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Turkish Airlines' next Africa destination: Malabo
Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea is the airlines' latest destination and flights will start into the West African metropole as of February 7th, 2020. These flights int… read more
SAA operated first commercial flight on A350
After some weeks of training, South African Airways operated on its first Airbus A350-900 aircraft the first commercial flight, domestically, on 24 December 2019. The flight lead from Johannisburg to Capetown and bac as SA 323 and SA 336 on the return flight.
The aircraft is one of four new Airbus A350-900 jets in South Afric… read more
The success story of Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines is truly the prototype of the successful airline. The Ethiopian national company inaugurated Sunday, December 15, 2019, two new international routes. One to Houston in the United States, and the other to Athens in Greece.
Adding these services, Ethiopian Airlines has become the No. 5 carrier in the w… read more
Codeshare agreement between American Airlines and Royal Air Maroc
Effective 26th of December 2019, the Codeshare agreement between Royal Air Maroc and American Airlines will give a lot of new options for travellers on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. First, American’s customers will be able to buy Royal Air Maroc flights to Casablanca, Morocco, which will provide seamless connecting service to M… read more
Kenya Airways and BA sign enhanced agreement
Kenya Airways and Bristish Airways have signed a very deep Interline Agreement in order to be able to use both airlines' network beyond theit hubs. That means, i.g., Kenya Airways will be now able to provide a seamless connetions into Scotland via London an British Airways into the hufe African network of Kenya Airways via Nairobi.
Visa on Arrival for all Africans in Nigeria
The NIS (Nigeria Immigration Service) stated the Federal Government had approved that all Africans could come to Nigeria without Visa effective January 2020. This statement followed another statemont of Nigeras President Buhari. Buhari had attended the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development in Africa, held in Egypt.
During this … read more
Air Seychelles receives secon A320neo
ASKY brings in a new B737-800
National Airline for Benin?
Benin is fuelling the project to create its national airline. This is revealed by Hervé Hêhomey, Benin's Minister of Infrastructure and Transport last Saturday, December 7, 2019. "Providing Benin's civil aviation with an international airline is the main guarantee to connect Benin more to the rest of the world," he said, on the sidelines of the … read more
Anantara Tozeur Resort in Tunisia
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