Showing posts with label United Kingdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United Kingdom. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

► MOROCCO: Royal Air Maroc to establish Rabat as second local base; eyes five new routes before year end.

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As part of plans to establish Rabat as its second local base after its main hub in Casablanca, Royal Air Maroc (AT) says it will launch twe...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

► SPAIN: Arik Air flight to Heathrow diverts to Mallorca after pregnant passenger suffers severe pains, bleeding.

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Arik Air (W3) flight W3101 from Lagos, Nigeria to London Heathrow, Untied Kingdom, was on Sunday, September 15, forced to divert to Palma M...
Monday, September 16, 2013

► BOTSWANA: Kalahari Airways turns to crowdfunding for 747s to operate London Gatwick flights.

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Kalahari Airways is a Botswana-based startup that intends to offer flights from Cape Town, South Africa to London Gatwick via Gaborone Bo...
Monday, September 9, 2013

► UNITED KINGDOM: British Airways announces further modifications to Entebbe, Cape Town, Tripoli.

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British Airways (BA) has announced further modifications to its African timetable with a doubling of Cape Town frequencies due from October...
Thursday, September 5, 2013

► UNITED KINGDOM: British Airways to axe Lusaka, increase Accra flights from late October.

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British Airways (BA) has outlined its initial Winter 2013/14 schedule with tentative plans to axe its thrice weekly Lusaka, Zambia flights,...
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...
Friday, August 30, 2013

► GAMBIA: Titan Airways leasing Gambia Bird one of its B757-200s.

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British charter specialists, Titan Airways (ZT), says it has been operating one of its two B757-200s ( MSN 29308 | G-POWH ) to Gambian carr...
Monday, August 26, 2013

►► UNITED KINGDOM: Ethiopian Cargo to start weekly ops to East Midlands Airport.

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[UPDATE SEPTEMBER 4] Ethiopian Airlines (ET) freight division, Ethiopian Airlines Cargo, will launch a once weekly dedicated cargo flight ...

► EGYPT: Egyptair outlines further changes to its Winter 2013/14 schedule.

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Further to the last post on the subject , AirlineRoute reports that Egyptair (MS) has unveiled further planned changes & developments t...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

► MALAWI: Air Cargo Malawi Ltd reiterates it is still fully operational despite Air Malawi's winding up.

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Air Cargo Malawi Limited (ACL) has reiterated that it is still business as usual for the freight specialists despite its former parent, A...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

■ EGYPT: Various airlines issue travel advisories, suspend services to Egypt in the wake of ongoing unrest.

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Owing to the precarious political and social situation in Egypt, the following countries and airlines have issued advisories regarding thei...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

► EGYPT: Egyptair outlines initial Winter 2013/14 schedule changes.

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AirlineRoute reports that as per the August 9 GDS timetable/inventory display, Egyptair (MS) has outlined the following changes to its Wint...
Tuesday, August 6, 2013

► TUNISIA: British Airways suspends London Gatwick - Tunis from late October.

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British Airways (BA) has announced that from October 25, it will cease its 3x weekly flights from London Gatwick to Tunis, Tunisia citing a...
Thursday, August 1, 2013

► SOUTH AFRICA: British Airways reduces Johannesburg service from March 2014.

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British Airways (BA) is to tentatively reduce its London Heathrow – Johannesburg operation with effect from 3 March 2014, with overall freq...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

■ UNITED KINGDOM: Government donates airport security equipment to Angola, Kenya.

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The British Government, via its Safe Skies initiative aimed at improving airport security measures in force around the world, has donated...
Friday, July 26, 2013

■ UNITED KINGDOM: Stelios' easyGroup increases its shareholding in fastjet to 5.81%.

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Tanzanian LCC, fastjet (FN), has announced that easyGroup,  the investment vehicle of Mr Stelios Haji-Ioannou has increased its stake in th...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

► SOUTH AFRICA: British Airways starts A380 service to Johannesburg from February 2014.

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British Airways (BA) will, starting 12 February 2014, begin introducing the Airbus A380 aircraft on its London Heathrow – Johannesburg rout...
Monday, July 22, 2013

► UNITED KINGDOM: AAIB releases special bulletin on Ethiopian 787 fire as FAA moves to issue Airworthiness Directive for 787 ELTs.

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The United Kingdom's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB)has issued a special bulletin pertaining to a fire onboard a parked Ethio...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

► ANGOLA: TAAG to serve either London or Paris from June/July 2014 - Carreira.

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TAAG Linhas Aéreas de Angola (DT) will launch flights to either London or Paris CDG during the second half of 2014, the airline's dir...
Monday, July 15, 2013

► UNITED KINGDOM: Fire aboard Ethiopian 787 parked at London Heathrow; carrier to continue 787 ops despite incident.

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An Ethiopian Airlines (ET) Boeing 787-8 ( MSN 34744 | ET-AOP ) has been grounded at London Heathrow airport following an on-board fire whic...