Categoria: African Airlines
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Privatization or extinction of LAM returns to debate
The Mozambican flag carrier has accumulated losses of around US$350 million. The privatization or even extinction of Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM) was once again defended as the best solution to the situation of technical bankruptcy in which the flag company finds itself, which in recent years has accumulated losses worth around 22 billion of…
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Cape Verde Airlines resumes operation of domestic flights
The state-owned airline TACV will once again operate domestic flights in the archipelago during the Carnival period, a connection it had stopped making in August 2017, according to the company’s announcement. Transportes Aéreos de Cabo Verde (TACV), which operates under the trade name of Cabo Verde Airlines and which since 2017 has focused on international…
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Airlines warn of disruptions due to fuel shortages in Nigeria
Nigerian airlines have warned of impending flight disruptions due to aviation fuel shortages across the country. Nigeria’s latest fuel shortage could lead to cancellations or delays of dozens of flights. Let’s take a closer look below. Another aviation fuel shortageNigeria Air Carriers (AON), which include Air Peace, Azman Air and Dana Air, said in a…
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The collaboration between Ethiopian Arlines and Singapore
Ethiopian Airlines will not face any direct competition on the route, which last flew regularly in March 2020 – passenger services were suspended due to the pandemic, but the airline continued ad hoc cargo flights. Service resumption will support the continued expansion of trade and collaboration between Africa and Southeast Asia. In the four years…
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Ethiopian Airlines returns to Malaysia via Singapore
Three years after suspending the route due to the pandemic, the “Best Airline in Africa” will again connect Ethiopia with Malaysia and Singapore. Ethiopian Airlines has announced plans to return to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur next year. Flights connecting the carrier’s hub at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) with Singapore Changi International Airport (SIN)…
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East Timorese flag plane starts operating in 2023
The owner of the Timorese company Aero Dili said last Friday that the first plane flying the Timorese flag will start flying in 2023, on various routes, in an investment of US$10 million (9.5 million euros). The plane, an A320, “is undergoing general inspection in Malaysia. We should start in January with the launch. We…
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Air Sénégal receives two more Airbus A220-300s at the end of 2022
Air Sénégal expects to receive two more new Airbus A220-300 aircraft at the end of December next week, announced last week in Dakar, capital of this African country, Doudou Ka, the minister responsible for air transport and aviation. The new aircraft, with the capacity to carry up to 113 passengers, are part of an order…
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Cape Verde Regulatory Authority denies responsibility in the non-certification of BestFly’s Embraer 190
The AAC (Cape Verde’s Regulatory Authority) informed that in relation to the introduction of the device in the operations specifications (OPSPECS) of the TICV, a fact that would allow full commercial operation, the request to change the AOC was made on March 7, 2022, only with the delivery of the form, without the follow-up and…
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Concession contracts in African aviation (Rwanda)
The joint venture regarding Bugesera International Airport plays to the benefit of Qatar Airways, RwandAir and Rwanda. The airport, whose first phase is expected to be complete between 2024 and 2025, looks to run at an annual capacity of seven million passengers, which supports plans to transport Rwanda into a transport hub. Plans for the…
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Concession contracts in African aviation (Nigeria)
In October 2022, the government of Nigeria announced its preferred bidders for three of the four airports and cargo terminals approved for concession under the Nigeria Airport Concession Program (NACP). Corporacion America Airports Consortium has been selected as the preferred bidder for Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) in Abuja and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport…
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