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SAA to sell nine Airbus A340
Quite often the Airbus A340, having four engines and a lower fuel efficiency, has been made responsible for the finacial problems of the airline. However, after having received the first new planes of the model Airbus A 350, South African Airlines now is on the way to sell nine of their A340 plus some spareparts, as per tender on SAA's we… read more
Qatar Airways new to Accra and Luanda
Operations with daily flights into Accra will start mid of April 2020. Luanda in Angola, 4-time per week, will be served as of 14th of October 2020.
RAM to join oneworld
Royal Air Maroc will join the oneworld® alliance effective 01st of April 2020.
This transaction will make RAM the first first full member on the African continent. This step on the 1st of April follows a 15-month implementation phase ti integrate the airline into the oneworld alliance; RAM's regioanl subsidiary, Royal Air … read more
Air Peace commences Abuja-Warri-Abuja flights
The development of domestic services in Nigeria, the second largest economy on the African continent, continues: Air Peace announced last week the kick-off its Abuja-Warri-Abuja flights as part of the airline's strategy to boost seamless connections to Nigerians. The new services will be offered on a daily basis. Air Peace' … read more
SAA achieved high punctuality ranking
IATA considers all arrivals and departures within a time frame of 15 minutes versus schedule as punctual. As per this benchmark, SAA permormed an OTP of almost 86% across its netwo… read more
Turkish Airlines' next Africa destination: Malabo
Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea is the airlines' latest destination and flights will start into the West African metropole as of February 7th, 2020. These flights int… read more
SAA operated first commercial flight on A350
After some weeks of training, South African Airways operated on its first Airbus A350-900 aircraft the first commercial flight, domestically, on 24 December 2019. The flight lead from Johannisburg to Capetown and bac as SA 323 and SA 336 on the return flight.
The aircraft is one of four new Airbus A350-900 jets in South Afric… read more
The success story of Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines is truly the prototype of the successful airline. The Ethiopian national company inaugurated Sunday, December 15, 2019, two new international routes. One to Houston in the United States, and the other to Athens in Greece.
Adding these services, Ethiopian Airlines has become the No. 5 carrier in the w… read more
Codeshare agreement between American Airlines and Royal Air Maroc
Effective 26th of December 2019, the Codeshare agreement between Royal Air Maroc and American Airlines will give a lot of new options for travellers on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. First, American’s customers will be able to buy Royal Air Maroc flights to Casablanca, Morocco, which will provide seamless connecting service to M… read more
Kenya Airways and BA sign enhanced agreement
Kenya Airways and Bristish Airways have signed a very deep Interline Agreement in order to be able to use both airlines' network beyond theit hubs. That means, i.g., Kenya Airways will be now able to provide a seamless connetions into Scotland via London an British Airways into the hufe African network of Kenya Airways via Nairobi.
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