HB-IWC wrote:Any further info on whether Air Tanzania will take the 787-8 frame that has been built for the airline in CHS?
An African viewpoint that blames first world governments of conspiricy against African interests? Big surprise It's actually more of an issue for Canadian consumers. The traffic is overwhelmingly from the Canadian point of sale than the African (like 70-30). Lack of competition due to anti-trust im...
Jump to postJames Pearson does some analysis of the Canada - Africa market in this piece for Simple Flying, and quotes me blaming Air Canada and the Canadian government for having vested interests in keeping the market suppressed. "Air Canada, and the Canadian government by extension, seem content to deny ...
Jump to postWhich wouldn’t have been a good idea anyway. A low cost carrier on such a small scale operating two types? They would have replaced the Dash. The reality for most Dash8 operators is that the type is basically dead, so any expansion will require adding older and older used airframes that have increa...
Jump to postberari wrote:So 787 and 737? I still don’t understand what they do with the Embraers.
It makes zero logical sense to blame and shame TK for basically having the best connectivity in LatAm. The blame is on the immigrants that chose to purchase and fly those itineraries. It would be discriminatory to ban all Africans from flying to Central America. TK can’t and will not do that. TK ca...
Jump to post"The largest growth markets from Africa in 2023 were hitherto obscure city pairs like Nouakchott to Bogota (up by a staggering 5554%) and Dakar to Managua (up over 500%). No, Senegalese tourists are not flocking to see Masaya Volcano Park, nor are Mauritanians making pilgrimages to the Salt Cat...
Jump to post"The largest growth markets from Africa in 2023 were hitherto obscure city pairs like Nouakchott to Bogota (up by 5554%) and Dakar to Managua (up over 500%), the latest tracks for undocumented migrants trying to make their way to the United States, often under guidance of human trafficking gang...
Jump to post"The largest growth markets from Africa in 2023 were hitherto obscure city pairs like Nouakchott to Bogota (up by 5554%) and Dakar to Managua (up over 500%), the latest tracks for undocumented migrants trying to make their way to the United States, often under guidance of human trafficking gang...
Jump to post"The largest growth markets from Africa in 2023 were hitherto obscure city pairs like Nouakchott to Bogota (up by 5554%) and Dakar to Managua (up over 500%), the latest tracks for undocumented migrants trying to make their way to the United States, often under guidance of human trafficking gang...
Jump to postI spoke with News Central TV in Nigeria this week about the impact of additional competition in the Lagos-London market upon airfares in Nigeria. Will airfares stay lower as peak season approaches? Have airlines regained confidence in the market? Can Air Peace make London work? https://youtu.be/eChl...
Jump to posthttps://youtu.be/QtgEBQtg0PM I appeared on BBC News this evening to disuss Somalia / Somaliland aviation and the current imbroglio involving Air Traffic Control service conflicts between the two. Are the skies over Somalia safe for passengers (spoiler alert : yes) and what is causing these increase...
Jump to postrukundo wrote:Uganda Airlines will take delivery of an A320Neo next month, under a wet lease agreement.
I think those tables for passenger numbers cannot be correct. There are airlines in West Africa that have more traffic than this. Table heading seems to imply Top Airlines in Africa when it actually says "Total passenger parried by 17 AFRAA member airlines in 2022" which means maybe they ...
Jump to posthttps://youtu.be/QtgEBQtg0PM I appeared on BBC News this evening to disuss Somalia / Somaliland aviation and the current imbroglio involving Air Traffic Control service conflicts between the two. Are the skies over Somalia safe for passengers (spoiler alert : yes) and what is causing these increased...
Jump to postMileHFL400 wrote:Will believe it once verified by independent auditors
Last week I appeared on CGTN Africa to discuss the boondoggle at South African Airways. It isn't possible to narrate the whole sordid tale in a short news clip, nor indeed in the limited characters that an internet forum permits. But here's a brief summary. * The SA Government was supposed to sell a...
Jump to postAirbus 340 Jul-2019 JNB ACC South African Airways Airbus 340 ZS-SXG Airbus 380 Apr-2019 DXB MRU Emirates Airbus 380 A6-EUB Boeing 727 May-2015 RKT RKT SKA Air and Logistics Boeing 727 ZS-IRE (freighter) Dec-2001 IAH ATL Delta Air Lines Boeing 727 (passenger) Avro RJ85 Sep-2011 CDG DUB Air France Avr...
