Showing posts with label Emirates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Emirates. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 2, 2013

► KENYA: Astral Aviation outlines B747-400F plans; to codeshare with Emirates SkyCargo on Joburg - Nairobi flights.

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Nairobi-based cargo operator, Astral Aviation (8V), and ANA Aviation Services have announced a new strategic partnership in Africa followin...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

► NIGERIA: Emirates SkyCargo to start Kano flights from early October.

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Emirates (EK) cargo division, Emirates SkyCargo, is set to launch a once weekly dedicated freighter flight from Dubai to the northern Nig...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013

■ DUBAI: Emirates appoints Orhan Abbas as Senior VP for its Southern & Central Africa, Latin American Commercial operations.

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Emirates (EK) has appointed Orhan Abbas its Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, Latin America, Central and Southern Africa. In ...
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

► MAURITIUS: Emirates to deploy A380 to Mauritius from mid December.

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After the successful one-off operation of the jet to Mauritius earlier in the year , Emirates (EK), will from 16DEC13, introduce the Airb...
Thursday, July 4, 2013

► TUNISIA: Tunisair eyes more Italian; sub-Saharan African routes.

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During a recent meeting with Tunisian businessmen based in Italy, Tunisian Ambassador to Italy, Mr Naceur Mestiri, announced that Tunisair ...
Wednesday, July 3, 2013

■ DJIBOUTI: Government looking for partners for planned new USD600million pax/cargo transit hub.

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Djibouti has announced that it is seeking partners to help in building a proposed new USD600million airport situated in a 225 km² area so...
Monday, July 1, 2013

► GUINEA: Emirates to add 4x weekly Conakry from late October.

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Emirates (EK) will from October 27 incorporate a stop in Conakry, Guinea on its 4x weekly Dubai to Dakar, Senegal route. The service curren...
Friday, June 28, 2013

► DUBAI: Emirates to deploy A340 to Lusaka/Harare, 777-300ER to Cape Town from September.

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Emirates (EK) will from 1 September switch the operational aircraft currently deployed on its Dubai to Cape Town and Dubai to Harare via Lu...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

► DUBAI: Emirates outlines African routes to be affected by closure of DXB runway 12L/30R in 2014.

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With Dubai International Airport's Northern runway 12L/30R nearing the end of its designed lifespan and therefore requiring rehabilitat...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

► LIBYA: Emirates resumes Tripoli with 3x weekly flights via Malta from September.

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Emirates (EK) will resume three-weekly passenger flights to Tripoli from September 1, 2013, 30 months after it moved to suspend them in lig...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

■ MOROCCO: Government now mulling possible Gulf carrier tie-up for Royal Air Maroc prior to a privatization bid.

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The future of Royal Air Maroc (AH) is still cloudy though the Moroccan state backed national carrier airline could be party to a strategic ...
Monday, May 6, 2013

► ZIMBABWE: Emirates considers Harare as a potential hub albeit, only "in future".

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Emirates (EK) has considered Harare, Zimbabwe as a site for a potential southern-African hub, the airline's senior vice president for ...
Sunday, March 24, 2013

► ZAMBIA: Refuelling truck rams into Emirates 777 at Lusaka KK International Airport causing "substantial" damage.

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An Emirates (EK) Boeing 777-300ER ( MSN: 37707 | A6-ECP ) operating as flight EK714 from Harare to Dubai via Lusaka, sustained substantial ...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

■ DUBAI: Increase TAAG's flights to Dubai says UAE Foreign Minister.

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The United Arab Emirates wants TAAG Linhas Aéreas de Angola (DT) to boost its flights between Dubai and Luanda claiming that the increas...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

► NIGERIA: Emirates, Turkish Airlines granted rights to Kano; flights to begin by end of March says Princess Stella.

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Turkish Airlines (TK) and Emirates (EK) will commence services to the northern Nigerian city of Kano before month-end according to Nigeri...
Thursday, March 14, 2013

► MAURITIUS: Emirates to Air Mauritius' rescue as two agree to "a closer partnership."

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After being spurned by Air France (AF) who cited a  "lack of means" to commit to any partnership with lonesome Indian Ocean carr...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

► MAURITIUS: (Pics) Emirates A380 lands in Mauritius to mark Independence Day.

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Emirates (EK) today operated a one-off service of its flagship Airbus A380 to Mauritius on the occasion of the island’s 45th anniversary ...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

► ZAMBIA: Emirates looking to start direct Livingstone flights for duration of UNWTO.

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In preparation for the upcoming XXth United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) General Assembly to be held in Victoria Falls in A...
Saturday, February 2, 2013

■ SIERRA LEONE: Government signs $198m deal with China to build new Freetown International Airport.

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Not to be outdone by its neighbour Liberia , the Sierra Leone Government is to move ahead with the first phase in the construction of a n...
Friday, February 1, 2013

■ LIBERIA: LAA rehabilitating Roberts International as Government plans new $163million airport to transform Monrovia into regional hub.

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The Liberian Civil Aviation Authority, under the auspices of the Liberian Airports Authority (LAA), has embarked on the renovation of  Monr...