Boeing and TAAG Angola Airlines, the national airline of Angola, celebrated the delivery of the airline’s newest 777-300ER (Extended Range). The latest addition to TAAG’s fleet touched down in Luanda today following a non-stop 8,709 nautical mile (14,015 kilometers) delivery flight from Boeing’s Delivery Center in Everett, Wash. The latest 777-300ER enables TAAG to augment … Read more
Fly Blue Crane has received approval from South African and Namibian authorities to launch services between Cape Town and Windhoek. The airline, which took to the skies from its Johannesburg hub in September 2015, will launch its inaugural return flights between the two cities on May 13 and 15. Exact flight schedules on the route … Read more
South African Express confirmed that the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has reinstated its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) following a temporary 42-hour suspension related to the airline’s quality assurance systems. Following the suspension notice on Friday evening, and subsequent meetings between SA Express’ executive management team and SACAA, clarity was provided in terms of the … Read more
Air Côte D’Ivoire, the national airline of Ivory Coast based in Abidjan, has signed a firm order for two A320neo and two A320 aircraft. The agreement makes Air Côte D’Ivoire the first African airline to order the A320neo. The airline’s first purchase agreement directly with Airbus also makes Air Côte D’Ivoire a new customer. Air … Read more
Comair and the trade union UASA has annonced that the parties have reached settlement after a weeklong strike by Comair’s Airport Ground Staff. Over the weekend, Comair implemented a defensive lock-out of its airport staff, who have been on strike since Wednesday, 13 April 2016. On Monday, 18 April 2016, UASA the Union approached the … Read more
Kenya Airways has added a new destination to its network and will now fly to Cape Town, South Africa. There will be three weekly flights between Nairobi and Cape Town beginning July 2016. It will be Kenya Airways second city in South Africa after Johannesburg and will be linked to Livingstone in Zambia, the gateway toVictoria Falls. Kenya Airways … Read more
Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it will commence scheduled thrice weekly flights to New York-Newark from Addis Ababa on 03 July 2016, via Lomé, Togo. Ethiopian will be deploying the modern Boeing 787 Dreamliner on this route. Ethiopian’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner is configured with 24 business … Read more
For the first time the Island will be linked to the rest of the world by air. The first airline to fly scheduled flights to St Helena will be British Airways (operated by Comair). The Airline’s CEO, Erik Venter, says: “We’re proud to have been selected to provide an airline service to the St Helena. … Read more
Ethiopian Express, the Domestic Strategic Business Unit of the Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Group announced that it is ready to stretch its wings with 4 weekly flight services to Hawassa with the Q-400 aircraft as of 16 April 2016. The flight to Hawassa, which will become the 20th domestic destination, is scheduled to be on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and … Read more
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has welcomed Kinshasa-based Congo Airways, the flag carrier of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the family of Q400 aircraft customers and operators. The airline, which started operations in October 2015, joined the Q400 aircraft family when it launched service with a previously owned 76-seat aircraft that was acquired from a … Read more