PRGLY From Czech Republic, joined Dec 2004, 494 posts, RR: 1 Posted (5 years 1 month 3 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 12159 times:
With new S08 schedule I believe there is a lot to mention about african skies again, there must be a lot of news in this quickly developing continent, so please feel free to inform us all, if you know some interesting development.
Thank you all in advance.
AirGabon From Switzerland, joined Dec 2003, 852 posts, RR: 3 Reply 5, posted (5 years 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 11963 times:
It appears that Air Senegal International (ASI) will not fly anymore 2 of their B737-700, which will go to Russia, to be operated by a Russian airlines (with 2 other B73G from Astreus...)
Any news of ASI?? What's up with them??
Okapi From France, joined Jun 2006, 184 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (5 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 11911 times:
Hello, my first post on a.net ! Air France adds a 4th weekly flight to Kinshasa, FIH. A330 flying on this route every tu, th, sa and su. And JNB goes twice daily with brand new B777-300ER. Overall capacity up close to 5% this summer on AF african routes.
ENU From Netherlands, joined Nov 2006, 1166 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (5 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 11726 times:
The private Mozambican airline Air Corridor may never fly again because both of its Boeing 737s are grounded in South Africa with serious safety problems.
In a bid to upgrade its services and expand its fleet of aircraft between now and the 2010 World Cup in neighbouring South Africa, Mozambique's national airline LAM said it will invest $150 million.
LAM chief executive officer Jose Veigas said the airline would buy new planes to upgrade or replace some of its current fleet of four Boeing 737s and six other light aircraft.
Jet Airways, which scrapped a plan to launch a flight to South Africa last month, plans to reschedule and launch flights to that country in the first quarter of 2009.
Competition on East Africa's most lucrative route - Entebbe-Nairobi - has intensified following Air Uganda's re-entry into the market on a route that has been dominated by Kenya Airways since its main competitor was grounded in 2005.
Lufthansa said it is entering into a code sharing agreement with Ethiopian Airlines for flights connecting Frankfurt and Addis Ababa, effective from Friday.
FLY540, a Kenyan airline that recently started plying the Entebbe route, has introduced freight services for East and Central Africa using a Fokker 27 aircraft.
Alibo5NGN From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 772 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (5 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 11707 times:
Quoting Myt332 (Reply 7): Ghana Airlines are looking to lease 2 A340's to start services to Oslo and Belfast.
Are you kidding me or is this a joke? The vast majority of Ghana Airlines natural target market - expatriate Ghanaians live in England and The United States. If Ghana Airlines cannot do LHR profitably with a B757 then what miracle are they expecting with an A340 to Belfast and Oslo?
User currently offlineMyt332 From United Kingdom (England), joined Sep 2003, 7328 posts, RR: 72
Reply 9, posted Tue Apr 1 2008 14:47:40 your local time (4 days 19 minutes ago) and read 224 times:
When you hear the noise of the Tartan Army Boys, we'll be coming down the road!
ENU From Netherlands, joined Nov 2006, 1166 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago) and read 11315 times:
Precision Air (Tanzania) has ordered a Boeing 737-300 to cover its international routes. The new aircraft is expected to land at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam early this month and is expected to enable the airline realise its modernization programme.
Lxlgu From South Africa, joined Sep 2000, 1085 posts, RR: 2 Reply 20, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 11292 times:
After 12 years of operation SWAZI EXPRESS has closed down all operations and paxs offered refunds
They operated Johannesburg Manzini-Durban-Manzini Johannesburg as well as ops to Mozambique
Dkny From Ethiopia, joined Mar 2004, 692 posts, RR: 2 Reply 23, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day ago) and read 10966 times:
I heard a rumor that ET will be leasing TAAG's 777. Don't know how many and it's only a rumor. I also heard there will be an incread on the ADD-LAD-ADD route by ET.
TAAG will begin service to Douala, Cameroon from its base in Luanda, Angola on Tuesday. Flights will operate 2x per week on Tuesdays and Saturdays using 73W aircraft.
25 Soups: Delta is going daily on JFK-ACC during the busy summer period
26 TS-IOR: Nouvelair get its TS-INB and TS-INN back from Saudia's NAS, and EC-ISI joined alos the Monastir based airline for the summer season. Nouvelair will to
27 ENU: TAAG will launch two weekly flights to Dubai: http://airlineroute.blogspot.com/200...la-launch-dubai-flight-in-may.html Is it true that the flights to
28 PRGLY: DT (TAAG) is planning to open 3 new african destinations this year COO,MPM and OXB. Nice development, this year they already opened BGF and DLA, most
29 AirivoireA321: Air Ivoire is going on ABJ-BZV two times per week Wednesday and Friday with an Airbus 321 according to Air Ivoire website
31 ENU: Ghana purchased a Falcon 900 as presidential jet and a A319CJ for the "air force". What presidential aircraft do they operate right now? I remember Gh
32 777way: Hainan Airlines have applied for permisiion to serve Cairo(PEK) and Johannesburg(PEK via CAN) from August 2008 using A346.
