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Cameroonian Camair-Co is in talks with Ukraine International Airlines to ACMI lease a B737 as a bridge until the African carrier acquires two B737 NG in the medium term.
Camair-Co to receive anorher B737?
Airlink to resume additional domestic routes
South African carrier Airlink has announced additional routes restoration, starting from 06JUL20. Additional 6 routes will be restored, on board Embraer ERJ135/145 aircraft.
Cape Town – Bloemfontein 6 weekly
Cape Town – Port Elizabeth 3 weekly
Johannesburg – Bloemfontein … read more
ProFlight Zambia July & August 2020 operations
ProFlight Zambia in mid-July 2020 plans to resume Lusaka – Livingstone service, on board Jetstream J41 aircraft. From 15JUL20, the airline will operate this route 3 times weekly. Prior to 15JUL20, the airline will operate extra flight during Heroes’ Day and Unity Day long weekend, on 04JUL20 and 07JUL20.
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Brussels airlines actaul timetable
brussels airlines in the last few weeks filed additional changes to its planned Inter-Continental operation. Previously scheduled to resume from July, the Star Alliance carrier’s to Africa and North America service resumption is now delayed to August 2020.
During the month of July, the airline is displaying selected limited-time… read more
Hundreds of Elephants Die Mysteriously
Hundreds of elephants have been found dead in Botswana's Okavango Delta. Poaching has been ruled out as the tusks had not been removed. Wildlife specialists have described the die-off as a "conservation disaster".
Botswana in southern Africa has the world's largest elephant population, estimated to be around 130,000.
"We have … read more
Nigeria: No Time Frame For Train Service Resumption
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Thursday said the rail station would implement COVID-19 protocol, similar to the airports before resumption of train service in order to tackle COVID-19 pandemic. The PTF Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu, while reacting to the question of the time frame for train resumption, said the stations would open… read more
Ghana’s Ministry of Tourism expands National Steering Committee on “Beyond The Return”
Ghana’s Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Barbara Oteng-Gyasi has expanded the National Steering Committee on “Beyond The Return” launched on 27th May, 2020.
According to a press release by the ministry, it said the expansion is to bring on board additional subject matter experts to aid the committee in it works.
New membe… read more
QatarAirways relaunches 11 destinations in a single day
Qatar Airways continues to lead the global recovery of the aviation industry, relaunching 11 more destinations today, its largest single day of restarts, in what Qatar Airways has dubbed ‘Take-off Wednesday’. By mid-July, the airline’s network will expand to over 430 weekly flights to more than 65 destinations with the addition of flights to… read more
Africa World Airlines with 362 flights airlifted over 9,631 passengers in June 2020
Despite the many challenges involved with flight operations during a global pandemic, Ghana leading carrier, Africa World Airlines, (AWA) has revealed that the airline operated 362 scheduled flights in the country airlifting over 9,631 passengers in the month of June.
The carrier said it operated 100% of its scheduled flights in the… read more
Eurowings back to Mauritius
Eurowings in the last few days updated long-haul service, where the airline schedules flights to Mauritius and Windhoek, for the remainder of Northern summer 2020 season. Planned operation includes the following, although it may be impacted by travel restrictions.
Frankfurt – Mauritiuseff 02OCT20 3 weekl… read more
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