Afriqiyah Airways is leasing A320 (S5-AAC) from Adria Airways
Air Arabia has agreed to start a base in Rabat, Morocco.
Air Uganda will launch operations this month with service to Naroibi, but will add Dar-es-Salaam, Mount Kilimanjaro and Juba.
CAM (Compagnie Aerienne du Mali) is adding 2 ex.IB MD-87s to expand DKR to 4x weekly, Conakry to 3x weekly, Abidjan to 2x weekly, Ouagadougou to 3x weekly, Lome to 2x weekly and they will add Contonou (weekly).
MyTravel has commenced charters from Copenhagen to Cape Town.
Virgin Nigeria has agreed to buy 10 Embraer aircraft-7 E-170s and 3 E-190s.
Quoting AlexEU (Reply 133): I think they fly JNB- Bulawayo route.
Dkny From Ethiopia, joined Mar 2004, 503 posts, RR: 3 Reply 3, posted (2 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 8752 times:
Ethiopian leases two 747-200F from Southern air
"The Ethiopian, the national airliner, leases two freighter aircrafts (Boeing 747-200F) from Southern Air Inc. based in Kentucky, the US in a bid to address the ever-increasing demand of the perishable flower export."
Jambo From Tanzania, joined Dec 2004, 235 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (2 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 8713 times:
Yes Air Uganda have introduced introductory fares of USD 169 return and USD 95 oneway on all their routes - NBO/EBB DAR-EBB JRO-EBB and JUB-EBB.
Their IATA code is U7. Was wondering if anyone in the travel industry can check if this Airline is there in the GDS. In other words Can Travel Agents book and issue tickets for this Airline on the NBO/DAR - EBB route? Or do they have an online based booking and ticket issuance system similar to ones operated by Zambian Airways, Swazi Express, Fly 540 Kenya.....
11 EBB NBO 1800 1905 U7 204 C0 Y0 DC9
12 EBB NBO 2010 2125 KQ 415 J4 C4 I4 Z4 D4 S4 B4 M4 737
K4 H4 L4 Q4 V0 X4 G4 E4
N4 U4 W4
I just took 7DEC availabilty screen and both ebb-nbo flights are entered so it is bookable but on request only
ENU From Netherlands, joined Nov 2006, 1122 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (2 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 8640 times:
EuroAtlantic is operating a B767 (CS-TLO) for Gambia International Airways according to Skyliner. Someone any idea what for? GIA hasn't been active for a while ( http://www.gia.gm ).
Swallow From Uganda, joined Jul 2007, 406 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (2 years 2 months 3 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 8505 times:
Quoting ENU (Reply 7): Quote:
Comair (British Airways) (Johannesburg) is looking at adding Entebbe and the Johannesburg-Entebbe route in 2008, possibly as early as March
Great. That means they compete with SA and KQ [via NBO] on this sector which means prices should come down from the $700 odd currently charged for a 4 hour flight! Any indication of their planned frequency? SA currently flies four times weekly to EBB.
777way From United Arab Emirates, joined Dec 2005, 2444 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (2 years 2 months 3 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 8454 times:
Why is there a part 4 of this thread when part 3 is still active? isnt it supposed to reach 200 repliesand be locked before the next thread is started?
AF022 From France, joined Dec 2003, 1862 posts, RR: 2 Reply 10, posted (2 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 8362 times:
Although not African, exactly,
Yemenia seems to have big growth plans from what I have seen, but I don't really get it. Who flies them? Where are they going? Do they capture any 6th-freedom traffic at all?
AlexEU From Malaysia, joined Oct 2007, 1666 posts, RR: 2 Reply 11, posted (2 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 8309 times:
AF022, i had same question for Yemenia. Why is there a need for JNB?
I guess they do capture 6th freedom traffic, because their flights to Saana are via Dar Es Salaam now (i hope they do sell tickets for JNB-D.E.S. route, but they did sell tickets when flights were via Moroni).
MD90fan, where do you get those news ?
''For what does it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?'' Mk 8:36
B747forever From United States of America, joined May 2007, 14381 posts, RR: 12 Reply 13, posted (2 years 2 months 3 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 8254 times:
Quoting MD90fan (Thread starter): MyTravel has commenced charters from Copenhagen to Cape Town.
That is true. The flight will be operated by the A330.
No more JNB-GRJ says Airlink
SA AIRLINK will cease its operations on the Johannesburg–George route from mid-January 2008 due to pressure on the route as a result of a capacity supply and demand imbalance.
