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Uganda to overhaul old rail network
The 100 years old railway lines in Uganda shall be revamp, as per media in Uganda and the Uganda governement.
Uganda Railways Corporation said the invest will be done in a few stages and the plan is to invest over all USD 267m. In a very first step, the company has received € 21.5m from the European Union (EU). The nexts step… read more
Mauritius Metro Express inaugurated
Last month, the new Metro Express has launched its operations on Mauritius.
In 1964, all railroad facilities had been dismantled on Mauritius island; the railroad was unable to compete with growing indivual traffic. Of course this has changed over the last years and along with increasing demand of public transport and the ong… read more
Air Peace acquired a B737-800 NG
This week, a Boeing 737-80 New generation with the livery of AIR PEACE landed at Lagos Murtala Mohammed International Airport. An airline spokesman has confirmed the acquisition of the 160 seater aircraft offering 16 seats in Business Class and 144 in Economy. The new acquired aircraft would give Air Peace, West and Central Africa’s large… read more
Lufthansa stops serving second hot meal on long distance
Lufthansa is about to change the meal concept on laughaul flights.
As of 28th of November the second warm meal will be replaced by a cold sandwich. Reports from media have been confirmed in the meantime by Lufthansa. The first warm meal, containing the choise of two diferent meals will remain part of the inflight service.
Luft… read more
South African Airways receives its first A350
South African Airways has taken delivery of the first out of four A350-900 aircrafts. The first two A350s to arrive are not brand new – SAA confirmed that they previously flew “with another carrier”, and are nine months old.
The aircraft is not brand-new; SAA gave no statement in regards to the previous owner. However, … read more
Lufthansa reduces bag allowance on Africa flights
As of tomorrow, 7th of November 2019, Lufthansa will reduce the luggage allowance for all its passengers from and to East-, Central- and Westafrica. Instead of two suitcases 23kg each, for all sales of tomorrow there is only one suitecase 23kgs allowed.
Azman to introduce Owerri
Owerri, a city with appx. 540,000 inhabitants in the South East of Nigeria and capital of the Imo state in Nigeria is now part of the network of Azman Air Services Limited.
As of 15th of November, Owerri flights are scheduled four time per week from Lagos as well as from Abuja; the schedule for all flights is almost the same … read more
Air Senegal will operate to Marseilles and Barcelona
As of December 12th, 2019, Air Senegal will operate three weekly flights into its new destinations, Marseilles and Barcelona. The flights will be operated on brand new Airbus A330 neo.
New destinations have been also started within Africa (Lagos and Abuja in Nigeria and Accra in Ghana) and in the United States (New York plus Washington) in… read more
Fastjet to suspend ops in Mozambique
Yesterday, on October 26th, Fastjet Mozambique closed down its operations into Mozambique, which also includes all Code-Share flights with its partner LAM Mozambique Airlines. The suspension comes almost two years after Fastjet Mozambique started operation under a Mozambiquanian AOC.
The competition in Mozambique had increase… read more
Air Austral to order Airbus A220
Last week Airbus has announced that the Réunion based carrier Air Austral has signed an order for the delivery of three Airbus A220-300.
Air Austral will be the first customer of this model in the Indian Ocean Region. With the implementation of the A220 will effect in 20% less fuel consumption and therefore, the airline is ab… read more
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