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SAA in business rescue
The Board of SAA (South African Airways), supported by the governement of South Africa has decided to place the SAA into business rescue. A press statement says, this would be "the optimal mechanism to restore confidence in SAA and to safeguard the good assets of SAA and help to restructure and reposition the entity into one that is stronger,… read more
SAA to merge with Ethiopian?
Johari Rotana hotel opens in Dar es Salaam
Soft openeing has just started for the newly built Johari Rotana hotel located in Dar es Salaam, the first hotel of the Rotana Group in East Africa.
253 rooms, which include 60 fully-serviced apartments, are located in DAR's central business district, located at the MNF square. The five-star-property offers facilities on 15 floors, but sta… read more
Flight Centre stops selling SAA
Flight Centre Travel Group, the international travel agency, has stopped selling tickets in SAA South African Airways as per media report on businesslive.co.za. Reason for this was that a travel insurance company said, it would no longer cover SAA tickets against insolvency.
Ethiopian fleet reaches 120 aircrafts
Last week, two more brand-new aircrafts reached the Ethiopian Airlines' home base Addis Abeba:
120. That's now the size of Ethiopians Airlines fleet, making it the largest all over Africa. With the arrival of another Boeing B787-9 and the 27th De Havilland Q400 last week, the fleet grew to 120 airplanes, having an average fleet age now of 6.4 years.
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.
SAA's Hong Kong flights suspended
Relaunch of Ghana's National Carrier
Brussels Airlines: more routes with Premium Economy
As of 13th of January, 2020, the Premium Economy Class will be availbale on the flights to Banjul, Conakry and Dakar. 1st of February the routes tp Douala and Yaounde will be also operated with aircr… read more
Russian wagons for Railways of Zimbabwe
National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has agreed with United Wagon Co. (UWC) to deliver 100 open wagons. They are about to be delivered within the next 12 months after NRZ has finalised an export loan with the assistance of UWC.
The 1 067 mm gauge wagons will be used for cross-border shipments of coal, chrome ore and bagged grains, underlini… read more
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