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The National Aviation Services (NAS), Colossal Africa, and a consortium comprised of the current executive management team have signed an agreement to acquire BidAir Services from the Bidvest Group. According to NAS, the closing of the acquisition is subject to fulfilling final requirements from the Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) that manages South African airports as well as …
Airlink has officially changed its company name from “SA Airlink” to “Airlink”, as part of its strategy to distinguish itself as a totally independent airline. Earlier this year Airlink ended its 23 year franchise agreement with South African Airways and began operating and issuing tickets on its own “4Z” code and designator. This has liberated Airlink and enabled it …
Emirates and Airlink have announced an interline agreement, widening Emirates’ reach into Southern Africa as countries begin opening their borders for travellers. Emirates’ agreement with Airlink will provide its customers enhanced connectivity via its gateways Johannesburg and Cape Town to more than 25 domestic destinations in South Africa and more than 20 regional destinations in Southern Africa. The unique connections …
Emirates recently gave its old advertising billboards in Nigeria a new purpose, transforming the PVC Flex material into hundreds of reusable bags. The advertising banners collected from Lagos and Abuja, were upcycled – the heavy-duty, PVC Flex material was used to produce school bags and carryalls that were donated to students of two schools in Lagos. In time for the …
Photo caption (L-R): Alaka Abosede, Senior Customer Sales and Service Agent, Emirates; Afzal Parambil, Emirates Regional Manager West Africa; Princewill Ekwujuru, President Brands Journalists Association of Nigeria (BJAN); Akindele Doris, Senior Customer Sales and Service Agent at the special viewing of the Emirates Pan-African campaign in commemoration of the Emirates 15th Anniversary in Nigeria Emirates is celebrating 15 years of successful operations in Nigeria. …
Emirates and Africa World Airlines (AWA), the Ghanaian airline headquartered in Accra, have announced a one-way interline agreement whereby Emirates customers can connect onto selected routes of Africa World Airlines’ network, opening up new African destinations for Emirates customers from May 2019. “The agreement between Emirates and Africa World Airlines underpins our commitment to provide greater connectivity across West Africa. …
Emirates has announced that it will increase the frequency of flights between Dubai and Cairo, adding four additional flights a week to its existing thrice-daily service, starting 28 October, 2019. Orhan Abbas, Emirates’ Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations Africa, says: “Cairo is a very popular destination for both business and leisure travellers, and the additional flights will provide our customers …
Emirates has celebrated a milestone in its operation to Ghana, marking 15 years of service to Accra. The first Emirates flight flew into Kotoka International Airport in January 2004, and the airline has since carried close to 1.6 million passengers between Accra and Dubai and its network. The airline started operations in Ghana with three flights a week, increasing to …
Caption: Khalfan Al Salami, Manager, Sudan at Emirates Emirates has announced a number of appointments to its commercial operations team in Africa as well as the Middle East, others, further demonstrating the airline’s commitment to strengthening its long-term commercial strategy and offer across these regions. All of the appointments bring Emirati talent into key leadership positions, either being promoted from …
…Emirates Renews Its Support To Mauritius, Seychelles Emirates has announced its renewed support to Mauritius and the Seychelles by extending its global marketing agreement with the respective Tourism Boards of the two countries. At the 2018 Arabian Travel Market, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Orhan Abbas, Emirates’ Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations for Africa; Sherin Francis, Chief Executive …