Jump to post286 flights since 1979 Jul-1979 BOM FCO Air India Limited Boeing 747 Jul-1979 FCO LHR Air India Limited Boeing 747 Oct-1979 LHR JFK Air India Limited Boeing 747 Oct-1979 JFK IAD Braniff International Airways Douglas DC-8 Nov-1979 IAH MEX Pan American Airways Boeing 747 Nov-1979 MEX IAH Pan American ...
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76 - Ghana International Airlines
20 - Delta
15 - Ethiopian Airlines
13 - Alitalia
9 - Air Canada
9 - KLM
6 - Zoom Airlines
4 - British Airways
2 - Virgin Nigeria
2 - Kenya Airways
1 - Hainan Airlines
1 - Continental
This month, join Jon Howell, Tatenda Karuwa of Simple Flying, and myself for the monthly AviaDev Africa Insight podcast about route developments in African aviation. Our topics this month include : * Given Air Peace Limited's history of screwing up international routes, will London Gatwick be the ex...
Jump to postThis month, join Jon Howell, Tatenda Karuwa of Simple Flying, and myself for the monthly AviaDev Africa Insight podcast about route developments in African aviation. Our topics this month include : * Given Air Peace Limited's history of screwing up international routes, will London Gatwick be the ex...
Jump to postThis month, join Jon Howell, Tatenda Karuwa of Simple Flying, and myself for the monthly AviaDev Africa Insight podcast about route developments in African aviation. Our topics this month include : * Given Air Peace Limited's history of screwing up international routes, will London Gatwick be the ex...
Jump to posteastafspot wrote:How long will the deal with Airlink last ?
Government of Gabon has bought 56% in Afrijet Holdings - the parent company of Afrijet Airlines. They intend to use the Afrijet AOC to set up a new national airline called "Fly Gabon" using the Afrijet AOC to compete with Afrijet itself as a separate brand. They have ordered 2 new build AT...
Jump to postWhat surprises me the most is that Windhoek has a second airport (ERS) used for domestic ops only. Is it really needed ? I mean is WDH at full capacity already ? Seems strange for a sparsely densely populated nation like Namibia ! Eros is right in downtown Windhoek while Hosea Kutako International ...
Jump to postSale of 51% of SAA is off according to the news report below. https://www.news24.com/fin24/companies/the-sale-of-51-of-saa-is-off-says-gordhan-20240313 I wonder whether Ethiopian would consider a stake at a fire sale price ? The SA Government has said that they are no longer looking to sell a major...
Jump to postSale of 51% of SAA is off according to the news report below. https://www.news24.com/fin24/companies/the-sale-of-51-of-saa-is-off-says-gordhan-20240313 To say, I'm speechless and at a loss for words, is an understatement! Oh, that's only the beginning of it. https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/137970-...
Jump to postIf I was ET Management I would just put more resource and energy in ASKY. They were crazy thinking to come set up here. Relations between ET and ASKY are becoming slightly strained as the local shareholders begin to have diverging priorities. Especially with the Togolese Government taking a minorit...
Jump to postThe first of these all-Y aircraft is flying domestic routes albeit for two roundtrips on average per day which seems low utilization. The second one was recently delivered and has yet to enter service. I think there's a third one in queue also. I have also observed the all-Y MAX 8s flying to middle...
Jump to postSermons wrote:Large Infrastructure projects can be prone to delays due to politics and more
Presumably the 777-9X's enormous wing and excellent hot&high performance qualities will allow ET to fly nonstop to NA from ADD? Keep in mind the new airport at Bishoftu will replace Bole within the next decade and is >2000ft lower, which theoretically will permit nonstop to North America even w...
Jump to postUnless by that you mean the French financing additional projects in Ethiopia besides the purchase of the planes, the E2 can't be ruled out yet, since Brazil has BNDES bank, which support these large financing projects for business and government. Also, Ethiopia joined BRICS, Brazil being one of its...
Jump to postHow much control is the Ethiopian government exercising over ET's ordering decisions? This fleet strategy is striking me as QR-lite, made more for geostrategic reasons than airline management reasons. Simpler answer than that - they are spreading their order book because they need to limit their ov...
