Showing posts with label Harare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harare. Show all posts
Monday, September 30, 2013

► BOTSWANA: Kalahari Airways eyes flights to New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong via its Gaborone hub.

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Denis Coghlan, the chief executive officer of the ambitious Botswana-based startup, Kalahari Airways, has outlined his longterm vision for ...
Thursday, September 12, 2013

► ETHIOPIA: Ethiopian outlines initial Winter 2013/14 timetable; to start Singapore from mid December.

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Ethiopian Airlines (ET) has outlined its initial changes to its timetable in time for the Northern Winter 2013/14 season.  According to A...
Tuesday, September 3, 2013

► ZIMBABWE: Air Zimbabwe eyes Zambia, Malawi, Durban flights; still gung-ho on London Gatwick in November.

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Air Zimbabwe (UM) is planning to roll out more regional and international destinations with effect from October/November onwards as the air...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

► MALAWI: Zimbabwe, Malawi sign revised Bilateral Air Services Agreement.

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Malawi and Zimbabwe have announced the signing of a revised Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) that will see greater flexibility and...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

► NAMIBIA: Air Namibia ERJ135s to undergo maintenance in August; adjusts timetable accordingly.

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Air Namibia has announced that owing to mandatory maintenance checks on its fleet of four Embraer ERJ135s, effective August 12-31 the follo...
Monday, August 12, 2013

► ZAMBIA: Proflight mulls expansion into Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, the DRC and Zimbabwe.

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With the recent launch of its first regional flights to Lilongwe, Malawi, Proflight Zambia (P0) is mulling adding three further internatio...
Thursday, August 1, 2013

► KENYA: Saudia Cargo relaunches its Nairobi hub; adds 23 new African destinations via interline deals.

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Saudi Airlines cargo division, Saudia Cargo (SV), has announced the re-launch of its Nairobi, Kenya hub along with the expansion of its net...
Monday, July 29, 2013

► ZIMBABWE: Lufthansa not coming back to Harare any time soon: Dünhaupt

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German carrier, Lufthansa (LH), will not be returning to the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, any time soon,  group communications director fo...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

► ZIMBABWE: SA Express adds fourth weekly Durban - Harare flight from early August.

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Effective August 4, SA Express (XZ) plans to increase its frequency on its Durban - Harare route to four weekly flights. The additional fl...
Monday, July 15, 2013

■ ZIMBABWE: CAAZ looking for $400mln to upgrade Harare International to cope with future traffic growth.

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The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) will need USD400million overall to proceed with plans to expand Harare International Airpor...
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

► MALAWI: Malawi Airlines to launch with a B737-800, Q400; outlines planned network.

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Malawi Airlines, successor to the now defunct Air Malawi Ltd , has outlined its planned initial route network and its fleet, which has now ...
Friday, July 5, 2013

► SOUTH AFRICA: DoT grants fastjet Foreign Operators Permit paving way for Dar - Joburg; no mention of Kigali or Lusaka (yet).

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Following on from its previous announcement , fastjet (FN) says it has been issued a Foreign Operator Permit from the South African Departm...
Tuesday, July 2, 2013

► ZIMBABWE: Air Zimbabwe mulling either the A330/777 for future long haul ops.

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Air Zimbabwe (UM) is reportedly mulling leasing either the Airbus A330 or the Boeing 777 as a long haul replacement for its ageing pair of ...
Monday, July 1, 2013

► RWANDA: Rwandair still eyes 17+ aircraft by 2015 with plans to further boost African coverage this year.

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On the occasion of his airline taking delivery of its second B737-700 ( MSN 30726 | 9XR-WK ) on Friday 28 June, RwandAir's (WB) maveric...
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

► UNITED KINGDOM: Air Zimbabwe pushes back London flights to November as 767s await refurbishment.

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Air Zimbabwe (UM) says direct Harare - London Gatwick flights, originally meant to launch from July 1 but now removed from the GDS, will n...
Monday, June 24, 2013

■ ZIMBABWE: Air Zimbabwe readmitted to IATA after passing its IOSA.

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Air Zimbabwe (UM) has reportedly been readmitted to the International Air Travel Association's International Operational Safety Audit (...
Monday, June 10, 2013

■ TANZANIA: Precision Air announces operational review; Harare flights to begin "shortly".

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Tanzanian operator, Precision Air (PW), has announced it is in the process of reviewing its operational 5-year plan as part of its expansio...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013

■ ZIMBABWE: Air Zimbabwe sends 600 employees on forced leave in bid to cut wage bill.

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Air Zimbabwe (UM) has embarked on a staff rationalization project to trim down its bloated workforce from 1020 down to roughly 300 as part ...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

► ZIMBABWE: First Embraer ERJ135 deployed into active service for Air Zimbabwe.

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Fresh from the recent arrival and deployment into active service of its Airbus A320-200 ( MCN 630 | Z-WPM ) on its Harare - Johannesburg ...