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Costa Luminosa will tranfer to the Carnival fleet
Carnival Cruise Line announced that Costa Luminosa will join the Carnival fleet in September and will start guest operations as Carnival Luminosa in November 2022 from Brisbane, Australia. The acquisition of Luminosa is an update to the previously announced plans for Carnival to take Costa Magica, which will now remain at Co… read more
Brussels Airlines reopens its routes to Conakry and Ouagadougou
After two years of absence, Brussels Airlines returns to Conakry (the capital of Guinee) and Ouagadougou (the capital of Burkina Faso). Both destinations welcomed a first flight out of Brussels on Saturday 11 June 2022. From now on, the airline will connect Brussels with both capitals three times a week.
“As the Africa expert we are… read more
Air Côte d'Ivoire opens new route to SA
Air Côte d'Ivoire will be launching a new route between Johannesburg and Abidjan, in Côte d'Ivoire. The Johannesburg-Abidjan via Kinshasa route will launch on 29 June 2022. The airline will be introducing four flights per week between Johannesburg and Abidjan. Bookings opened on 1 June 2022.
The new route also offers… read more
Transair extends its West African network and inaugurates Central Africa
The leader in domestic transport in Senegal, Transair is entering a new phase in its international deployment with the opening of three new routes, including Libreville and Brazzaville.
Transair's international network will double from one to more than two as of July 2, 2022. On this date, the Senegalese private carrie… read more
Air Côte d'Ivoire opens a route to Guinea-Bissau
In ten years of existence, Air Côte d'Ivoire has built up a network of 24 destinations, mainly in West Africa. The Ivorian flag carrier continues to consolidate its network with the addition of Bissau.
Air Côte d'Ivoire now serves Guinea-Bissau. The Ivorian public carrier opened this Thursday 2 June 2022 a route between Abidjan and … read more
Goge Africa and Walk For Love Africa launch 'Destination West Africa' project
West African countries have several tourist destinations, which are not sufficiently promoted. Goge Africa television, which specialises in promoting African tourist destinations and culture, and its partner "Walk For Love Africa" have identified these shortcomings and want to remedy them.
To promote tourism, culture and economic activi… read more
A'ibom plans 10 aircraft to expand Ibom Air's fleet
As part of efforts to dominate the air space, the Akwa Ibom State Government has disclosed of plan to add 10 new aircraft to the fleet of the state-owned Ibom Airlines Limited.
The State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, said this during a broadcast to the people of the state yesterday, to mark his seven years in office.
The airline which… read more
Bamako reduces the chances of Air Sahel ever taking to the air
Wanted by the five members of the G5 Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Chad), the project to create the Air Sahel community airline is no longer in a hurry. In the making since 2015, its fate now seems to be in the past. And the recent friction between Bamako and the other members make us fear for its future, which is very sim… read more
Air Peace re-launches Lagos-Abuja-Dubai route with N325,000 Promo Fare
Air Peace has re-launched direct flights from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the promo fare of N325,000 for a return economy flight.
This is as the airline introduced twice-a-week Abuja-Joburg-Abuja… read more
Camair-Co returns to N'Djamena in Chad after 2 years of absence
Last December, Camair-Co restarted its route from Libreville in Gabon, thus beginning the reconstruction of its regional network. From 24 April, the Cameroonian national carrier will also re-launch its N'Djamena route from Douala and Yaoundé.
The route will be operated by Dash8-400 three times a week, on Mondays, Wednesday… read more
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