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Buyout of Kenya Airways Investors?
Johari Rotana hotel opens in Dar es Salaam
Soft openeing has just started for the newly built Johari Rotana hotel located in Dar es Salaam, the first hotel of the Rotana Group in East Africa.
253 rooms, which include 60 fully-serviced apartments, are located in DAR's central business district, located at the MNF square. The five-star-property offers facilities on 15 floors, but sta… read more
Flight Centre stops selling SAA
Flight Centre Travel Group, the international travel agency, has stopped selling tickets in SAA South African Airways as per media report on businesslive.co.za. Reason for this was that a travel insurance company said, it would no longer cover SAA tickets against insolvency.
Air India back in Kenya after 10 years
Ten years of absence have ended last week: Air India operated its first scheduled flight into Nairobi. Coming from Mumbai, the aircraft carried 100 passengers on board.
Flights will operate now four (4) flights per week and is willing, as per customer demand, to increase the frequency. Of course Air India is connecting Kenya through their … read more
Third carrier on the Kigali to Nairobi route
TAAG includes Lagos into network
As of mid of december, 2019, TAAG Angola Airlines will connect the capital of Angola, Luanda with Lagos in Nigeria.
From 16DEC19, this route will be served twice weekly and operated on a Boeing B737-700
Ethiopian fleet reaches 120 aircrafts
Last week, two more brand-new aircrafts reached the Ethiopian Airlines' home base Addis Abeba:
120. That's now the size of Ethiopians Airlines fleet, making it the largest all over Africa. With the arrival of another Boeing B787-9 and the 27th De Havilland Q400 last week, the fleet grew to 120 airplanes, having an average fleet age now of 6.4 years.
Egyptair changes for Douala & N'Djamena
From December 2019 EGYPTAIR (MS) will modify its services to Douala and N’Djamena.
The airline’s existing Cairo – N’Djamena – Douala service, operated on Airbus A320, will be reduced from three to two per week as of 08th of December 2019. However, the same moment Egyptair will additionally offer the new Cairo – Douala – N’Dja… read more
Also from Kano to Owerri: Air Peace's expansion
As of 26th of November 2019, Air Peace, West Africa's largest airline, will the launch of domestic flights between Kano and Owerri.
This new service, three times per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays will elimited the need to travel either via Abuja or Lagos in order to reach Owerri from the Noth of Nigeria.
Ethiopian Airlines resumes ops to Athens
After 20 years of absence, ET Ethiopian Airlines will resume flights between Addis Ababa and Athens in Greece effective 13th December 2019.
Athens will be the 20th European destination of Ethiopian Airways. The airlines' destinations now sum-up to 126.
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