Airlink has decided to use its capacity on other routes instead such as on the Cape Town–George and Cape Town–Nelspruit/Kruger/Mpumalanga routes.
Passengers with bookings after mid-January will be accommodated on SA Express.
Smooth as silk - Royal Orchid Service /// Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens - Springbok
MD90fan From Bahamas, joined Jul 2005, 2931 posts, RR: 10 Reply 15, posted (2 years 2 months 2 weeks 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 8054 times:
TAAG is supposedly taking one of the SAA 747-400s and is going to codeshare with UM:
Quoting AF022 (Reply 10): Yemenia seems to have big growth plans from what I have seen, but I don't really get it. Who flies them? Where are they going? Do they capture any 6th-freedom traffic at all?
Who knows. It could be that Yemen wants it's flag carrier to take advantage of it's ideal location as a transit point between Africa and Asia, even if it has a poor product and Yemen is viewed with caution in most of East Africa.
Quoting 777way (Reply 9): Why is there a part 4 of this thread when part 3 is still active? isnt it supposed to reach 200 repliesand be locked before the next thread is started?
Umm, because maybe not everybody in Africa has high-speed internet and 200 replies will take a long time to load?
AlexEU From Malaysia, joined Oct 2007, 1666 posts, RR: 2 Reply 18, posted (2 years 2 months 2 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 7966 times:
Are they still flying 743 to JNB? Why is there such a big demand beatween Luanda and JNB? Few years ago there were almost 2x daily 747 to Luanda (SAA 744 and TAAG 743).
''For what does it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?'' Mk 8:36
The company intends to announce its plans before the end of March next year once all financial matters have been finalised, he told TravelHub. He said the reasons for wanting to list in the UK rather than in South Africa were that the UK market was 100 times bigger than South Africa. He also claimed the British and Europeans supported the transport sector and that similar companies to SunAir had opened their listing at 30p. He said support for SA companies was also expected ahead of 2010.
Shaban said negotiations for the purchase of the existing aviation company were %u201Cgoing well%u201D. %u201CI can't say anything more at this stage. I initially expected to make an announcement in early December, but there were delays from the UK. I will make an announcement when everything is finalised, which should be before the end of March next year.%u201D
He confirmed that the company had secured %u201Cat least R1,5bn%u201D in equity investment and that it had concluded a partnership with BEE company Molo-Moya.
According to its website, the business plan will involve an airline operating international and regional passenger and cargo flights from Cape Town; an airline maintenance operation; a ground handling organisation; an aviation training academy and an asset company. Also according to the website, SunAir had a meeting with representatives of Boeing, who had %u201Cpromised general aviation and technical advice and support for our efforts and indicated that they will assist us in our further developments%u201D.
MD90fan From Bahamas, joined Jul 2005, 2931 posts, RR: 10 Reply 22, posted (2 years 2 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 7809 times:
Air France will drop the daily Paris-Casablanca A318 service
SAA and SAS have launched a codeshare
Zambian Airlines will end it's daily Beech 1900D flight to Harare
YOWza From Canada, joined Jul 2005, 4442 posts, RR: 33 Reply 23, posted (2 years 2 months 2 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 7772 times:
Quoting AF022 (Reply 10): Yemenia seems to have big growth plans from what I have seen, but I don't really get it. Who flies them? Where are they going? Do they capture any 6th-freedom traffic at all?
They capture a lot of traffic ex Europe to Asia and Africa. A surprising amount actually. They don't and likely never will compete with the other Gulf Carriers but they do serve a niche market. They have an established network of Arab/Muslim ticket agents in Europe especially France that push their tickets. IY still show Arabic prayers etc before take-off which appeals to the more religious Muslims living in the EU. Try booking IY around the xmas break from Europe to say Doha. You will struggle! Now if only they could do something about SAH.
Quoting MD90fan (Reply 15): Who knows. It could be that Yemen wants it's flag carrier to take advantage of it's ideal location as a transit point between Africa and Asia, even if it has a poor product and Yemen is viewed with caution in most of East Africa.
IY has a far better product than many (most?) African airlines so I think your comment is a little out of line. Sure it's not as polished as it could be but they boast excellent crew and FAs, a respectable and broad network, new planes amongst other things.
