Victoria Falls — REGIONAL airlines have taken over beleaguered Air Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls clientele. With Air Zimbabwe having indefinitely suspended servicing its domestic, regional and international routes citing “viability” challenges, its competitors have stepped in to fill the void. According to sources at the Victoria Falls International Airport, South African Airways and British Airways (Comair) [...]
Star Alliance has upped the battle for African skies by enlisting Ethiopian Airlines. Ethiopian now becomes the third African airline after South African Airways and Egypt Air to join the alliance that boasts of 29 global carriers. “With Ethiopian Airlines now part of the Star Alliance network, we offer our customers the widest choice of [...]
Star Alliance’s stated intention of “bringing Africa to the world and the world to Africa” has been boosted by the entry of Ethiopian Airlines into its fold. The carrier formally joined the alliance in December, becoming its third African member. The addition of Ethiopian expands Star’s network in East, central and West Africa and brings [...]
CAIRO – Egypt’s national airliner EgyptAir resumed its flights to the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Thursday, after seven months of suspension due to the Libyan war, an airport source said. The Cairo-Tripoli flight took off from the Cairo International Airport with 82 passengers aboard, said the source with the airport. The company will have [...]
Kenya Airways and Eritrean Airlines are set for a major turf war as both national carriers finalise plans to launch new routes between Asmara and Nairobi. Asmara-based Eritrean Airlines is expected to resume flights to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by November, ending a six-year absence since it stopped flying to Kenya. The airline’s commercial [...]
RwandAir is planning to increase its fleet and form new partnerships with global airlines to prosper in the competitive African airspace. The national airline is expected to receive its second Boeing 737-800 next month, expanding its fleet to seven aircraft, and increasing the frequency of flights to South Africa and Dubai. “The business is becoming [...]
CAIRO, Egypt’s state-run airline, Egypt Air, announced Sunday it would be reopening its Cairo-Baghdad route next Saturday after 20-year hiatus. Resuming the air link had been postponed a number of times, due to procedural and administrative problems related to the movement of staff and passengers, Egypt Air Chairman, Hussein Masoud told reporters. The route was [...]