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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
■ SOMALIA: Favori LLC takes over Aden Adde Int'l as Minister repudiates leaked UN letter as a "hoax".
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Labels:
Favori LLC,
Mogadishu,
SKA Logistics,
Somalia,
Somalia Government,
Turkey
► SPAIN: Arik Air flight to Heathrow diverts to Mallorca after pregnant passenger suffers severe pains, bleeding.
![Arik Air logo Arik Air](http://i.imgur.com/L9njr.png)
Labels:
747,
Arik Air,
British Airways,
Diversion,
Incident,
Johannesburg,
Lagos,
London Heathrow,
Nigeria,
South Africa,
United Kingdom
► TANZANIA: Auric Air announces new Njombe flights while Flightlink goes double daily to Mtwara.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEHRmQaIjRLzUheKJ9zoHSCXhtroNRp-iiR4Z3Ud9-4SyIG-fsoEa9BCXOFRsQIJZKg94mlqprmkECUIPxxUm3jjovoXbAOIo4sYFtk39m9ybnfC_-sSIzPjRuVHse0FEKwi6mNA-gOI/s1600/AuricAir127.png)
Labels:
Auric Air,
Dar es Salaam,
Flightlink,
Launch,
Mtwara,
Njombe,
Route,
Tanzania
► FLEET UPDATE BULLETIN: Overland Airways, Aero, Blue Bird Aviation (Kenya), Swazi Airlink
The following is a fleet update bulletin for aircraft that are in use,
have been in use or will be in use for these listed airlines: Overland Airways, Aero, Blue Bird Aviation (Kenya), Swazi Airlink.
■ TANZANIA: Everett Aviation secures chopper contract with Norway's Statoil.
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Labels:
Dar es Salaam,
Everett Aviation,
Helicopter,
Norway,
Statoil
► ETHIOPIA: National Airways now eyeing a pair of ERJ135s for its fleet.
![National Airways Ethiopia National Airways logo](http://i.imgur.com/2LTHT.png)
Labels:
Embraer,
Equipment,
ERJ 135,
Ethiopia,
National Airways
► MOZAMBIQUE: Qatar Airways granted rights to Johannesburg - Maputo from late October.
![Qatar Airways logo Qatar Airways](http://i.imgur.com/4qk13.png)
Labels:
5th Freedom,
Doha,
Johannesburg,
Maputo,
Mozambique,
Qatar,
Qatar Airways,
South Africa
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
■ SOUTH AFRICA: Comair, SkyWise launch legal bid to block FlySafair's launch.
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■ SOUTH AFRICA: New $41mln Somerset East mini-Aerotropolis to be completed next year.
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► MALAWI: Ulendo Airlink starts scheduled Lilongwe - Blantyre flights.
![Ulendo Airlink Ulendo Airlink logo](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3edV41kXvUXZDkleXErXJcZlJG4sVDp7nTRn_n5NLf02EYQ_H8hpWSv9944rfWSFHSjRwHSXIajCWCnU-JAL0ZFKq8UY3z6y3jzZuqorrb5RMI4BQKYhYW2iRma5xvrF3ifNfI9OC4j4/s1600/UlendoAirlink127.png)
Labels:
Blantyre,
Lilongwe,
Malawi,
Ulendo Airlink
■ GHANA: Mahama axes entire board of Ghana Airports Co. Ltd; new appointees due shortly.
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Labels:
Accra,
Ghana,
Ghana Airports Company Limited,
Ghana Government
► TANZANIA: Proflight Zambia to start Dar es Salaam from late October; plans to boost Lilongwe from November.
![Proflight Zambia logo Proflight Zambia](http://i.imgur.com/IaJPx.png)
Labels:
Dar es Salaam,
Launch,
Lilongwe,
Lusaka,
Malawi,
Proflight Zambia,
Route,
Zambia
► BRAZIL: Arik Air now eyes a November launch for São Paulo flights; in talks with Embraer over possible deal for 15 jets.
![Arik Air logo Arik Air](http://i.imgur.com/L9njr.png)
■ SOMALIA: Ethiopian suspends Hargeisa, Berbera flights over impasse with Somaliland government.
Ethiopian Airlines (ET) has suspended its services to the Somalian towns of Berbera and Hargeisa owing to sub-standard infrastructure. Flights between Addis Ababa and the capital of Somaliland, Hargeisa, were only recently resumed after significant upgrade works to the airport's infrastructure. However, it has since emerged that the quality of work done to runway 06/24 has allegedly proven substandard resulting in Ethiopian suspending its flights.
Monday, September 16, 2013
► GABON: Royal Air Maroc, Libreville to resurrect Air Gabon International venture?
![Royal Air Maroc logo Royal Air Maroc RAM](http://i.imgur.com/RC3Ym.png)
► MAYOTTE: Air Austral, CCIM, Ylang Invest move to formally create Ewa Air.
![Mayotte Mayotte flag](http://i.imgur.com/NfE01KV.png?1?4333)
Labels:
Air Austral,
Anjouan,
Comoros,
Dar es Salaam,
Dzaoudzi,
Ewa Airlines,
LAM Mozambique,
Mayotte,
Moroni,
Mozambique,
Partnership,
Pemba,
Route,
Tanzania
■ HONG KONG: Cathay Pacific eyeing Nigeria, Algeria as part of African expansion plans.
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► BOTSWANA: Kalahari Airways turns to crowdfunding for 747s to operate London Gatwick flights.
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Labels:
747,
Botswana,
Cape Town,
Crowdfunding,
Gaborone,
Kalahari Airways,
London Gatwick,
Qantas,
Route,
South Africa,
United Kingdom
■ GHANA: GCAA freezes issuance of domestic operator licences in response to Antrak's, Starbow's threats to pull out.
![GCAA logo GCAA](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFcXLlN0TKI3vFr5-AnkkSx9mvG8zIVlGtxo1QZF6CzEOrtPo-B9dduo0LclD88WyXtq_1COQkgxmZpmdxpU7awGg7mgZFUJcxSA3kQwaHRuPXDQrRs0VwW6wSn-6C9CkJ9PO29iWrJc/s1600/GCAA.png)
■ CAMEROON: Biya appoints Frederic Mbotto new Camair-Co boss; Edouard Mfoumou new chairman.
Cameroon's president, Paul Biya, has officially appointed Mr Frédéric Mbotto Obounou the new Managing Director/CEO of the country's national carrier, Camair-Co (QC), and Mr Edouard Akame Mfoumou as the Chairman of the airline's board of directors with effect from September 11.
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