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National carrier Kenya Airways PLC (KQ), has released its financial results for the six-month period ending June 2021, at a virtual investor briefing held this afternoon. During the first half of 2021, operations continued to be severely impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, resulting in depressed half-year results. The airline however recorded improved performance compared to a similar period in the …
South African Airways, one of Africa’s prestigious and biggest five airlines, has announced plans to resume flights on September 23, 2021. The airline has faced management and financial challenges further compounded by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The wait is finally over. In just under a month, the striking and familiar livery of SAA will once again be visible …
Ibom Air has announced that one of its wet-leased A220 aircraft which has gone for maintenance has temporarily been replaced with an aircraft from EgyptAir to ensure continuity of services to its passengers. “Ibom Air would like to inform our customers and the general public, that one of our recently wet-leased Airbus A220 aircraft has had to undergo maintenance …
In a move to support the ramp up of operations after boosting its passenger services to South Africa, Emirates has signed an interline agreement with Cemair that opens up connections to six more destinations in South Africa through the airline’s gateways of Johannesburg and Cape Town. The partnership also includes a couple of leisure points exclusively served by Cemair. …
Ethiopian Airlines Group, the leading aviation group in Africa, establishes a global standard cargo Conversion program to convert the B-767-300 ER to dedicated freighter services in partnership agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). Ethiopian Airlines Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, said, ‘’In line with our Diversified Aviation Business Model of Vision 2025, we have been increasing our cargo …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged governments to abide by international agreements and treaty obligations to enable airlines to repatriate close to $1 billion in blocked funds from the sale of tickets, cargo space, and other activities. According to IATA, approximately $963 million in airline funds are being blocked from repatriation in nearly 20 countries. Four countries namely …
Airlink and Emirates have agreed to expand their existing partnership into a unilateral codeshare agreement across Airlink’s network of more than 40 domestic and regional destinations across 12 African countries. According to Airlink, the extended codeshare provides connectivity to both airlines’ customers not offered by any other carrier in Africa and augments the long-standing partnership that Emirates has with South …
Silk Way West Airlines said it has signed an interline agreement with Astral Aviation. According to Silk Way West Airline, this interline agreement will provide cross-selling benefits for both sides by using the wide network of flights to and from Africa. In line with the agreement, Al Maktoum International Airport of the UAE, also known as Dubai World Central (DWC), …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and UNCTAD have extended their collaboration to facilitate international trade, particularly e-commerce. The extended partnership will enrich their history of working together. This includes the successful integration of air cargo messaging standards (Cargo-XML) into UNCTAD’s automated customs management system, ASYCUDAWorld. For the 100 counties choosing to deploy the latest version of ASYCUDAWorld, this enables …
The International Air atransport Association (IATA) has confirmed that the much-awaited 77th IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit (WATS) will be held, in-person, at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, in Boston, USA, from 3 to 5 October 2021. The IATA AGM is the most senior gathering of aviation leaders. It is also a unique opportunity to …
