Wednesday, February 20, 2013

■ MALAWI: Massive civil servant strike forces closure of Lilongwe & Blantyre airports.

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As they had previously threatened, civil servants in Malawi have gone on strike over payrise demands, thus bringing the country to a virtua...

► COTE D'IVOIRE: Ethiopian announces various changes to its West African network from June.

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AirlineRoute reports that Ethiopian Airlines (ET) will from June 2013 adjust its operations to West Africa with numerous equipment and fr...

■ SOUTH AFRICA: SAA's ninth turnaround plan in 13 years will work because it is "cutting edge" claims Myeni.

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South African Airways (SAA) acting board chairman Ms. Duduzile Myeni claims that the airline's latest turnaround plan, its ninth in 13 ...

■ RWANDA: Netherlands, Rwanda sign Air Services Agreement.

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Rwanda and The Netherlands, on Wednesday 6 February, signed a Bilateral Air Services Agreement following a visit to Kigali by Dutch Min...

■ MOZAMBIQUE: AdM's air traffic control comms network to be upgraded with PolarSat's VSATPlus 3.

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Mozambique's air traffic control communications network , under the control of Aeroportos de Moçambique (AdM), is to be ungraded with ...

► LIBYA: Air Cairo to launch Alexandria, Assuit to Tripoli from March.

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Egyptian LCC, Air Cairo (SM) has announced the launch of new services between Egypt and Libya effective 1 March 2013. Alexandria - Tripoli ...

► SOUTH AFRICA: Alitalia mulls resuming Rome - Johannesburg from September.

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Italian carrier, Alitalia (AZ), is mulling the resumption of operations from Rome Fiumicino to Johannesburg, South Africa this September as...

► SOUTH SUDAN: flydubai to start Dubai - Juba from late April.

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flydubai (FZ), the Dubai based LCC, has announced operations to Juba, the capital city of South Suda...

► YEMEN: Nasair Eritrea has launched 2x weekly Asmara - Aden flights.

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Eritrea's Nasair (UE) launched twice weekly flights from Asmara to the city of Aden in Yemen using an Airbus A320 on 2 February reports...

► KUWAIT: Nile Air starts flights between Alexandria and Kuwait City.

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Egyptian airline Nile Air (NP) has launched a new route between Alexandria and Kuwait City effective 14 February, according to Kuwait'...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

► SOUTH AFRICA: See Pic of Air Zimbabwe's Airbus A320 in Johannesburg for maintenance checks.

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One of Air Zimbabwe's two Airbus A320s (Z-WPM) has been spotted at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport undergoing pre-ent...

■ GHANA: China Airports Construction Corporation set to begin work on Accra's new international airport.

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Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ghanaian government last year , China Airports Construction Corporation (CA...

► NIGERIA: Cargolux to start Port Harcourt ops from early March.

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Luxembourg's Cargolux (CV) has announced that it is to add Port Harcourt in Nigeria as a new destination on its African network. The in...

■ NAMIBIA: Tourism sector jittery as Government, Air Namibia remain mute on the latter's new business plan.

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Contrary to the old adage that "No news is good news", the silence emanating from Windhoek regarding Air Namibia's (SW) n...

► ZAMBIA: SA Airlink puts ERJ135s onto Kruger/Mpumalanga - Livingstone route effective late March.

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SA Airlink (4Z) will enhance its Kruger Mpumalanga - Livingstone, Zambia service with the introduction of  Embraer ERJ 135 jets onto the ro...
Monday, February 18, 2013

►► NIGERIA: AeroContractors to add "several" Dash 8-400s; to possibly retire B737-500s?

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[UPDATE 18 FEBRUARY] CH-Aviation writes that Nigeria's Aero Contractors (AJ), also known as Aero, have announced plans to add several ...

► EQUATORIAL GUINEA: (Pic) Cronos Airlines set to receive its first Airbus A320.

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Equato-Guinean carrier Cronos Airlines (C8) is set to take delivery of its first Airbus A320 ( MSN 533 | YL-LCL ) wet leased from Latvia ad...

■ SOUTH AFRICA: NTM calls off strike, to take dispute with SAA to Labour Courts.

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South Africa's National Transport Movement trade union has ended its 28 day strike but said it will seek an order from the South Africa...

■ NIGERIA: Bi-Courtney wins its case against FAAN, Aviation Ministry over rights to Lagos General Aviation Terminal.

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Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), the current concessioner for Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2), has won a court ca...

■ MOZAMBIQUE: Refurbishment and enlargement of Pemba Airport to take 6 months says AdM.

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Work on the expansion of airport infrastructure and facilities at Pemba, a port and the capital of Cabo Delgado province in north eastern M...