Airlines

Ethiopian Airlines was awarded the Gold Award for African Airline of the Year 2011/2012

Posted by on February 14, 2012 at 3:24 pm

Ethiopian Airlines was awarded the Gold Award for African Airline of the Year 2011/2012 from the African Aviation News portal. Ethiopian Airlines earned this distinguished honor by receiving the highest number of votes from readers, industry officials, and followers of African Aviation. More than 20,000 total votes were registered in this year’s poll, both online [...]

Ethiopian Airlines to Carry Carbon Emission Charges

Posted by on February 13, 2012 at 3:59 pm

Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopia’s flag carrier, will not introduce additional fees on tickets of passengers to and from Europe to offset the European Union carbon emission costs levied on all airlines operating in Europe as part of the European Emission Trading Scheme according to a statement. The Ethiopian airline is in the process of modernizing its [...]

Kenya Airways Passengers in Freetown Stranded

Posted by on February 13, 2012 at 3:21 pm

Hundreds of Kenya Airways passengers are stranded in Sierra Leone and Liberia as a result of bad weather condition. Hazy conditions, which have severely affected visibility levels within the past few days, are causing ripples in the aviation industry in Freetown and Monrovia, with airlines having to put up with increasing cost of accommodating stranded [...]

Troubled Air Zimbabwe will resume flights next week

Posted by on February 13, 2012 at 2:22 pm

Troubled national airline, Air Zimbabwe, is set to resume domestic flights next week. The airline suspended its domestic flights in January this year after an aircraft servicing domestic routes developed mechanical faults. Acting chief executive officer, Innocent Mavhunga told NewsDay yesterday, Air Zimbabwe will begin by offering limited service. “Yes, we are resuming our domestic [...]

Poor visibility grounds Kenya Airways as 145 passengers stranded at Lungi Airport

Posted by on February 10, 2012 at 2:57 pm

Some 145 passengers, 80 of whom were heading for Accra and 73 for Nairobi are presently stranded at the Freetown International Airport, Lungi as a result of hazy conditions which has severely affected visibility levels and has prevented Kenya Airways from landing and instead being presently grounded at the Roberts International Airport in neighbouring Liberia. [...]

African Airline of the Year Award 2011/2012: Ethiopian Airlines Bags the Gold

Posted by on February 9, 2012 at 4:31 pm

Ethiopian Airlines wins the Gold Award in the African Airline of the Year 2011/2012 Award given by African Aviation News portal. Ethiopian Airlines emerged ahead of the pack garnering the highest number of the votes cast in by the readers and followers of African Aviation, who voted in an online poll, set up at the [...]

Kenya Airways to enhance safety programme

Posted by on February 9, 2012 at 3:11 pm

Kenya Airways on Wednesday vowed to continue with its safety programmes in both airport and passenger safety including all ground operators and airline companies that run their businesses within the country’s main airport. Chief Executive Officer Titus Naikuni said in Nairobi that the airline continuously enhances its safety operational systems in order to ensure safety [...]

Emirates Airline discounts offer up to 30 per cent across its network

Posted by on February 7, 2012 at 3:09 pm

Emirates airline has announced a three-day sale offering customers discounts of up to 30 per cent to select destinations across its network. The Emirates airline intends to maximise available seats on its flights to these destinations during this ‘slow’ period and is hoping that more travelers will take unplanned trips to avail of this offer. [...]

Emirates Airline to increase flights to Zimbabwe

Posted by on February 6, 2012 at 3:48 pm

THE Emirates Airline will increase flights to Harare in Zimbabwe and Lusaka, to six times a week by October this year from the current five. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) based Airline launched its Lusaka and Harare route last week said the move will ease connectivity from the two countries to Dubai and other destinations [...]

Ethiopian Airlines to launch nonstop flight to Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Posted by on January 28, 2012 at 3:39 pm

Ethiopian Airlines is launching three-times-weekly service from Addis Ababa to Dammam, the capital of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, starting on February 12. According to a press release Ethiopian sent to ENA on Friday, Dammam will be its 8th destination in the Middle East and its 64th worldwide. Ethiopian CEO, Tewolde Gebremariam said the new flight [...]