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President Uhuru says Kenya Airways (KQ) will resume operations in a
few days. Uhuru, who spoke on Friday during a virtual conference
sponsored by US-based Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), noted that the
government will first allow the national airline to resume domestic
flights.
The government will later set a date fo… read more
During the pandemic, Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest airline, was the go-to airline for essential travel, repatriation flights and airlift of medical and personal protective equipment (PPE). With the easing of travel restrictions across the globe, Ethiopian is pleased to announce that it’s happy to welcome back business and leisure t… read more
On Friday, De Havilland Aircraft of Canada delivered the first of six Dash 8-400 aircraft to TAAG Angola Airlines (TAAG). This initial delivery to the state-owned Angolan airline is part of an agreement announced at the 2019 Paris Air Show.
WIthin a press release seen by Simple Flying, TAAG chairman and CEO Rui Carreira said … read more
MSC Cruises has downsized its Dubai cruise program for the 2020/21 Middle East cruise season, with just one ship homeporting in the Arabian Gulf, but its two-ship plans for South Africa remain in place. Instead of sending MSC Seaview and MSC Lirica to Dubai for the winter season between November, 2020 and March, 2021, MSC Cr… read more
Air Namibia owes a lot of money in maintenance fees. It’s inability to pay means its A319 aircrafts are grounded until the airline can pay thousands of dollars in outstanding maintenance fees. One aircraft, the V5-ANK, has been stranded in Larnaca, Cyprus since January. Two other aircrafts, V5-ANN and V5-ANM, are sitting at Johannesburg’s… read more
“Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, the Mauritian national carrier wishes to give itself the necessary breathing space and set the conducive conditions for restructuring opportunities in order to stay afloat,” the administrators said. “At the outset, it is important to highlight that Air Mauritius has not filed for bankruptcy. Our objectives as … read more
Emirates will be offering scheduled flights for passengers from 7 additional cities in July. These include Khartoum (from 03 July), Amman (from 05 July), Osaka (from 07 July), Narita (from 08 July), Athens (from 15 July), Larnaca (from 15 July) and Rome (15 July). This takes the total number of destinations that Emirates is offerin… read more
Hyundai Rotem has begun delivery of 256 metro cars ordered for Cairo Line 3 which is being extended to run 45·5 km east–west across the city and serve the international airport.
The 433bn won order was placed by the National Authority for Tunnel in February 2017 using a financial package developed by the South Korean governme… read more
Information has been received that the first of two Airbus A330-800 aircraft, ordered by the Ugandan government for national airline Uganda Airlines, has now entered the assembly phase in Toulouse, one of the main Airbus plants in Europe.
The two aircraft are due for delivery later this year and will join a fleet of four CRJ90… read more
Again, Ghana‘s leading carrier, Africa World Airlines (AWA), has increased domestic flight operations from Accra to Takoradi effective July 4th, 2020.
The carrier said the new flights will operate on Saturday mornings and will supplement AWA’s existing flights on Mondays and Thursdays, offering more options for both business and lei… read more
Kenya Airways to restart domestic commercial aviation as President Uhuru gives green light
Ethiopian Airlines with emphasis on wellness
First Dash 8-400 Aircraft deliverd to TAAG Angola
MSC Cruises scales back 2020/21 Dubai cruise season, South Africa unaffected
Air Namibia Faces Liquidity Problems
Air Mauritius: Administrators Faces Headwinds in Rescuing
In July, Emirates restarts passenger flights to 7 more destinations
Cairo metro Line 3 trains delivered
Uganda Airlines very first Airbus A330-800 enters assembly
AWA increases domestic flight to Takoradi
