Africa

The Comair board has announced that aviation sector veterans Glenn Orsmond and Wrenelle Stander will take over as joint CEOs from 31 July 2019.

RwandAir announced that it will commence direct flights to Tel Aviv starting from 25th June 2019.

Air Namibia announced that it has suspended its Windhoek – Lagos – Accra route effective May 24, 2019. The route was launched at the end of June 2018.

An Air Serv aircraft has positioned to Mozambique, where it will support relief efforts following a devastating period of successive storms.

There will be three new flights per week to Guangzhou, in South China, and these will complement the airline’s current operations to Hong Kong.

RwandAir will commence flights to Guangzhou, the provincial capital of Guangdong and the third largest city in China, effective June 18, 2019.

Kenya Airways announced the resumption of flights to the idyllic coastal town of Malindi, with four weekly flights starting June 10, 2019.

Kenya Airways recorded total revenue of Ksh.114.18billion, where passenger and cargo revenue contributed to Ksh.95.1billon and Ksh.8.5billion respectively.

Ethiopian Airlines announced that it has finalized all preparations to launch a thrice-weekly flight to Marseille as of July 02, 2019.

Air Mauritius currently operates two A350-900s, three A340-300s, two A330-200s and two A319s on its regional and long haul services.