PRGLY From Czech Republic, joined Dec 2004, 494 posts, RR: 1 Posted (4 years 3 months 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 13326 times:
It is long time ago similar topic was here and since I strongly believe Africa deserves it, please feel free to update us with any new development on this continent.
For the starter I can add
1/ KQ opening FKI - Kisingani in DR Congo 3 times weekly with the mix of E70 and 738
2/ 8U (Afriqiyah of Libya) opening JNB effective 15JUL 3 weekly with newly purchased 330
LouA340 From Canada, joined Oct 2005, 376 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (4 years 3 months 23 hours ago) and read 13287 times:
I have always been very interested in aviation in Ghana and was wondering what the latest news was on G0. There was always talk about expansion but they seem to just be operating with the single 757 on the ACC -LGW and DUS routes. Are there any future plans on regional operations or international routes?
Also how is Antrak Air doing?
Thanks
Kiwiandrew From New Zealand, joined Jun 2005, 8435 posts, RR: 14 Reply 3, posted (4 years 3 months 22 hours ago) and read 13244 times:
Great idea PRGLY
I will be moving to MRU in a few weeks so i will be reading this thread with great interest as I think most of our vacations in the next few years will involve Africa . ( plus most of my partners business travel )
I heard a rumour recently that my new home carrier MK is in a bit of a financial mess at the moment ( of course most carriers anywhere in the world are ) the story seemed to be that they had rather unwisely hedged all their fuel for the next 2 years at some ridiculously high level just before the prices went back down again ! I wondered whether any of you had heard any info regarding that ?
Quoting Dkny (Reply 2): According to Africanflyer ET has leased 2 737-800. I also heard that thos 2 planes along with a 767 will be going to Lome for ASKY to start operation
I have read a little bit about ASKY , but I am not clear what the reason was that ET chose Lome as the base ? Is there any particular reason for this choice ? Dkny , have you heard when ASKY is supposed to start up ?
I am looking forward to reading lots of interesting news on this thread ( and I hope I may even be able to contribute something useful once I have settled into my new home )
Moderation in all things ... including moderation ;-)
PRGLY From Czech Republic, joined Dec 2004, 494 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (4 years 3 months 16 hours ago) and read 13038 times:
Some hints for discussion:
1/ Air DC - what is new about
2/ ASKY - when and where with what metal
3/ Arik Niger - F50, but when they start
4/ Fly540 Angola, Tanzania, Ghana - when they start
5/ Ceiba international Equatorial Guinee received pair of new ATR, where they fly to, nothing published in GDS, Web page disappeared,
6/ Construction of the airport at St. Helena
AirNovaBAe146 From Canada, joined Jun 2008, 350 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (4 years 3 months 15 hours ago) and read 13013 times:
Quoting PRGLY (Thread starter): It is long time ago similar topic was here and since I strongly believe Africa deserves it, please feel free to update us with any new development on this continent.
For the starter I can add
1/ KQ opening FKI - Kisingani in DR Congo 3 times weekly with the mix of E70 and 738
Wow! FKI will be interesting. I think an E70 is about right for this market.
I've always wondered why somebody didn't fly a DHC-8 from NBO to GOM.
Jetlink presently does so, but with a CR2 (100 series). The CRJs performance characteristics just don't lend themselves to GOM's challenging environment (lava covering half the runway, which can only be used in one direction, which frequently has tailwinds for takeoffs and landings, knowing CRJ rotation speeds are high for landing and t/o, even with flaps 20).
Interestingly enough, FBM, which had been doing quite well due to mining traffic, has seen a huge pull out of Western & Chinese resource-based companies. Prior to commodity prices tumbling, KQ had upped flights to 5x weekly (B737 or B733s), ET had begun service (4x weekly), and SAX had four flights (CR7s). I'm wondering how much the schedule here will be trimmed.
SW733 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 6072 posts, RR: 10 Reply 10, posted (4 years 3 months 15 hours ago) and read 12998 times:
Quoting Kiwiandrew (Reply 3): I heard a rumour recently that my new home carrier MK is in a bit of a financial mess at the moment ( of course most carriers anywhere in the world are ) the story seemed to be that they had rather unwisely hedged all their fuel for the next 2 years at some ridiculously high level just before the prices went back down again ! I wondered whether any of you had heard any info regarding that ?
Indeed I have heard this as well...they are paying around MUR3600 per barrel while current prices are around MUR1400 per barrel...yikes!
AA1818 From Trinidad and Tobago, joined Feb 2006, 3347 posts, RR: 4 Reply 14, posted (4 years 3 months 11 hours ago) and read 12800 times:
Not to steer the thread off course but which African carriers have the potential to join an alliance (reliable, large enough, modern fleet, well positioned hub etc).