Jump to postNorse/Peace agreement is initially going to cover Hajj period while Air Peace's own aircraft will be dedicated there.
Jump to post* KQ will return to Maputo in June, a world exclusive announcement of the new route! * Two more routes coming by the end of the year - one domestic and one in Southern Africa. Any idea which domestic destination will it be? https://nairobinews.nation.africa/kq-introduce-eldoret-mozambique-flights/ ...
Jump to postThere wasn't much elaboration on the QR MPM-DUR routing...is it seen as better competitive from DUR vs EK and perhaps a step towards nonstop...discussion just went back to LAD. That's a good question. My off-the-record chats with multiple people at QR lead me to believe that there really isn't a lo...
Jump to postStatistics from Ghana for 2023 have shown that Africa World Airlines has been displaced as the leading domestic airline for the first time since 2016. In 2023, AWA transported 374,006 domestic scheduled passengers for a 49.2% market share while Passion Air transported 386,294 passengers for 50.8% ma...
Jump to postWhile in the ranking in (East) Africa is easy, how would you rank west African carriers ? Is Asky too big to fail ? Why Air Côte d'Ivoire won't become the next Panafricain flagship ? Has any one got news from Green Africa airline market share (only domestic so far/hope product is good btw) ? They a...
Jump to postKQ will add 2 weekly additional flights to JFK (total 9x weekly) starting June 2024 during the summer peak season. Official announcement expected in the next few days. In the podcast, he says it will be a morning flight (arriving at night right) ? KQ 4 NBO 0845 - 1645 JFK KQ 5 JFK 2000 - 1645+1 NBO...
Jump to postKQ will add 2 weekly additional flights to JFK (total 9x weekly) starting June 2024 during the summer peak season. Official announcement expected in the next few days. In the podcast, he says it will be a morning flight (arriving at night right) ? Sorry I think there’s been a muddle up here. They l...
Jump to post* The New York JFK route is now operationally profitable, thanks mainly to the Delta codeshare. The route becomes a daily flight this summer. KQ will add 2 weekly additional flights to JFK (total 9x weekly) starting June 2024 during the summer peak season. Official announcement expected in the next...
Jump to postThe February AviaDev Insight Africa montly podcast features Behramjee joining myself and Jon Howell this month. https://aviadevinsight.libsyn.com/277-the-february-aviadev-insight-connectivity-update-a-deep-dive-into-air-route-developments-on-the-african-continent-with-sean-mendis-independent-aviatio...
Jump to postThe February AviaDev Insight Africa montly podcast features @Behramjee joining myself and Jon Howell this month. https://aviadevinsight.libsyn.com/277-the-february-aviadev-insight-connectivity-update-a-deep-dive-into-air-route-developments-on-the-african-continent-with-sean-mendis-independent-aviati...
Jump to postThe February AviaDev Insight Africa montly podcast features @Behramjee joining myself and Jon Howell this month. https://aviadevinsight.libsyn.com/277-the-february-aviadev-insight-connectivity-update-a-deep-dive-into-air-route-developments-on-the-african-continent-with-sean-mendis-independent-aviati...
Jump to postPassengers also go to screening when connecting at T1, so what is the difference? Arrivals don't get the full security screening at T1. Somalia arrivals at T2 go through a separate arrivals area before being released into baggage claim with the other flights. And of course, Wajir is an airport that...
Jump to post* Flights to Mogadishu start from 15FEB24, marking KQ's return to Somalia - how quickly can this route grow from 3x weekly to twice daily? Since there is no other KQ flight from T2, plus Somalia is part of the East African Community, why a such ghettoization? This is because arrivals from Somalia h...
Jump to postJon Howell, Behramjee and myself were jjoined by Martin Gitonga, Head of Alliances and Network at Kenya Airways to discuss KQ's summer 2024 plans in detail on the AviaDev Insight Africa podcast this week. Some highlights : * Flights to Mogadishu start from 15FEB24, marking KQ's return to Somalia - h...
Jump to postThere was some talk/speculation in last year’s threads about Ethiopian launching MSP service, possibly at the expense of the ATL flight. Any more whispers about this? Not even whispers anymore. ET has openly stated that MSP is on their very short list as the next North American destination. If they...
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