YOWza
Airports flown this year:RGN,KUL,LHR,LAX,YOW,YTZ,MDW,SEA,SCL,EZE,AEP,IGR,MDZ,IAD,YVR
777way From United Arab Emirates, joined Dec 2005, 2444 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 7720 times:
Quoting YOWza (Reply 23): IY still show Arabic prayers etc before take-off which appeals to the more religious Muslims living in the EU.
All Muslim airlines do that.
25 Swallow: The bilateral between the two countries limits entry of other airlines and this keeps fares high. According to the NY Times, the bilateral also limit
26 YOWza: Well what exactly is a "muslim airline" to you? I would consider EK, EY and QR under the same umbrella and none of them have this practice. YOWza
27 777way: Any airline from an Islamic country is Muslim, Which practise are you referring to? the airlines you mentioned all offer Islamic channels in IFE, pray
28 Speedbird128: When is it starting? I have not seen a single one flying through my sectors. We have LTU, DLH, BAW, VIR, KLM, but I haven't seen any MyTravel... They
29 Airbuske: Does anyone have any info on how KQ's E170 is doing? And what routes are they flying the bird on? She was purchased to replace the Saab 340's so my be
30 YOWza: Referring to showing a prayer and scripture reading after the safety demo, before takeoff. Frankly it makes me nervous. I prefer to think the pilot d
31 Swallow: 'Mr Naikuni also announced that Kenya Airways has taken delivery of the second of three Embraer 170 Long Range (LR) jets. “The jet” he said “ar
33 MD90fan: Arik Air to become flag carrier of Niger http://www.afriquenligne.fr/news/dai...'s-national-carrier-2007120312608/
34 RoyalAirMaroc: Well RAM is a national carrier or Morocco which is a muslim country. The last couple of flights i have taken with them had no mention of any prayers.
36 777way: Did you check their Audio channels in the inflight magazine?
37 RoyalAirMaroc: Yes, theres usually just traditional andalous music.....but most of the time there is nothing on.
38 Andz: What are they using? I noticed when I left JNB on Saturday morning that one of the 3 MyTravel DC-10s that have been parked there for months has gone.
39 Vasu: My guess = A330-300. It certainly wouldn't be a DC10, they withdrew those from UK use a few years ago now.
40 Speedbird128: Hi Andz, I started a thread about the 'Iraqi Airways DC10'. That was where that one went - on loan to Iraqi airways for Hajj flights... I still have
41 LouA340: What is the present situation of GIA? What aircrafts are they using at the moment? Is it still the 767 or its now 757's? Will they ever get the md-90
42 Airbuske: Cheers for the information. I'm going home in a week and hopefully I'll fly on one of the 170's on my NBO-MBA segment Also, when are the ATR 425/725
43 ENU: Is this the new ECOWAS carrier (would surprise me) or a Haij flight? B757 to my knowledge. The first Boeing 737-200 for Tanzanian newcomer Community
47 Speedbird128: A bit off-topic, but.... Poor old ZS-SIL, after being sent out to pasture by SAA, seems to have been taking some knocks. There seems to be some "skin
48 Dkny: More news from ET "Ethiopian plans to start flights to Equatorial Gunea, Kuwait, Riyad, Toronto, South Korea, and Malaysia. The company also plans to
49 PRGLY: Talking about Equatorial Guinea, what is the status with new airline to be established there and their recently ordered ATR frames. Still found nothi
50 ENU: Air Namibia received the first of two Boeing 737-500s last Thursday. The aircraft is leased from Capex Leasing Limited for five years and will be used
52 MD90fan: EK to CPT EK770 DXB - CPT: 815 - 1625 EK771 CPT - DXB: 1810 - 600 Sonair has ordered 1x A340-500 to replace the World Airways MD11 when it's lease en
53 AlexEU: Over which countries are El Al flights to JNB going? Are they allowed to fly over Sudan? At least i got to fly, the good old Wilge. Are they still usi
54 AF022: Poorest, yes, but least corrupt also. It probably doesn't take much to make money operating an airline in Africa as long as people aren't stealing th
55 Jambo: Lufthansa to start 1 weekly service FRA-LAD. That will be good news to business people travelling to/from Angola. Does Air namibia operate to FRA ? Do
56 MD90fan: Ethiopian promoting the 787 in Ethiopia now: The internet Also, the Ethiopian diaspora are a very hardworking, humble people, it isn't uncommon for th
57 Soups: Air Namibia A340 was operating for behalf Ghantours on LGW-ACC-LGW Hajj flights were operated by 3X L1011 aircrafts, one of them was skygate.... EX-04