33 SW733: I've seen a Ghanaian Air Force F28 in ACC before. Not sure if this was a Presidential transport or not but it could be. If so, it's time for an upgra
34 AF022: Any news on ET or KQ? Don't they usually announce summer schedules around now? Any new routes or frequencies?
35 SW733: Haven't heard anything about Kenya having new destinations Ethiopia is starting, on June 2, Kuwait and Riyadh. It will go ADD-RUH-KWI-ADD twice weekl
36 KL577: No because 1) they are still waiting for the replacement of last years' crash (speaken of which; it has been awfully silent...) and 2) KQ suffered so
37 Andz: I'm glad they went back to the giraffe, the last previous livery was awful. On a grim note, this has been a black week for GA in South Africa. A gyro
38 ENU: I understand Nationwide Airlines (South Africa) shut down all their operations today. I wonder if their B727's will ever fly again... Compagnie Aérie
39 Hardiwv: TAAG is also planning to start LAD-DXB flights. While flights to LAD were shelved. Rgs,
40 MaverickM11: The market between LAD and OXB has got to be next to nothing. The market from anywhere to OXB is next to nothing. Celestair has a few M87s throughout
41 Hardiwv: This is not true. TAP is operating good loads on its flights LIS-OXB, which had its frequency increased recently, and I am sure TAAG's objective is t
42 MaverickM11: That's pretty much the only market that works out of OXB. But from the African side there's not a heck of a lot. Why would anyone connect from OXB ov
43 ENU: Two with Air Uganda, two with CA Mali and one with Air Burkina. One is being prepared, but I'm not sure to which airline it will be allocated. Btw, a
44 Hardiwv: I agree that LIS is the only strong market from OXB. In addition, I doubt anyone would try to connect in LAD. If you try flying over LAD you know tha
45 Viasa: Afriqiyah Airways and Libyan Airlines will merge next year. No information about the name of the new company.
46 AF022: Africa Aviation is reporting that KQ will return to CDG in the summer, and they will add TNR to the network. Did KQ ever do that well on this route? T
47 Soups: Nice to see a selcetion. Have they ever flew a 747 on this route on a regular basis? i rememebr their MD11 went into tech in ACC 2yrs ago and they ha
48 Viasa: I have no idea about the futur of the new company.
49 TS-IOR: Tunisair will have 16 new Airbus ! The firm order includes three A332, three A350, and ten A32S. Three other aircrafts are on option. The total order
50 CXA330300: How is Delta doing on their JNB service? Apparently four potential buyers have come forth expressing interest in buying and reinvigorating Nationwide.
51 AF022: What is going on with ET? First they say 2 weekly RUH-KWI triangles, but now it appears RUH is completely gone from the system and KWI increased to 3
52 AA1818: Any news of alliance entrance for African carriers? SAA is in Star. Kenya I believe is an associate of SkyTeam. Egyptair was going Star? That leaves E
53 777way: OXB is in Maryland, USA according to this site. Did they launch Luanda or not?
54 PRGLY: OXB is Bissau - Guinea Bissau, the one in Maryland is OX1
55 ENU: "The phenomenon that is Michael Ezra (Uganda) continues to grow, and so does the mystery. Daily Monitor has learnt that the 34-year-old tycoon has ord
56 ENU: Air Ivoire wet-leased Air Bravo Congo's B767. Are they operating ABJ-CDG with this aircraft?
57 PRM: May 1 -Aug 31 Air Ivoire B767 will operate ABJ-ORY on 23567 with some flights stopping at Bordeaux and Marseille Source: Air Ivoire
58 Soups: What airline is flying ABJ-BEY on a 757 i think 2x weekly?
60 AF022: Not according to their own website. Not an ideal time for any carrier to start service to BEY.
61 Soups: I seen it a few times on flightstats, where is their 757 from?
62 PRM: I think it's from Air Slovakia, however I've never seen it in ABJ
63 ENU: Precision Air (Tanzania) took delivery of the first of two B737-300's: http://www.skyliner-aviation.de/viewphoto.main?LC=nav2&picid=4739 However, its
64 ENU: Intercontinental Airways will become the newest airline of The Gambia. With two 737 aircrafts they will fly to seven destinations, including Freetown,
