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ETHIOPIA – Ethiopian Airlines Group, the flag carrier of Ethiopia, Africa’s largest airline group, has upsized four of its A350-900 on order to the largest variant of the A350 Family, the A350-1000, becoming Africa’s first customer for the aircraft. The aircraft will give the state-owned carrier a competitive edge over its African peers like Kenya Airways (KQ) and South African…
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KENYA – Kenya Airways (KQ), Kenya’s national carrier, and South African Airways (SAA) have signed a codeshare agreement that opens more destinations for seamless travel opportunities. As demand for air travel rebounds, the code-sharing agreement will see each airline sell, under its own code, flights operated by each other; South African Airways or Kenya Airways. SAA’s customers will continue to…
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UGANDA – Uganda Airlines has appointed Jennifer Bamuturaki as its new Chief Executive Officer. Ms Bamuturaki has been serving as interim CEO for more than a year after the firm suspended and later fired former CEO Cornwell Muleya, some board members and some staff over allegations of corruption and mismanagement. In a letter from the works and transport minister, Gen.…
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SOUTH AFRICA – Middle-Eastern airline Qatar Airways has signed an agreement with South Africa’s Airlink to expand its operations in South Africa. The codeshare agreement will offer travellers more choice and improved connectivity between 45 destinations in 12 countries across southern Africa, Airlink said. The group added that travellers will be able to purchase connecting flights on both airlines using…
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KENYA – FedEx Express, a company focused on transportation, e-commerce and services, has announced plans to introduce the first regularly scheduled service flight to Kenya in a bid to enhance its services to and from Africa. The weekly scheduled flight travels will start from Memphis (United States) to Dubai (United Arab Emirates), onto Johannesburg (South Africa) and Nairobi (Kenya), before…
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KENYA – Kenya’s national carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has announced that it has inked a one-way interline agreement with regional carrier, Africa World Airlines Limited, to expand its connectivity to Ghana and West Africa. Julius Thairu, Kenya Airways chief commercial and customer officer, said the interline agreement will provide passengers with flight connections from KQ network to various points in…
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BOTSWANA – Air Botswana has announced that it has resumed direct flights from Gaborone to Zimbabwe’s capital Harare and Zambia’s Lusaka, two years after it had stopped them following the Covid-19 pandemic. Air Botswana stopped flights to some countries in April 2020 following the announcement of the coronavirus pandemic, as states took measures to prevent spread of the virus. The…
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ETHIOPIA – Ethiopian Airlines, UTD Aviation Solutions and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) have signed a tripartite MoU to work together on Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) services in pursuance to the The Brown Condor Initiative (BCI). The Brown Condor Initiative (BCI) is a joint initiative which was conceptualized in 2020 and officially launched by UTD Aviation Solutions and AFRAA…
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ETHIOPIA – Ethiopian Airlines, the largest aviation group in Africa, has announced the resumption of thrice weekly passenger flights to Bengaluru, India. The airline announced the recommencement of after it halted operations for two years due to the pandemic. Ethiopian operated its first flight services to Bengaluru in October 2019. The nonstop service between Bengaluru and Addis Ababa is being…
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MOROCCO – Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has decided to relaunch the Casablanca-Miami air link with the first flight expected on April 10 after the Covid-19 scare. Moroccan carrier RAM will operate a weekly flight between its base in Casablanca-Mohammed V and Miami airport. Flights will be run on a Boeing 787-8 aircraft with a capacity of 18 passengers in Business…
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