58 MD90fan: In another thread, someone mentioned that RAM will begin Kabo and Banjul next year. Really?
59 777way: Saudia will bring the following chnages for Africa from Summer 2008 schedule: Tunis, Algiers and Casablanca go 777 from current 741. Asmara to be susp
60 2travel2know: Don't know if this has been asked before, but which are the major international routes to/fr JNB? I would think GRU and LAD, maybe London are among th
61 LouA340: Where was the ex NW 747 brought from? Was it refurbished from storage?
62 Speedbird128: LHR is the busiest long-haul route to/from JNB. BA 2x B744 daily SA 2x A346/3/2 daily VS 1x B744 daily Then you have Lufthansa(B744), Swiss (A343), T
63 Flying-Tiger: Air Namibia apears to consider replacing their A340-300s with "Boeings" (new management, new luck - now Boeings are back in favour it appears... what
65 AlexEU: And CE (Nationwide) B763/ER (LGW) Is VS flying A346 ? I thought that SA was flying B747 into LHR.
66 PRGLY: All SA 744 withdrawn from service recently. All longhaul flights now operated by Aibuses
67 Speedbird128: Well a VS B744 came in all week so far... I just threw a booking at the VS website- and going out on 25th december is B744 returning 16 Jan is A346 a
69 2travel2know: I was asking in the lines of the most profitable routes in/out of JNB... For SA and airlines serving JNB.
70 ENU: What's TAAG going to do with their newest B777 (D2-TEF)? Source: http://blog.seattle-deliveries.com/2...-777-d2-tef-first-flight-pics.html
71 Speedbird128: They have one -200 which used to fly (have no idea since their grounding), but I think the rest are destined to become beer tins given the state I sa
72 2travel2know: I thought that when it comes to O/D profitability for SA, GRU and LAD routes came 1st.
73 Speedbird128: SA do not make profit. They specialise in losses... (PS: Every time they claim to have made a profit - it invariably involves the sale and lease-back
75 ENU: Brussels Airlines increases its number of flights to Africa this week: From Brussels to: Kinshasa - daily Yaounde - twice weekly Douala - thrice weekl
76 LipeGIG: As a side note, GRU will be downgraded to 7 from 10 weekly flights effective March 23, 2008.
77 Andz: I'm posting this because I can't link directly to it. Apologies if it is old news From the SAA website: SAA posts small interim profit Johannesburg.
78 PRGLY: According skyliner-aviation.ch an ATR42-500 s/n 671 was delivered to CEIBA INTERNATIONAL reg. 3C-LLH. Should I understand CEIBA INTERNATIONAL is newly
79 Speedbird128: Hi Andz, Didn't they sell A340-600's to a lessor? In any event, it would be great if they made a profit, but R80m profit versus the last R800-odd mil
80 Andz: I'm not sure about this, I will need to find out. I have a vested interest in SAA making money, my wife is a 29 year veteran!
81 ENU: Correct. It's the successor of the defunct national carrier EGA (Ecuatoguineana Aviacion) and a public enterprise. More info: http://guineequatoriale
82 PRGLY: Is there something known about their schedule, except of SSG-BSG flights, which is mentioned in the article. I found nothing in OAG, nor in any GDS
83 ENU: Check their website (cache): http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:4...ntinental&hl=nl&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=nl
84 Iakobos: - nothing new about AirDC though some Hewa Bora employees are prepared to shift uniform - Bravo Air Congo is bust. Only their lawyers are active. - no
86 AF022: Does the violence in NBO have any impact on KQ?
87 ENU: All flights are being operated, except for those to Kisumu (where the heaviest rioting took place) that are suspended due to a fuel shortage in the c
88 ENU: First A320 for Mauritania Airways (part of Tunisair group) (credits to Skyliner): Air Zimbabwe restated their intention to commence flights to Brussel
89 Umfolozi: Is there any chance of SN resuming flights to JNB again in the future? They resumed flights to JNB a few years ago, but only for a short while. I gue
