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...
Thursday, October 11, 2012

■ 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...

■ 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...
Tuesday, October 9, 2012

► 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...

► 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 ...