South African- Already in Star
Egyptair- Already in Star
Ethiopian- another thread says that rumours are it's heading towards Star
Kenya Airways- strong relationship with Sky Team.
TAAG Angola?
Royal Air Maroc?
Air Madagascar?
Arik Air Nigeria/ Niger?
Also how's Arik Air doing? when are they expected to commence long haul flying?
Is POS (Trinidad and Tobago) still on their radar?
AsoRock From Bahrain, joined May 2006, 318 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (4 years 3 months ago) and read 12646 times:
Quoting AA1818 (Reply 14):
Also how's Arik Air doing? when are they expected to commence long haul flying
Arik already launched flights to London Heathrow with its leased A340-500, back in December 2008. Flights appear to be full always as Virgin Nigeria has dropped the route and Arik's inflight product is unrivalled (biggest leg room on the route.)
Two additional A340-500s from the same source (HiFly Portugal) are being added shortly to commence New York, Johannesburg and Dubai.
777way From Pakistan, joined Dec 2005, 5205 posts, RR: 4 Reply 21, posted (4 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 12448 times:
China Southern plan to resume Lagos from April, same routing and equipment as before.
Hainan Airliens re-launched Luanda, same routing but apprently upgraded to A346.
Saudia Cargo launched once weekly N'djmena service with MD-11F.
Atlwest1 From United States of America, joined Jan 2009, 1046 posts, RR: 1 Reply 23, posted (4 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 12393 times:
Does anyone have info on Liberian aviation? Any new airlines domestically? Any new carriers flying there? Who does fly there? Airport improvements at Roberts field? Just wondering I miss that country so much and am so glad to see they are pulling themselves out of years of strife.
ALL views, opinions expressed are mine ONLY and are NOT representative of those shared by Southwest Airlines Co. or Airt
AsoRock From Bahrain, joined May 2006, 318 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (4 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 12313 times:
Quoting 777way (Reply 21): Saudia Cargo launched once weekly N'djmena service with MD-11F.
The Nigerian press is also suggesting they will launch Lagos and Kano imminently. The local agent would be Medview Airlines.
25 MHTripple7: DT says they are going to be off the EU ban list in a couple of months. Considering it was someone from TAAG who said this, I have doubts that this i
26 KL577: Saudia has operated passenger and cargo services to KAN for many years already.
27 PRM: Antrak are doing ok, operating 2 ATR-42 (9G-ANT and AAB) on routes to Kumasi, Tamale, Cotonou and Ouagadougou. Well they fly to ABJ as I've seen one
28 RAFVC10: Hi Atlwest1, Delta Air Lines has scheduled flights from June 09 once a week from Monrovia Roberts Airport to Atlanta via Sal (Cape Verde) operating B
29 AirNovaBAe146: Wow thats a mistake! Bravo Air Congo hasn't been operating since about the fall of 2007. Still can't get a straight answer as to what led to their de
30 RAFVC10: Maybe because UM booked flights on Amadeus system are mandatory to be issued with HR IATA code.... Gerard
31 AirNovaBAe146: Why is this mandatory IATA code? Where does the Hahn Air code come from? Air Zimbabwe is UM.....not sure why it overlaps or the relationship (if any)
32 Dkny: I always wounder why KQ doesn't start North America. They have the right equipment. Would the 777-200ER be cabable of doing NBO east cost US non stop?
33 Kiwiandrew: I am sure that I read somewhere that KQ have plans to start services to the US within the next couple of years, for some reason I think that their fi
34 AirNovaBAe146: NBO will be getting a flight from KQ's SkyTeam partner Delta which is starting this summer. It was scheduled to start last year but delayed because o
35 AirNovaBAe146: Out of curiosity, would anybody be able to post an aircraft utilization chart for African airlines such as Kenya Airways or EgyptAir. I've always been
