeks, the rate of capacity decline from and within the Middle East slowed last week (w/c May 11) to 2.7%. In total there were 1 million departure seats in the region’s market, a slight fall of 28,000 seats week-on-week. However, the figure meant that the Middle East’… read more

• Flights
• 21/05/2020 06:32

Air Djibouti reveals expansion plans

Based at Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport, the airline is a member of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) and it is now aiming for International Air Transport Association (IATA) operational safety audit (IOSA) certification.

The tiny Red Sea coastal country of Djibouti, with a population of fewer than a million, is strategical… read more

• Flights
• 20/05/2020 05:25

Opinion: Time to pull the plug on SAA

South African Airways has been on life support for more than a decade - it is time to pull the plug! Our society cannot afford the luxury of a national airline in the midst of the many legitimate demands on our limited national resources. The Covid-19 pandemic is an opportunity to re-order our priorities and invest our limite… read more

• Flights
• 18/05/2020 20:54

South African Airways Returns Four Airbus A330s To Lessors

Yesterday a post on LinkedIn indicated that four South African Airways A330s were leaving the fleet and returning to the lessor for storage. The four widebodies departed Johannesburg for São Paulo International Airport on May 16th around late-morning and midday (local time). The carrier is in the midst of a … read more

• Flights
• 18/05/2020 20:49

South African government attempts to resurrect bankrupt national airline

Pravin Gordhan, South Africa’s minister for public enterprises, is staking his own credibility and that of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government on the creation of a new airline out of the ashes of the bankrupt national carrier.

Hit by the loss of the country’s … read more

• Flights
• 15/05/2020 06:03

Airlink, SAA agree to transfer ticket revenue, reissue

• Rail
• 14/05/2020 05:31

Dakar freight line rebuild completed

Reconstruction of the metre-gauge freight railway through the suburbs of Dakar has been successfully completed, despite the constraints imposed by new working arrangements to protect against coronavirus.

The electrified 1 435 mm gauge TER express rail link to the capital’s Blaise Diagne International Airport is being built alongs… read more

• Miscellaneous
• Destinations
• 13/05/2020 06:23

Zambia, Tanzania in talks over border closure

Zambia and Tanzania are in talks over public health management amid the coronavirus pandemic, a day after the former shut its joint international border, officials said.

Last Saturday, Zambia recorded as many as 85 virus cases, 76 of which were detected in Nakonde. Chitalu Chilufya, Zambia’ s health minister, said both the countries were p… read more

• Flights
• 13/05/2020 06:20

KQ applies for Sh7 billion emergency State bailout

The Treasury is reviewing the application but has remained non-committal on whether it will of… read more

• Flights
• 09/05/2020 05:00

IBOM AIR’S FLEET EXPANDS WITH THE DELIVERY OF 4TH CRJ 900

Ibom Air has taken delivery of the airline’s fourth Bombardier CRJ 900 aircraft in Lagos.

The aircraft arrived Lagos from Calgary, Canada at 10:48 pm local time, (05 May, 2020) . We are very pleased to receive the first of our two recently purchased Bombardier CRJ 900 aircraft, in line with our fleet expansion strateg… read more