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Cabo Verde Airlines says it is commencing flight operations to Lagos, Nigeria, and Luanda, Angola by the end of 2019. Cabo Verde Airlines’ Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Mr. Raul Andrade, says the flights are strategically targeted at connecting passengers from these regions to South America, Europe and the US. “Besides Dakar that we operate before, our plan is …
Ethiopian Airlines is pleased to announce that it will start passenger flights to Bengaluru, India, towards the end of 2019. The capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, Bengaluru is dubbed ‘Silicon Valley of India’ and serves as the center of technology and innovation. Commenting on the upcoming services, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, remarked, “Ethiopian Airlines …
Kenya Airways together with its subsidiary Jambojet and FlightSafety international (FSI) signed a tripartite agreement that will see FSI provide a Dash 8 Q400 simulator to support training of their cockpit crew and maintenance teams. FSI’s flight simulator will be housed at the Kenya Airways’ Pride Center. It is expected to improve availability and quality training to Jambojet pilots as …
Flight From Seattle To Cairo Represents The Longest 787 Delivery Flight Using Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Aircraft Powered By Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 Ten Engines Boeing has delivered the fifth 787 Dreamliner for EGYPTAIR via a lease agreement with AerCap. Egypt’s national carrier took advantage of a new Boeing program and filled its new super-efficient airplane with biofuel for the flight …
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) would like to congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Ministry of Transport (Aviation) for moving the Nigerian aviation sector to the next level by assisting Air Peace to start international flights into Dubai on Friday July 5, 2019. While we thank the Federal Government for its role in making this feat possible, it …
A French delegation led by French Minister of Economy & Finance, H.E. Bruno Le Maire visited Ethiopian Airlines on July 22, 2019. Upon their arrival at Ethiopian, the delegation was welcomed by Ethiopian Group CEO Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam and the Executive Management team. The delegation and Ethiopian Airlines Executive Management explored areas of partnerships and cooperation in airport expansion, duty …
Air Seychelles has announced the commencement of a new service linking the Seychelles and Israel’s largest metropolitan area, Tel Aviv effective November, 2019. The airline stated that the new flight will be operated once a week and it has been carefully timed to provide business and leisure traveller’s convenient connections over the Seychelles to Mauritius, Johannesburg and Mumbai. The 6 …
IATA – The International Air Transport Association states that it appreciates air navigation service providers’ roles in keeping the skies safe. Mr. Alexandre de Juniac, IATA Director General and Chief Executive Officer states this recently at the Global Air Traffic Management Summit of the Civil Air Navigation Service Organisation (CANSO). Mr. de Juniac notes in particular that “In Africa, we’re …
Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services, the Largest Cargo Operator in Africa, has connected Chongqing, the largest municipality in Southwest China with Africa and South America with a weekly cargo flight as of 26 June 2019. Ethiopian will be operating B777-200F freighter on the route and initially fly once in a week. Located in Southwestern China adjacent to Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou, …
South African Airways (SAA) has signed codeshare and Frequent Flyer agreements with Brazilian airline Gol – Linhas Aéreas (GOL). The agreement will enable SAA to add its code on flights operated by GOL in the Brazilian territory, which will allow SAA customers to integrate their travel with easy connections on flights of both carriers. The codeshare takes effective immediately. The …
