Monday, July 22, 2013

■ TUNISIA: Government rolls out Tunisair's turnaround plan; approves initial funding for A320s.

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The Tunisian national assembly has approved a bill allowing national carrier, Tunisair (TU), to secure EUR74million in funding for the acqu...

► FLEET UPDATE BULLETIN: Afriqiyah, Libyan Airlines, Syphax Airlines, Comair, Afric Aviation, Solenta Aviation, Tassili Airlines, Air Algérie, AfricaWest, Air Memphis & Royal Air Maroc.

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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: Afriqi...

► UNITED KINGDOM: AAIB releases special bulletin on Ethiopian 787 fire as FAA moves to issue Airworthiness Directive for 787 ELTs.

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The United Kingdom's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB)has issued a special bulletin pertaining to a fire onboard a parked Ethio...

► ANGOLA: Air Namibia increases Luanda to daily from early August.

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From 6 August 2013, Air Namibia (SW) will introduce an additional flight per week on Tuesdays on its Windhoek and Luanda route, bringing th...
Friday, July 19, 2013

► NIGERIA: Ethiopian Airlines boosts Abuja to daily from late August.

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Ethiopian Airlines (ET) will, from 27 August 2013, increase the frequency of its Addis Ababa – Abuja flights where overall service will i...

■ CAMEROON: Parliament ratifies new Civil Aviation Regulations bill.

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The Cameroonian parliament has adopted a Civil Aviation Regulations Bill following a plenary sitting of the Upper House in Yaoundé on Jul...

► SOUTH AFRICA: Cirrus light aircraft crashes just outside Johannesburg Lanseria Airport; 2 dead.

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Two people were killed yesterday morning when their Cirrus SR-20 ( ZS-CAP ) light aircraft crashed after take off from Johannesburg's...

■ SOMALIA: Somaliland lifts UN flights ban after Turkish brokered talks resolve impasse with Mogadishu.

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Turkey has successfully brokered an agreement following talks between the autonomous, yet internationally unrecognised, state of Somaliland...

■ NIGERIA: Kenya, Nigeria sign revised BASA; Kenya Airways eyes Abuja flights soon.

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Kenya Airways (KQ) will "soon" commence direct flights to the Nigerian capital, Abuja, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has...

► GERMANY: Royal Air Maroc resumes Casablanca - Munich from December.

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Royal Air Maroc (AT) will, from 7 December, resume flights from Casablanca to Munich, Germany following a 7-year long interregnum. The thri...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

► CAMEROON: Airbus Military delivers a CASA CN-235 transport to the Cameroonian Air Force.

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Airbus Military has delivered one of its CASA/IPTN CN-235 medium-range transport planes to the Cameroon Air Force. The handover makes Cam...

■ EGYPT: Egyptair M&E boss, Abdel Aziz Fadel, appointed new Minister of Civil Aviation.

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Egypt's new interim president, Adly Mansour, on Tuesday July 16, presided over the swearing-in ceremony of his new cabinet, scheduled...

► TANZANIA: AeroVista pulls plug on Tanzanian subsidiary citing excessive taxation.

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Aerovista has announced that as of July 1, 2013,  it has suspended the operations of its Tanzanian subsidiary, Aerovista Tanzania Limited...

► ANGOLA: TAAG to serve either London or Paris from June/July 2014 - Carreira.

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TAAG Linhas Aéreas de Angola (DT) will launch flights to either London or Paris CDG during the second half of 2014, the airline's dir...

■ SOUTH AFRICA: Over four-thousand SAA staff to strike today over wage dispute; allege discrimination.

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Over 4000 South African Airways (SA) employees in the airline's cabin and ground crew sectors will, from today, embark on a strike proc...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

■■ SUDAN: See Renderings for New Khartoum International Airport to be built and financed by China.

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[UPDATE 17 JULY 2013] T he Arab press is reporting that the Sudanese Government has signed a USD$750million loan, with an as-yet-...

►► PHILIPPINES: Ethiopian Airlines cancels planned Manila, Ho Chi Minh City routes; nixes Singapore.

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[UPDATE 17 JULY] According to AirlineRoute, Ethiopian Airlines (ET) plans to adjust its East Asia operations from 18JUN13, with the tenta...

■ SENEGAL: ASECNA secures $39million loan from the IFC for infrastructural upgrades.

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The Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar ( L'Agence pour la Sécurité de la Navigation aérienne en Afrique et à ...

► SOUTH AFRICA: fastjet keen on Mozambique, Zimbabwe markets as more SA carriers eye Dar es Salaam.

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With the launch of Johannesburg - Dar es Salaam flights said to be approaching "soon", fastjet says once operations are in place...

■ EU BLACK LIST: Who's hot, who's not in Guinea, the DRC, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mozambique and Sudan.

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The following is an extract from the latest Official Journal of the European Union detailing the group's most recent decisions and act...