36 AF022: Isn't their aircraft stuck in CDG all day long? And LHR?
37 Hardiwv: TK will link DKR with IST and GRU: Istanbul - Dakar - Sao Paulo The 2 weekly service starting 29MAR09 will upgraded to 3 weekly starting 22MAY09. TK01
38 RAFVC10: As you know, there are many airlines that don't have rights in all over the world to issue tickets on its own... as example: Air Zimbabwe has not rep
39 PRGLY: Afriqiyah also mentioning on African Aviation News pages, that they want to open MNL and PEK. Nothing yet on GDS. We will see. They would certainly li
40 Georgiabill: Good morning everyone from a snowy New Hampshire. I was wondering if anyone can tell me how Daallo Airlines is doing? I know at one time they were usi
41 RAFVC10: Hi Georgiabill from a rainy Barcelona, About Daallo Airlines, I can tell you that the still operate one of the latest Ilyushin IL-18 in passenger con
42 MHTripple7: No kidding! Perhaps one day they will get themselves un-banned from Europe. I don't think I've ever seen such a terribly managed airline! Unfortunate
43 Hardiwv: Your source mentions: Angolan flag carrier to start flying to São Paulo City in April Luanda - The state-owned Angolan Airline Company (TAAG) will s
44 HUYfan: Afriqiyah starting Tripoli-Beijing-Guangzhou. A330 Regards Mike
46 SN-MD11: Hello guys, Just some info regarding Brussels Airlines: - AirDC project is dead and buried. For quite many reasons actually. AirDC was a doomed projec
47 ENU: ASKY is the new ECOWAS and WAEMU airline and its HQ are located at Lomé: www.flyasky.com Ethiopian ambitious plans: "Ethiopian Airlines is looking t
49 MHTripple7: TAAG is now saying that they plan to fly to Europe again with their own metal in June. The EU is scheduled to inspect TAAG in May and if they pass, th
50 Hardiwv: " target=_blank>http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssI...90304 Would TAAG pass this inspection thsi time around? I doubt...TAAG posted a USD70 million
51 AF022: Does anyone have any news on AIR TANZANIA? Is it dead, or operating again?
52 Hardiwv: Interesting question. Could anyone answer? My travel agent was looking for a ticket on business from JNB to DAR on the coming Sunday 08/03 and Air Ta
53 ENU: They have acquired a A320 and a few Q300s and I thought the government bailed them out af few weeks ago after they were grounded for safety issues...
54 9252fly: This is probably the most understated story of this thread. St. Helena will never be the same. Does anyone have any details of the runway they intend
55 Iakobos: The AirDC project was tricky from the start, there were other factors than the two you mentioned, among them the 3B Mauritius licence (locals wanted
56 Flymad: Would suggest they get their mx (and possibly metal) issues sorted out first. Their "schedule" between JNB and TNR is a joke. They seem to fly whenev
57 AirNovaBAe146: I agree SN's service is mediocre, but their prices always tend to be more affordable than other European carriers serving Africa, at least if there i
58 LouA340: Antrak will begin operating ACC - DUS this May with a 737-700 leased from Germania Airways. It also says they will begin routes to STN in June. Does a
59 Speedbird128: I think the only owner with 7 airworthy 737's to sell from South Africa would be Safair. They are the old SAA 732's acquired on a sale/leaseback agre
60 DZ09: I was in Benghazi recently and I noticed that Ifrikiya planes had the Tunisian flag painted on them. Are the planes leased from Tunisair? I also saw a
61 AsoRock: Of course not. This is en Egyptian airline, based in Cairo, Egypt. Mind you, Memphis in actual was an ancient city located in lower Egypt. Check the
62 Flymad: Could they not possibly be the ex-Nationwide birds? Not sure how many of them there were?
63 Eta unknown: Re Air Madagascar and TAAG joining alliances... let's get one thing right here- these two airlines aren't joining anything anytime soon. To join an al
64 MHTripple7: TAAG's website is now saying they are to use the 777 on their LAD-GIG flights. I didn't realize they had ETOPS certification but apparently they do...
65 Hardiwv: " target=_blank>http://www.taag.com.br/ Indeed, excellent news for GIG. TAAG B777 is really nice and features the new business class seat lie-flat an
66 MHTripple7: Definitely. TAAG's 777's are actually very competitive in terms of product offered. As you mentioned they have modern flat seats in F, angled lie fla
67 PRGLY: Missing TMS in your list of destinations served by 73G
68 Cchan: Could someone advise on how good are Air Zimbabwe and South African Airways in keeping to the aircraft type on their schedules? I have booked from JNB
69 LipeGIG: Thanks for the info, it's a very interesting upgrade for LAD-GIG. During the carnaval in Rio i saw on March 1st for the first time together the 2 747
70 Hardiwv: I agree with the information you provided above. I have issues with TAAG operations in PEK and DXB which I do not find sustainable, but time will tel
71 PRGLY: Afriqiyah finally published their planned MNL flights in GDS, flights will operate via DXB. Another new destination they open will be BZV. Amazing dev
72 AF022: TIP-DXB-MNL? Even with traffic rights those DXB-MNL legs are going to have a hard time.
73 PRGLY: As per Amadeus it seems that 8U is not planning to use their new 330 on their planned loghaul operation only (JNB,DXB,CAN,PEK and MNL) but also on the
74 AirNovaBAe146: Can't speak much for SA, but UM's MA60s have overcome a lot of reliability issues and are solid workhorses now on their domestic operations. With Zim
75 MEA-707: I made a trip to West Africa in the last two weeks, aviation was interesting but unfortunately the older aircraft types are also becoming rare there.
76 AsoRock: Arik Air is thought to be starting a massive regional expansion drive, as more Boeing 737-800 and 737-700s are delivered (the first 737-800 5N-MJO "Ed
77 ThegreatRDU: No Bravo Air Congo doesn't fly anymore I believed it was absorbed.......can anybody tell me what troubles airDC is facing right now?
