Monday, October 15, 2012

■ KENYA: Its Game On as Jambo Jet granted Air Service Licence; FastJet's A319s approved by KCAA.

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The battle for the East African aviation market today heated up significantly when the Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) dually announ...
Sunday, October 14, 2012

► TANZANIA: Chaos as Air Tanzania 'sort of' resumes services and Fly540 TZ suddenly drops various domestic routes.

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In what turned out to be a less than auspicious relaunch, Tanzanian national carrier Air Tanzania (TC) made a pig's breakfast of its de...

► BRAZIL: Ethiopian Airlines delays Sao Paulo launch over lousy slot times.

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Ethiopian Airlines (ET), originally meant to have launched their first South American route of Addis Ababa - Sao Paulo, Brazil via Lome, ...
Friday, October 12, 2012

■ MADAGASCAR: Air Madagascar passes IOSA, EASA audits; wants to be struck off the EU No-Fly Ban List.

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After a cabinet meeting which judged troubled national carrier, Air Madagascar (MD), to be on the path to recovery,  the Madagascar governm...

►► ZIMBABWE: SA Express launches Durban - Harare from October onwards.

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[UPDATE 12 OCTOBER] Following on from its launch of direct Durban - Lusaka flights in July, South African regional carrier, SA Express (XZ...

■ LIBYA: Afriqiyah to remove "infamous 9s" livery in coming weeks.

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Libyan carrier, Afriqiyah (8U), have announced via their official twitter account that their next aircraft to arrive in November, will ar...

■ SOUTH AFRICA: 1Time to retire two aircraft and shed 15% of workforce as part of cost cutting measures.

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As part of its fight to remain afloat financially , troubled South African LCC, 1Time (T6), has announced that it is to cut its fleet down...
Thursday, October 11, 2012

■ GHANA: Government signs MoU with Chinese firm for feasibility study on new Accra airport near Prampram.

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Ghana's Minister of Transport, Alhaji Collins Dauda, yesterday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding wit...

► MOROCCO: Mauritanian Airlines International Boeing 737-700 suffers second technical glitch in three weeks.

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A Boeing 737-700 ( MSN 34263 | 5T-CLC ), leased from Aviation Capital Group and operated by Mauritanian Airlines International (L6), the na...

► FRANCE: Air Arabia Maroc launches Casablanca - Toulouse from late October.

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Moroccan LCC, Air Arabia Maroc (3O), will from 28 October 2012, start once weekly Sunday flights between Casablanca, Morocco...

►► SWEDEN: Ethiopian Airlines incorporating Cairo stop on Stockholm flights.

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Ethiopian Airlines (ET) is currently incorporating a stopover in Cairo, Egypt on its previously direct Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Stockholm, S...

► TANZANIA: FastJet to launch with 3x daily Dar es Salaam - Nairobi flights.

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FastJet have announced their debut route; that of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to Nairobi, Kenya and return. The route's debut flight will o...
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

■ FRANCE: Egyptair selects Messier-Bugatti-Dowty to overhaul Airbus A320/A340 landing gears.

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Egyptair Maintenance & Engineering,  a subsidiary of Egypt's national carrier Egyptair (MS), has selected Messier-Bugatti-Dowty for...

■ UNITED STATES: Air Namibia awards $4million contract to JBT AeroTech for Airport Ground Support Equipment.

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As part of its long term expansion strategy , Namibian national carrier, Air Namibia (SW), has awarded a contract worth USD4million to Chic...

► NIGERIA: IRS Airlines Fokker 100 collides with FAAN truck whilst taxiing at Lagos; no casualties.

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In an incident that strongly resembles an Arik Air B737's run-in with the wing tip of a parked Nigerian Air Force C130 Her...

■ SEYCHELLES: Etihad partnership starting to pay off as Air Seychelles quarterly revenues up 23%.

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Air Seychelles (HM) has announced Q3 revenues of USD$13.8 million, up 23% on Q2, as the airline's restructuring programme, initiated in...

► TANZANIA: Air Tanzania resumes flights Friday as Government wants Lufthansa for joint venture.

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As we reported last week , Tanzanian national carrier Air Tanzania (TC) will resume flights on Friday 12 October 2012 using their Bombard...
Tuesday, October 9, 2012

► SUDAN: Azza Air Transport AN-12 crashes near Khartoum, 15 dead.

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An Azza Air Transport (AZZ) Antonov AN-12BP ( *confirmed MSN 402010 | ST-ASA ) operating a flight for the Sudanese military, ...

► SOUTH KOREA: Kenya Airways signs codeshare deal with Korean Air.

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Kenya Airways (KQ), has announced the signing of a codeshare agreement signed with fellow SkyTeam member, South Korea's Korean Air (K...

► ITALY: Algeria's Tassili Airlines launches Hassi Messaoud to Rome-Fiumicino service.

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Algeria's Tassili Airlines (SF), last week, launched once weekly direct flights between Hassi Messaoud in south-east Algeria, and Rome ...

► GERMANY: Ethiopian to reduce Frankfurt service to 6x weekly from late October 'til late November.

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Ethiopian Airlines (ET) will temporarily reduce its Boeing 767-300 operated Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Frankfurt, Germany service from daily...

► EQUATORIAL GUINEA: (Pics) CEIBA Intercontinental unveils a new livery on their ATR72!

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Enigmatic Equatoguinean carrier CEIBA Intercontinental (C2), fresh from the inauguration last week of their first internationa...
Monday, October 8, 2012

■ SOUTH AFRICA: CEO Mzimela, two managers jump ship as press reports claim SAA likely to post $140million loss.

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South African Airways (SA) CEO Siza Mzimela, along with Theunis Potgieter, the carrier's Commercial General Manager and Sandra Coetzee...