65 KL577: But Angola/Luanda must be a new destination for KQ?
66 ENU: Sorry, the source appears to be not so well informed: Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/200805150940.html Is Fly540 still establishing an airline
67 AF022: It appears that Ethiopian has added a fourth weekly frequency to Stockholm for the summer.
68 ETStar: There are more changes coming up in the summer for Ethiopian ... http://www.africanflyer.com
69 TR1: Any updates as to whether Ethiopian will be getting fifth-freedoms from Rome to Washington?
70 ENU: A full report on the restructering of aviation sector in Libya, for instance Libyan Airlines and Afriqiyah Airways will be merged: http://www.flightgl
71 AF022: They dropped service to ADD? How long did that last? Three months? Maybe ET will incrase service to compensate.
72 ENU: Very short indeed: Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/200805130944.html Their 4th B777-2ER is still with Boeing performing test-flights at BFI: htt
73 ETStar: Nope ... in the mean time however, ET will fly daily to Guangzhou and 4x per week to Hong Kong, all through Bangkok.
74 Dkny: How is ET doing this and ARN increase. Are they getting more planes this summer?
75 777way: Etihad Cargo will launch Lagos servcie this summer operated with a World Airways MD11F
76 777way: China Southern operated a single flight to Liberia on 28 April with a 777 routed Beijing-Urumqi-Paris-Monrovia, any idea why?
77 ENU: It appears that CAMAIR is finally dead... Hopefully Elysian and NACAM can fulfil the domestic needs. Source: http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/
78 KL577: It's a pity SN never got a chance to resurrect this old relic. What ever happened to that other american company who stepped in to revamp Camair? Any
79 AF022: They must be getting more planes, as I see another frequency coming here to Paris this summer, too.
80 Dkny: That's right looks like BRU is going up to daily.
81 777way: Interlink of South Africa have launched Johannesburg-Bujumbura-Jeddah service with a 737.
82 ENU: Nice album of Douala and Luanda airport: http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/kk81/PEC777330/?albumview=grid I didn't know Vietnam Airlines and Cubana a
83 777way: Korean Air have cancelled plans to double flights to Cairo, besides the current three nonstop A332 they had planned adding three frequencies via Dubai
84 Umfolozi: Delta's first flight to Cape Town has just touched down a short while ago at 15:45 local time.
85 Dkny: Ethiopian update: ET leased it's 10th B763ER ET-AMQ Delivery July 1, 2008 ET and Brussels Airlines sign code share agreement "Ethiopian Airlines, one
86 777way: Thye dont serve LAD, must be there for some summit flying in those countries leaders.
87 AF022: There is something on African Aviation about ET moving cargo ops to Liege. Why would they do this?
88 777way: Alitalia Cargo in Africa soon http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo...eneral_aviation/read.main/4026677/
89 Rowland: I tried to book flights between Freetown Sierra Leone and Monrovia, Liberia with SLOK Air by phoning their Freetown office and was told that all their
90 MaverickM11: Looks like AT flies ROB-FNA twice a week in that direction only--not sure if you can buy a ticket on it though.[Edited 2008-06-16 12:22:42]
91 AirNovaBAe146: Lubumbashi Luano International Airport (FBM or FZQA) in the SE DR Congo is booming. Within the last half year, South African Express has upped their w
92 Dkny: Looks like ET also leased another 757-23N ET-AMT cn 27976
93 ENU: How reliable is this (old?) news? Source: http://www.impactpub.com.au/micebtn/...ontent&task=view&id=1967&Itemid=50
94 ENU: Would this effort pay off? I doubt if the Angolan government would be cooperative. Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aeCF3m1Fqp8c&refe
95 ENU: Sudan's president has ordered a ban on all Antonov and Ilyushin passenger and cargo aircraft following the latest crash near Khartoum, state media say
96 777way: China Eastern to Algeria from August http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo...eneral_aviation/read.main/4054152/
97 ETStar: Add ET-AMU to the list, another B752 which was delivered today. Don't know the cn ...
98 Soups: GIA took delivery in past few days of a 757 painted in GIA scheme, Glad to see the hybrid livery going away
99 Viasa: The B757 is leased from Astraeus (G-STRZ). Picture: http://www.skyliner-aviation.de/viewphoto.main?LC=nav2&picid=4909
100 Soups: MS increasing flights to ACC from 3 to 5 per week while Kano going from 4 to 5.
101 Dkny: The c/n is 27975 I saw it parked in ADD yesterday all white.
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The vast majority of Ghana Airlines natural target market - expatriate Ghanaians live in England and The United States. If Ghana Airlines cannot do LHR profitably with a B757 then what miracle are they expecting with an A340 to Belfast and Oslo? 
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