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Burkina Faso restricts social media
Cutting off social media access is a common practice in African countries, especially during elections, protests, demonstrations, or exams. The researchers revealed that at least 32 countries in Africa have blocked or heavily restricted social media access since 2015.
According to Net… read more
Air Senegal to take first Airbus A220s in 2023
During the Dubai Air Show in the UAE on Tuesday, it was announced that one of West Africa’s youngest carriers would take five Airbus A220-300s under a new lease agreement. Deliveries of the increasingly popular little jet to Air Senegal are set to commence in 2023. However, this is three less of the aircraft than the airline had or… read more
Will France derail West Africa’s common currency?
An unprecedented Africa-France summit took place at the beginning of October in Montpellier, France.
For the first time since these summits began in 1973, no African heads of state were invited. Instead, French President Emmanuel Macron held discussions with students, entrepreneurs, artists, and athletes.
The purpose of t… read more
Aircraft underutlisation affects airlines' profitability
Chinedu Eze writes that due to infrastructural, environmental and managerial factors, Nigerian airlines underutilise their aircraft, which has negative impact on their profitability. Pilots and engineers agree that a Boeing B737 can be operated about 16 hours a day.
In Nigeria, most aircraft on scheduled commercial service barely operate f… read more
Air France discovers Banjul for the first time, returns to Cape Town
On Monday 1 November, Air France i naugurated its new seasonal route between Paris and Banjul with an extension to Bamako in Mali. The route will now be operated every day of the week except Thursday and Saturday. On this route, the French flag will deploy its Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, which can accommodate 40 passengers in Busine… read more
Emirates returns to Algeria after more than a year's absence
From November 9, Emirates Airlines will resume its services to Algeria. This is what emerges from a press release of the Emirati company dated Monday, November 1st.
From this date, the carrier will offer two weekly rotations - Tuesdays and Thursdays - between Dubai and Algiers, a corridor where it will align its 777 fleet. Return… read more
Air Senegal increases its flights to the US for the winter season
On 2 September, Air Senegal inaugurated the route to the United States (Dakar-New York-Baltimore Washington), its eighth international route opened in 2021. In fact, the Senegalese flag has come to fill a void left by South African Airways and put an end to the monopoly of the American carrier Delta Air Lines.
Air Senegal will of… read more
An updated list of countries South African travellers can visit
South Africans who are planning to explore this summer season have plenty of travel options. As
countries get into grips with the pandemic and implement swift
vaccination programmes, more travellers have the opportunity to explore
the world once more.
Of course, some destinations may only accept fully vaccinated travellers, wit… read more
Binter Canarias returns to Marrakech, intensifies Dakar
With currently three destinations on the African continent, Binter intends to strengthen its connectivity to Morocco and Senegal.
From 5 December, Binter will reopen its route between the Canary Islands and Marrakech in Morocco after several months of suspension due to the health crisis. In a press release pu… read more
Africa’s fastest-growing economies in 2022: Forecasts for Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and more
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released its World Economic Outlook Database for October 2021 that features the organisation’s projected gross domestic product (GDP) growth for countries across the world. Here is how African economies are expected to perform over the coming two years, ranked according to anticipated growth in 2022… read more
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