► MOROCCO: Air France introduces daily Paris Orly - Casablanca flights from 2013.

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Air France (AF) will, from 31 March 2013, start daily operations to Casablanca, Morocco using an Airbus A318.

► TANZANIA: KLM boosts Kilimanjaro to 9x weekly from December.

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From 27 December 2012 until 10 March 2013, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL) is to increase its flight frequency between Amsterdam, Holland a...
Sunday, October 7, 2012

►► CAMEROON: Camair-Co delays Kinshasa/Lagos services until late October.

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[UPDATED 7 OCTOBER 2012] Originally slated to start on 12 June 2012 , Cameroonian national carrier Camair-Co (QC) has postponed the star...

■ KENYA: Kenya Airways pilot's union ends go slow.

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In yet another episode of drama at Kenya Airways (KQ), a dispute over "goodwill" - an agreement with KALPA ( Kenya Airlines Pil...

► BURKINA FASO: Ariella Airlines launches with aid of Spain's IMD Airways.

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Burkina Faso now has a second operator in addition to Air Burkina (2J); Ariella Airlines has now started operations with ...

► SPAIN: CEIBA Intercontinental starts Malabo - Madrid flights.

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Since transferring its sole Boeing 777-200LR ( MSN 40668| CS-TQX ) onto the registry of Portuguese airline White Airways, Equatoguinean...

► CAMEROON: Camair-Co signs $430million deal for two 787s.

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The Cameroonian Government has announced plans worth USD429million to buy two Boeing 787-8s for use by national carrier Camair-Co (QC), w...

■ SOUTH AFRICA: 1Time wants reductions in fuel levy, taxes as private airlines react angrily to SAA bailout.

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1Time (T6), the South African LCC, has clarified the air over reports in the press that it had written to the South African government...

► LIBERIA: Brussels Airlines increases Monrovia, drops Bamako from early 2013.

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Belgian carrier Brussels Airlines (SN) is to terminate its Bamako, Mali flights effective 8 January 2013. Bamako is currently served once w...
Friday, October 5, 2012

► ETHIOPIA: Ethiopian's first 787 undergoes GEnx engine change as General Electric issues global turbine inspection directive.

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Despite having now received their second Boeing 787-8 ( MSN 34746 | ET-AOR ), Ethiopian Airlines (ET) have only recently finished dealing...

■ MOROCCO: Air France Industrie to outsource 100 jobs to Casablanca.

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In a move bound to have serious repercussions in France and with Air France trade unions in particular, the maintenance wing of Air France,...

► ETHIOPIA: (Pics) Ethiopian Airlines takes delivery of first customized Bombardier Q-400.

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Ethiopian national carrier, Ethiopian Airlines (ET), on 28 September, took delivery of its first of five reconfigured Bombardier Q-400. ...
Thursday, October 4, 2012

► NIGERIA: Dana Air starts test flights ahead of return of service.

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Nigerian carrier Dana Air (9J), following the reinstatement of its Operator's Licence in September by the Nigerian Government in early ...

► MOROCCO: JetBlue, Royal Air Maroc sign interline deal.

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After ending their 12-year-long code-share deal with Delta Airlines (DL) as their American code-share partner in June, Moroccan national c...

► SUDAN: See Pics of Nova Air's Boeing 737-500 in new colours!

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Khartoum based carrier Nova Air (O9) are set to receive their maiden Boeing 737-500 (MCN 29122 | M-ABES) , leased from Du...

■ TANZANIA: Precision Air posts USD400'000 profit despite tough market conditions.

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Tanzanian private carrier Precision Air (PW) yesterday presented its  Ernst & Young audited report for the Financial Year 2011/2012 t...
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

■ MALI: Renovated runway 06/24 at Bamako-Sénou International Airport handed over to AdM.

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At a ceremony held last week and overseen by the Malian Minister of Facilities' Planning, Mamadou Coulibaly, and attended by the M inis...

►► LIBYA: Emirates cancels intended Tripoli service resumption.

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[UPDATED 3 OCTOBER 2012] Emirates (EK) are to restart their service from Dubai to Tripoli, Libya that was suspended in February of last y...

► TANZANIA: Air Tanzania set to reach new deal with AeroVista; to resume flights next week, but at what cost?

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Tanzanian national carrier Air Tanzania (TC) is looking to resume flights by 10 October, should it reach an agreement with Dubai based AC...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012

► TANZANIA: Delta Airlines opens ticket office in Dar es Salaam.

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American carrier Delta Airlines (DL) has opened a ticketing office in the Tanzanian capital, Dar es Salaam, as the airlin...

■ SOUTH AFRICA: SAA gets its USD600million bailout from Government.

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The South African Government today announced that it would guarantee USD$600 million in loans for troubled state airli...

► DUBAI: Emirates looks to partner African LCC airlines in bid to establish feeder networks.

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Emirati carrier Emirates (EK) has allured to plans it has for future partnerships with Africa-focused low-cost carriers as the mega-carrier...

► SPAIN: Royal Air Maroc launches Tangier - Madrid flights from October.

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In a press statement today, Royal Air Maroc (AT) announced it will start 3x weekly flights between the Spanish capital, Madrid, and the no...

►► RWANDA: RwandAir announces network changes in preparation for its first Bombardier CRJ-900NG.

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Rwandan national carrier Rwandair (WB) has announced various changes to its Nigeria and its previously announced East African route timetab...
Monday, October 1, 2012

■ ALGERIA: More government protectionism as Minister says Low Cost Carrier would be "unprofitable".

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Despite protests outside offices of Algeria's national carrier Air Algérie (AH)  in both London and Paris two weeks a...