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Kenya Airways resumed domestic flights yesterday with lower fares of Sh4,815 f or a one-way ticket to Mombasa and Kisumu from Nairobi after being grounded since April due to Covid-19 travel restrictions. Travellers took advantage of the reduced fares, nearly half its earlier charges, with the flights recording a 65 percent cabin load … read more
KQ with rock-bottom fares on reopned domestic routes
Nigeria: Domestic airlines risk collapse as load factor declines
Exactly a week after commercial airlines resumed flight services on Lagos-Abuja route, local airlines are struggling to sustain operations and meet cost as load factor hovers around 40 per cent.
The day-one optimism of about 70 per cent traffic across some of the local carriers has waned. Some of the operators c… read more
Kenya SGR Passenger Services Resume
On 13 July Kenya’s SGR resumed passenger services under strict COVID-19 measures. The current maximum seat occupancy is 50% as per government directives. Therefore, the maximum capacity of an economy coach is 59 seats and 36 seats for a first-class coach. Therefore, for the maximum capacity (8 economy and 2 first-class) is currently at 54… read more
The best places to watch chimpanzees in Uganda
Chimpanzees are favorite to both the young and old and when it comes to tracking them its another experience everyone should have a chance to take part of. Uganda has around 5000 Chimpanzees in the wildness a few of them are habituated for viewing. The best places to see chimpanzees are in rain forests and wet savannas where they like… read more
Safarilink resumes domestic flights
Safarilink’s flights to the Kenya coast, to Ukunda and Vipingo, are reportedly fully booked this weekend already, a sign how pent up the demand was by Kenyans to travel again and escape the cold Nairobi weather to the warm and sunny coast.To reassure passengers has Safarilink produced a health and safety video and published added i… read more
Barry Laine explains what he expects from Seychelles’ next President
A marketing man as our next PresidentAmerica is burning with hate and violence as we listen to their plea that the route of all their discontent is racism. I believe racism is the igniter and the root of their problem is years of inequality during which the rich have called the shots. This is also the case in Seychelles but we are remaini… read more
Air Senegal resumes Abidjan service from mid-July 2020
Air Senegal today (17JUL20) is resuming International service, initially operating Dakar – Abidjan route. For the remainder of July 2020, the airline schedules twice weekly flights, on board Airbus A319 aircraft.
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Airlines cancel flights over low patronage, apathy
A number of flights were this week cancelled over low patronage on some of the recently opened routes. Following the early success on the Lagos and Abuja corridors, more airports have resumed operations but without the airlines having flights on the routes. The Guardian learnt that although Kaduna Airport has resumed, it was yet to receiv… read more
Nigeria: Why FG must rescue
The Federal Government’s laidback disposition to the plight of Nigerian flag carriers abroad is suffocating investment and efforts of local operators to have a stake in the competitive international airspace. WOLE OYEBADE writes.
Refusal by the United Kingdom’s government to grant Air Peace airlines a landing permit, t… read more
British Airways Boeing 747s removed with immedeate effect
The latest victim of the coronavirus pandemic is the most iconic aircraft in the British Airways fleet: the Boeing 747.
BA has written to staff to say that the distinctive plane it calls “our Queen of the Skies” will not fly passengers again. The letter says: “We know how many memories of this extra-special aircraft are shared acros… read more
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