The UAE is spearheading the surge in Middle East online tourism with 60% of all web-based travel bookings originating from the Emirates, Travelport co-sponsored research has revealed.
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has confirmed that a chartered Boeing MD-82 aircraft - on a flight operated by Global Aviation carrying 120 passengers and seven crew members - aborted take-off at around 07h15 this morning at OR Tambo International Airport en route to Lilongwe, Malawi.
Aero Contractor - Nigeria's second largest domestic airline - has acquired two additional Boeing 737-400 aircraft, increasing its total fleet of aircraft to 12.
Monarch Airlines launched 2X-weekly East Midlands service to Lanzarote and Tenerife. Jet2.com will launch Glasgow service to Murcia (2X-weekly) and Menorca (weekly) in May 2013 followed in June biweekly service to Pula. KLM launched 3X-weekly Amsterdam-Harare-Lusaka Airbus A330-200 service, returning to the Zimbabwean capital after a 13-year break.
The opening of Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) could be postponed again, according to several German media reports, after fire safety experts found more problems with the facility’s security system last weekend.
Etihad Cargo, a division of Etihad Airways, will re-introduce a weekly freighter service from Abu Dhabi to the Nigerian city of Lagos, effective November 15.