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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
■ ETHIOPIA: Ethiopian Airlines MRO certified for both Bombardier Q-Series airframe maintenance and CFM56-3/7 engine overhauls.

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Addis Ababa,
Bombardier,
CFM,
ECAA,
Ethiopia,
Ethiopian Airlines,
Ethiopian MRO,
FAA,
MRO,
Q100,
Q200,
Q300,
Q400
► SOUTH AFRICA: Kulula 737 suffers engine failure during take off roll in Cape Town forcing closure of runway; no injuries.

► NIGERIA: Saudia Cargo boosts Hong Kong - Lagos flights on back of strong demand.

► JAPAN: Egyptair to reduce Tokyo Narita ops from 31 March.

► ZAMBIA: Proflight set to take delivery of a 737 in May for use on Lusaka - Livingstone flights during UNWTO.

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737,
Boeing,
Congo Kinshasa,
Equipment,
Lilongwe,
Lubumbashi,
Lusaka,
Malawi,
Proflight Zambia,
Route,
UNWTO,
Zambia
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
►► ETHIOPIA: ASKY Airlines now codesharing with Ethiopian on the latter's West Africa, Brazil flights.


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Abidjan,
Abuja,
Addis Ababa,
ASKY Airlines,
Bamako,
Benin,
Brazil,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Codeshare,
Cote d'Ivoire,
Cotonou,
Dakar,
Douala,
Equatorial Guinea,
Ethiopian Airlines,
Lome,
Malabo,
Mali,
Ouagadougou
■ TANZANIA: Precision Air sees a 6% increase in pax uplifted over NOV12 - JAN13 period.

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Dar es Salaam,
FastJet,
Operations Report,
Precision Air,
Tanzania
► NIGERIA: Discovery Air outlines its planned route network though launch date is still uncertain.

► TANZANIA: fastjet to start daily Kilimanjaro - Mwanza & Zanzibar ops from mid March.

► EGYPT: Sky Cruise hot air balloon explodes in mid flight over Luxor; 19 dead.

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Egypt,
Hot Air Balloon,
Incident,
Luxor,
Sky Cruise
► EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Air Annobón finally starts operations with daily Bata - Malabo flights.

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Air Annobón,
Annobón,
Bata,
Equatorial Guinea,
Inaugural,
Launch,
Malabo,
Route
■ SOUTH AFRICA: Comair Ltd takes SAA's current and previous bailouts to the High Court; disputes their legality.

► ICELAND: Air Madagascar to transfer its A340 onto Air Atlanta Icelandic's registry in hopes of using them on EU bound flights.


its Airbus A340 onto Air Atlanta Icelandic's registry. The aircraft will therefore fall under the supervision of the Icelandic Civil Aviation Authorities and will allow the Malagasy national carrier to resume flights to Europe using its "own" equipment, despite its categorization as an "Annex B" class carrier on the EU No Fly List.
► KENYA: Renowned conservationist, "Dangerous Flights" cameraman die in crash near Mt Kenya.

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Aeroprakt A22,
Incident,
Kenya,
Lake Michaelson,
Nanyuki
► SOUTH AFRICA: CemAir acquires LuxAir; to launch scheduled ops to Sishen, Lephalale from Johannesburg ORTIA.

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Cemair,
Ellisras,
Johannesburg,
Launch,
Lephalale,
LuxAir,
Route,
Sishen,
South Africa
Monday, February 25, 2013
► NIGERIA: Overland Airways goes 6x weekly from Abuja to Akure.

■ COTE D'IVOIRE: Air Cote d'Ivoire signs up for ADSoftware's AirPack suite.

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Abidjan,
ADSoftware,
Air Cote d'Ivoire,
AIRPACK,
Cote d'Ivoire,
France
■ GAMBIA: New board appointed for Gambia International Airlines.

Labels:
Banjul,
Gambia,
Gambia International Airlines
► SAUDI ARABIA: Nile Air to start Alexandria - Gassim from late May.

Labels:
A320,
Airbus,
Alexandria,
Egypt,
Gassim,
Launch,
Nile Air,
Route,
Saudi Arabia
► SOUTH AFRICA: Area gynaecologist ventures into airline market with PE - East London flights.

Labels:
Blu Crane Air,
East London,
Launch,
Port Elizabeth,
South Africa
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