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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
Cabo Verde Airlines opens second flight to Boston
Already this coming december (14th), Cabo Verde Airlines, will start flying twice a week to Boston, on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
This new service can be used for either Americans travelling to the Cabo Verde island or connecting to Africa as well as for customers travelling the western direction. Cabo Verde airlines is recently starting to operate in Lagos, Nigeria.
Air Senegal flies to Cap Skirring
Air Senegal introduces from mid-November 2019 a new domestic route, as the Airlines is going to operate the sector Dakar – Cap Skirring. As of 15th of November, Air Senegal will operate with an ATR72 aircraft this route twice weekly on Fridays and Sundays.
Cap Skirring is located … read more
RIU Zanzibar opens refurbished
RIU Hotels & Resorts re-opend the newly refurbished hotel Riu Palace Zanzibar. The hotel is located in the far north of Unguja, which is the main island of the Zanzibar archipelago. The Riu Palace Zanzibar is less than one hour drive located from the airport and the capital, Zanzibar City.
RIU bought Riu Palace Zanzibar last year and w… read more
Turkish Airlines changes ops to Madagascar and Mauritius
Turkish Airlines has already changed since late October 2019 ist operations to Madagascar, as the airline reduces its Istanbul – Mauritius – Antananarivo service.
Since 19OCT19, this routing is reduced from 5 to 3 weekly, on board Airbus A330-300 aircraft. The airline had operated in last European winter 2018/19 this routi… read more
Air Zimbabwe cannot fly to South Africa anymore
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has confirmed it will not service planes of Air Zimbabwe any longer at any of its nine Airports in South Africa. ACSA confirmed that this decision had to be taken due to open debts. However, the amount has not been mentioned.
ACSA says it informed Air Zimbabwe in writing that it would not be allowed to … read more
South African Airways to cut almost 20% of labour
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