Monday, September 2, 2013
■ ETHIOPIA: More 787s for Ethiopian as Tewolde announces profits for FY2012/13 hit $140mln.
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Despite the airliner's initial teething problems initial teeth problems and the grounding of one of its five B787-8s, ( MSN 34744 | ...
Sunday, September 1, 2013
■■ MAURITIUS: New Terminal 2 at SSR International Airport to be ready by August.
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Built and ultimately to be managed on behalf of the Mauritian Government by Aeroports de Paris in collaboration with China State Constru...
Friday, August 30, 2013
► BRAZIL: TAM Lineas Aéreas, South African Airways sign codeshare deal.
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As previously speculated about, South African Airways (SA) and Brazil's TAM Linhas Aéreas (JJ) have implemented a code share agreement...
► 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...
■ SOUTH AFRICA: SAA Technical brokers deal with AUSA, breaks off talks with SATAWU over alleged incidents of violence.
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South African Airways Technical (SAAT), the maintenance subsidiary of the national carrier, South African Airways (SAA), has resolved part ...
■ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Bangui M'poko Int'l Airport resumes partial operations following disturbances.
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Bangui's Mpoko International Airport has been partially reopened with some flights cleared to land after the tarmac was inundated with ...
► CHINA: Kenya Airways announces Guangzhou as début 777-300ER route due in mid November.
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Kenya Airways (KQ) is set to launch 3x weekly direct flights from its Nairobi hub to Guanghzhou, China this year using its new Boeing 777...
Thursday, August 29, 2013
► INDONESIA: Fadel confirms Egyptair's new Jakarta route as a request for St. Catherine flights is put in.
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Egyptair's (MS) previously outlined plans for a service to the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, are one step closer to reality following a...
► LIBYA: Air Libya, Chapman Freeborn sign deal for placement, operation of an An-26F in Libya.
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Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has announced the formation of an exclusive partnership with Air Libya (7Q) to place and operationally manag...
► SIERRA LEONE: Freetown now pitching to Ethiopian in the hopes of establishing direct flights to Addis Ababa.
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The West African nation of Sierra Leone has taken its aviation road show to Ethiopia where the Sierra Leonean Ambassador to Ethiopia, Mr ...
► SENEGAL: BinterCanarias begins weekly Las Palmas - Dakar flights from mid October.
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Binter Canarias (NT), the Gran Canaria-based Spanish regional operator, has announced the launch of a once weekly service to the Senegalese...
■ TANZANIA: Air Tanzania streamlines its operations with hefty staff lay-offs.
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National carrier, Air Tanzania (TC), has joined the growing list of Tanzanian airlines that have been forced to trim their workforces dow...
► NIGERIA: Med-View Airline granted regional, international traffic rights; eyes Dubai by year end.
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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has reportedly granted Kano-based Med-View Airline (VL) regional and international traffic rig...
► TANZANIA: fastjet to start 3x weekly Dar es Salaam - Mbeya flights from November.
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As previously reported , fastjet (FN) has announced the launch of flights from Dar es Salaam to Mbeya (Songwe airport) with effect from Nov...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
► COMOROS: New Qatari-American start-up, Ola, also eyeing the Indianocéanie market.
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The Indian Ocean region is set to see a battle of the start-ups with news that a new Qatari-American backed carrier, Ola, is planning to ...
■ MOZAMBIQUE: LAM posts strong rise in revenue, pax numbers for H1.
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Mozambique's national carrier, LAM - Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (TM), has announced an 8% rise in its revenues for the first half of ...
► NIGERIA: Young whippersnapper survives 45minute ride in wheel-well of an Arik Air 737.
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A teenage Nigerian stowaway survived a 45-minute flight from the southern Nigerian city of Benin to Lagos MMA in the wheel-well of an Arik ...
■ TANZANIA: Omani consortium Al-Hayat resurfaces with its $100mln investment plans for Air Tanzania.
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Mysterious Omani consortium, Al-Hayat Development and Investment Limited, has surfaced once again in the Tanzanian commercial hub of Dar Es...
► SOUTH AFRICA: And suddenly a new LCC, FlySafair, appears aiming for a Q4 launch.
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South Africa’s Air Service Licensing Council has given local ACMI & MRO specialists, Safair (FA), the go ahead for its LCC startup, Fly...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
■ LIBYA: LYCAA selects Comsoft for aeronautical infrastructure & communications upgrade.
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The Libyan Civil Aviation Authority ( مصلحة الطيران المدني - LYCAA) has awarded a contract to upgrade all of Libya's existing Aeronaut...
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