90 Umfolozi: Sorry, I got my facts wrong. Sobelair flew to JNB for a while.
91 Georgiabill: Happy New Year everyone! Just curious does anyone know if Air Zimbabwe is still to recieve IL96-300'S and TU204'S? If they do will they be sending the
92 ENU: Brussels Airways focuses on smaller African destinations and are making good business, but I don't think they will be flying to destinations (JNB, LO
93 AH332: Hi, The Algerian Minister of Transportation is lobbying very hard for an open sky bilateral agreement with the U.S. If successful AH plans to start fl
94 Andz: Yesterday I was sitting in a little pub not far from the end of 21L at JNB and a Kulula 738 came over! How long have they had that, and who is crewing
95 Planemanofnz: Where will this airline fly to? Is Equitorial Guinea a hard country to get a visa for holiday travel?
96 PRGLY: Their website shows domestic flights only e.g. SSG-BSG and BSG-ANNOBON ( don t know abbreviation). This destination was surprise for me, since I did
98 Speedbird128: PH-HZM is on wet-lease to Kulula.
99 Planemanofnz: Yeah just looked it up on the map! Equitorial Guinea must be one of the most wierdly laid out countries in the world! I mean theres the island with M
100 ENU: Seems that the effect of Air Uganda on the prices can be neglected: Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/200801071300.html
101 787KQ: The reason it works is that it has a great route system and, given its long history, a reputation for reliability. The fact that the airline is run a
102 2travel2know: Question about TAAG, Do their LAD-JNB-LAD flights connect with their LAD-GIG-LAD? Any idea on GIG-JNB-GIG fares, cheaper (!) than SA?
103 Lxlgu: Hi2travel2know They do not connect very well It is usually at least 12 hours overnight stay in Luanda both ways but I find their flights change timing
104 Swallow: Yeah. EBB-NBO has to be one of the most expensive sectors in the world. $558 for a one hour flight is absurd. I have heard that Air Uganda's fares ar
105 2travel2know: EK GRU-DXB-JNB ?? Does EK give OnePass or AAdvantage miles ?
106 Lxlgu: Hi! You can accrue miles with EMIRATES with SRILANKAN,CONTINENTAL,JAPAN AIRLINES,SOUTH AFRICAN and UNITED Cheers! Tony
107 Speedbird128: For how much longer remains to be seen
108 Georgiabill: Just curious about Dallo Airlines which flys from Djibouti to Dubai, Somalia and kenya using Boeing 737-200'S, IL18'S and AN24'S. I am interested in k
109 ENU: "Lonrho, the expanding conglomerate with a structured portfolio of African investments, announced on Thursday that it's wholly owned subsidiary, Lonrh
110 PRM: Soups - UN-152 operates ROB-ACC-ROB Thurs/Sat + sometimes additional flights and replaced B727 ZS-NZV (UN-151) a couple of months ago. Paul
111 ENU: The latest news was that Istithmar World Aviation (Dubai), the Djibouti government and Daallo's founders created a new joint venture and will transfo
112 Mennix: Any news about the operation of KQ? Im planning to fly BKK-NBO-JNB with a stop of 1h40min at NBO. I'll stay only 36 hrs. in JNB, so every serious trou
113 Lxlgu: Hi Mennix! No problems encountered on the KQ flights in and out of JNB No delays due to the unrest SAA are still operating their flights as well-altho
114 Mennix: Thanks Tony, would prefer KQ because of the miles. Also I checked meanwhile flights to/from AMS by KQ, which are mostly within a reasonable time frame
115 ENU: A new low-cost airline flying between Stansted and Cape Town could be launched later this year: Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ma...avel/20
116 ENU: It's now leased to Antrak Air (Ghana); related to the African Cup of Nations? TAAG received its first China-build MA-60: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn
117 ENU: Community Airlines of Tanzania ( http://www.communityair.co.tz )leases as B738 from Pegagus: Does anyone know how many MA-60's TAAG 'acquired'? Any pi
118 QF744ER: G'day Fellas, What's the current status's on the SAA B744's? I only know of 1 which has found a new home being -SAX which has gone to Transaero..But w
119 Dkny: Ethiopian added more capacity to DXB 3 times a week on Mon,Wed, and Fri. So on mondays and fridays ET has 3 flights a day to DXB and all other days se
120 MaverickM11: New airline for Burkina Faso? http://www.jeuneafrique.com/jeune_af...e.asp?art_cle=XIN80028cratielanoi0 ""La mise en oeuvre de l'ensemble de ces dilig
121 ENU: Benin Golf Air wet-leases a B737 from JAT Airways. The Beninoise private company has a couple of B732's of its own and serves Abidjan, Bamako, Bangui,
122 AirplaneFan: What is the status of DT's third Boeing 777-200ER (D2-TEF)?
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