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Asky Airlines adds Lome – Brazzaville sector as of August
Asky Airlines since late-August 2020 added Lome – Brazzaville nonstop sector, on board Boeing 737 aircraft. Introduced on 24AUG20, the airline operates Lome – Brazzaville – Kinshasa routing, 3 times weekly.
KP044 LFW1255 – 1715BZV1755 – 1835FIH 737 136
KP045 FIH0805 – 0845BZV0925 – 1125LFW 737 247
Progress: New Ndola Airport
Not far from the "Dag Hammerskjöld Crash Site Memorial", but basically on the other side of town, North-East, the new Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport Ndola will be capable of handling one million passengers per annum and expected to have a capacity to handle a million tonnes of cargo yearly.
Click into SOURCE to see some picture of the actual status.
Comair prepares to restart operations
Even though shareholders such as Allan Gray will walk off with nothing, as they would have if the company was liquidated, th… read more
Status of KQ nationalisation
"We may be within sight of the end"
Sporting a new haircut, Mr. Fain started out by saying he feels "more positive" that the end of this period of no cruises may finally be coming to an end. "Toda… read more
Oman Air back in the air from October 1
Oman will resume international flights from October 1. The decision was announced by the Supreme Committee, under the chair of Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal al-Busaidi, Minister of Interior, according to a report from Oman News Agency.
"Flights will be scheduled according to health data for specific destinations and a… read more
How the cruise experience might change
No more vast buffet meals, sun-tanning shoulder-to-shoulder on the deck or enjoying captain’s dinners with hundreds of other passengers. When cruising finally resumes, from the curb to the cabin to shore and back again, sea life will have to undergo some drastic changes. The cruise industry was hit hard by the global pandemic. Acco… read more
Lufthansa Intercontinental schedule adjustment
Lufthansa today (08SEP20) filed additional changes to its Intercontinental operation for Northern winter 2020/21 season. Latest adjustment focuses on aircraft changes, as the airline removes Boeing 747-400 aircraft from scheduled operation during winter season.
Additional changes to be filed in the next few weeks.
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Fifth Gorilla Birth in Uganda in 6 Weeks
Just when the country thought it had seen the last of the baby boomers for a while, a fifth gorilla birth in Uganda took place when a baby mountain gorilla was born this week in Buhoma located in the northern sector of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in Southwestern Uganda.
The Rushegura gorilla family welcome… read more
World Tourism Day 2020: Global community celebrates “Tourism and Rural Development”
The 2020 edition of World Tourism Day will celebrate the unique role that tourism plays in providing opportunities outside of big cities and preserving cultural and natural heritage all around the world.
Celebrated on 27 September with the theme of “Tourism and Rural Development”, this year’s international day of obser… read more
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