78 MHTripple7: Isn't 8U one of the two 1 Star airlines rated by SkyTrax along with the North Korean airline, Air Koryo? I heard they were making some improvements s
79 AH332: Hi, Air Algerie (AH) started flying ALG-PEK on Feb. 22. Looked on their site for a dummy booking in March for 10 days, ticket was $2100! Seems kind of
80 RAFVC10: No! This flight will not route through Dubai. Will route via Dhaka!!! DO8U660/17JUL * 1A PLANNED FLIGHT INFO * 8U 660 126 FR 17JUL APT ARR DY DEP DY
81 Cchan: Thanks. UM 732s are exciting, but SA 319s are much nicer. Have been on 732s for quite a number of times, and how safe UM 732s are remains a question.
82 AirNovaBAe146: An interesting UM statistic: Since Rhodesia became Zimbabwe (1980), UM has not had one fatal accident/incident. How many flag carriers can make the s
83 Hardiwv: Why didnt you book your whole itinerary with UM? Btw, anyone knows whether Comair/BA has any expansion plans perhaps opening new international routes
84 Speedbird128: Sure, but i did put in the 'airworthy' disclaimer I'm not so sure that any of the CE birds are flyable. I don't see any of them ever moving... Some w
85 PRM: That's unfortunately how things are at the moment - The only operating VU F-28 (TU-TIW) flies mainly on the ABJ-ACC route and several days a week to
86 KL577: And Antrak? Are they still operating DC-9's?
87 Swallow: I have flown both UM 732 and SA 319 and would chose the 319 being the newer bird with a much better interior. One of my most memorable flights was BU
88 AirGabon: VU operates a Safair B737-200 and still have the A321 to Paris-Bordeaux-Marseille and in regional to Dakar, Douala and Libreville.
89 PRM: The Safair B732 used by Air Ivoire (ZS-SIH) was returned in November '08, and is now I believe operating for Benin Golf Air. The 2 DC-9's have been p
90 PRGLY: Just notice that Mauritania Airways (YD) is opening direct flights to TUN 1w with their 320 effective 04APR. Flight already in GDS.
91 Dkny: In interview with Ethiopian CEO. he mentions first 787 delivery will be July 2010, ET will roll out new Biz class seats and a whole lot other stuff ht
92 ENU: They have two AT5s right now, but will lease a B737NG to commence flights to Germany. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/economy/artikel.php?ID=15
93 PRGLY: Another interesting development found in Amadues Rwandair is most probably getting rid of 735 they used for JNB flights, now they publish flights KGL-
94 Lxlgu: Rwanda Air were wetleasing a 735 from Air Namibia which overnighted in Johannesburg between the Windhoek Johannesburg Windhoek rotation The CRJ was pr
95 PRGLY: Lxlgu, thanks for explanation, but capacity of CRJ is probably not enough to serve both LUN and JNB, or there is no demand for LUN in Rwanda?
96 Cchan: I have no problem with flying with UM, but the 732 is a bit old, and the type doesn't have a very good safety record. If it isn't much cheaper, I wou
97 FLYMAD: Doesn't look like it! They've just reduced MRU from 3 weekly to 1 weekly - Wednesday and Friday (I think) have been terminated - the Saturday flight
98 Dkny: Ethiopian Scores High with its Mid-Year Financial Performance "representing an increase of 54.8% over the six months result of 2007/08 budget year" Fu
99 Lxlgu: Hi PRGLY Rwandair has no traffic rights KIGALI LUSAKA and LUSAKA JOHANNESBURG-it is just a tech stop Cheers! Tony
100 Alibo5NGN: Arik Air plans to serve Monrovia and Freetown. Both Liberia and Sierra Leone have asked Arik to become their National Flag carriers. They have always
105 777way: Air India quit Dar es Salaam sometime last year.
106 Nseljac77: Anything new in Central Africa region? Camair Co? Other local airlines? Wasn't SAA supposed to start a JNB-DLA-DKR?
107 777way: SAA tp route return leg of Washington flight via Dakar.
108 AF022: Is this because of seasonal winds, or seasonal demand, or something else? And does anyone know how SAA crews the flights when IAD-JNB is nonstop? The
109 777way: From airlineroute blog; Jade Cargo starting Lagos from 15 April twice weekly 744ERF as Shanghai - Shenzhen - Chennai - Sharjah - Lagos - Sharjah - Sha
110 Haan: This is the exact reason, only certain times during the year the A346 can fly direct to Joburg. When the Southern hemisphere winter starts the winds
111 SA7700: JFK-JNB will become non-stop - according to Amadeus this will be in summer as well as winter. IAD-JNB will become one-stop via DKR. IMHO this move is
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