Etihad Airways has announced an increase in capacity between Abu Dhabi and Cairo with the introduction of a fourth daily scheduled flight, effective March 27, 2016.
To date, passenger traffic between the major cities of Dar es Salaam and Nairobi, which have a combined population of over eight million people, has been limited by high air fares which we believe, have excluded large parts of the local population from air travel. The only alternative to flying is to undertake a long and difficult journey by road, which can take up to 12 hours.
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and Addis Ababa-based Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise (Ethiopian Airlines) have announced that they have signed a firm purchase agreement for two additional Q400 turboprop airliners that will bring Ethiopian Airlines' Q400 aircraft fleet to a total of 19 aircraft, the largest total fleet in Africa.
Skywise has suspended operations indefinitely after it was unable to reach a compromise with the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) over the payment of outstanding debts, reports ch-aviation.
Bay Air Aviation has distanced itself from Namibia Flyafrica following an on-going fiasco involving the reimbursement of funds to passengers who had already bought tickets from the grounded budget carrier,reports ch-aviation.
Camair-Co has signed a support agreement with Boeing Consulting for the US firm to help finalise a turnaround plan for the loss-making carrier, reports ch-aviation.
Aero Contractors has been fined "millions of naira" by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for violating local Civil Aviation Regulations (CAR) following last week's incident in which passengers on flight NG-136 from Abuja to Bauchi were forced to disembark from the aircraft using a step-ladder, reports ch-aviation.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has reinstated Zimbabwe flyafrica's Air Operators Certificate (AOC) following a near two-month long suspension, reports ch-aviation.
Turkish Airlines has added another two destinations to its African network launching flights to Port Louis and Antananarivo, the capitals and the largest cities of Mauritius and Madagascar.
The South African Treasury has ordered South African Airways (SAA) to conclude a swap transaction with Airbus Industrie wherein the state-backed carrier will swap the purchase of ten A320-200s for five A330-300s leased directly from the European manufacturer, reports ch-aviation.
At least seven people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after an Airbus A310 freighter overshot the runway and struck a number of homes.
Fastjet Tanzania has been granted permission by the Kenyan government to operate flights between Kenya and Tanzania under the Bilateral Air Services Agreement.
Egypt has hired global consultancy company Control Risks to assess security in its airports, following the crash of a plane over the Sinai Peninsula, which killed all on board.
Air Seychelles has announced that it will add a fifth weekly service between Seychelles and Mumbai starting from January 28 , 2016 and a fifth weekly service between Seychelles and Mauritius starting from February 4,2016.
