G'day There is simply no money... An uninformed post in my opinion. Where else in the world can people afford to pay millions to buy a loaf of bread........ Cheers Peter As someone who lives in Harare, you may want to check your facts every once in a while there chief. We stopped using the Zim Doll...
Jump to postSudan Airways put all the A300s, A310s, (unserviceable) Fokker 50s, and B707s up for sale last year:
http://www.sudanair.com/en/details.php?id=18910
http://www.sudanair.com/files/INVITATIO ... 20BID.docx
http://www.sudanair.com/files/A310-ASS%20SPEC.doc
kriskim wrote:Ethiopian is looking at launching MEL services within 2 years, I'm not sure if there are current plans for PER though.
http://www.canaircongo.com/fr/a-propos- ... de-presse/
Jump to postThis is just a rumour doing the rounds on the CX crew pissing boards. No official confirmation from anyone yet.
Jump to postUM isn't getting anything anytime soon. Gvt is on its knees financially and in no position to absorb their debt. Nor has the airline got any money to sort out its current fleet. Hell, one of the two A320s has been in JNB for going on four years now awaiting $$$ to pay for a new landing gear set. Ser...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/eta+unknown" class="quote" target="_blank">eta unknown</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i> I suspect <acronym title="Air Mauri...
Jump to post<a href="http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/44827-sec-charges-baltia-exec-with-acting-as-unregistered-broker" target="_blank">http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/ne...with-acting-as-unregistered-broker</a> "The watchdog alleges Clare violated terms of Section 15(a) of the Exchange Act by solicitin...
Jump to post<a href="http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/CEI" target="_blank">http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/CEI</a> All CEIBA's schedules are there, though it is a pay-site. Destinations served to date include: Malabo Santa Isabel (<acronym title="Malabo (Santa Isabel) (SSG / FGSL), Equatorial...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Spacepope" class="quote" target="_blank">Spacepope</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i> Links not working now, but from the pic...
Jump to postMore on the incident from here in <acronym title="Harare (Salisbury) - International (HRE / FVHA), Zimbabwe">HRE</acronym>: <a href="http://www.zbc.co.zw/news-categories/local-news/65589-corpse-descovered-in-us-plane-in-harare" target="_blank">http://www.zbc.co.zw/news-categories...e-descovered-in-u...
Jump to postThese guys have been in trouble since the airline's launch. Their problems can be summarized as follows: - Unable to lay off any of its bloated workforce owing to a government directive (it is a parastatal and is therefore treated like a social institution rather than an actual company yet gvt is su...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/A388" class="quote" target="_blank">A388</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>Is this their international airport or are those o...
Jump to postI don't honestly see how WB would fit into <acronym title="Ethiopian Airlines">ET</acronym>'s hub plans given the Rwandans' own longterm vision of starting longhaul flights to Europe and Asia. With Kigali's proximity to Addis, why would <acronym title="Ethiopian Airlines">ET</acronym> want a rival i...
Jump to postBotswana-based start-up Kalahari Airways wants to acquire D-ABVL and D-ABVN for longhaul flights from South Africa via Gaborone to Europe, the US, and Asia. They had <a href="http://www.theafricanaviationtribune.com/2013/09/botswana-kalahari-airways-eyes-flights.html" target="_blank">planned to acqu...
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https://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=19116
[Edited 2015-06-28 07:03:52]
Though its operational plans have yet to be confirmed, previous reports have indicated the start-up will lease a B757-200 from Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) subsidiary, Loftleidir Icelandic (Reykjavik Keflavik), <b>to operate the 12-hour long flight which includes a stop-over in an as-yet-unsp...
Jump to post“There are many striking similarities between the Middle Eastern aviation market of 20 years ago and the African market of today.” <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/laughing.gif" width="18" height="19" border="0"/> Are they really comparing a market ...
Jump to post<a href="http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/34876-afriqiyah-a320-deal-with-air-contractors-ends-exploring-options" target="_blank">http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/ne...contractors-ends-exploring-options</a> Afriqiyah Airways (8U, Tripoli Int'l) has ended its partnership with Air Contractors (A...
Jump to postReal Tonga is looking to start international flights, ROYAL Tonga is looking to use two MA60s for flights, one of which was leased by Real Tonga from the Tongan government.
Jump to postJust Hot and High operations. Summer presents very humid, rarefied air at <acronym title="Johannesburg - OR Tambo International (Jan Smuts) (JNB / FAOR), South Africa">JNB</acronym> meaning the flights can't set off with a full load thereby requiring a stopover at <acronym title="Dakar - Yoff (DKR /...
Jump to postWhat a pity if true. Was told the Nigerien CAA was unhappy with their Iraqi B737-200 on lease from Al Naser and ordered them to return it. Not sure what happened with their Palestinian Fokker 50 but with Boko Haram stirring up trouble in Niger, Cameroon and Chad, i can imagine their business must be...
Jump to postSay what you want about The Supreme Leader, but with that cane of his, he got maaaaaaaad swag son
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/SepulTALLICA" class="quote" target="_blank">SepulTALLICA</a> (<a href="#103" class="quote">Reply 103</a>):<br/><i>The Aviation Industry & Ai...
Jump to postSoon to roll out a Namibian subsidiary and a Mozambican one as well. Will definitely give those clowns at fastjet a run for their money.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/cougar15" class="quote" target="_blank">cougar15</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>definetly a fair A/C choice for their need...
Jump to postThose reports aren't accurate - they're simply considering their options apropos the Q400 but have yet to commit to anything. Be ready for the ATR and Embraer roadshows - the latter in particular.- given Brasilia's relationship with Harare. While I wouldn't bet on the Bombardiers getting the nod fro...
Jump to postObviously a part of the grander imperialist hegemony fighting the inevitable victory of the Bolivaran revolution...
notsrs
They're going to have to wait a while longer to use that bird - the KCAA deferred their ASL application until next year.
Jump to postEC Air Congo, the <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym>-run but Congolese (Brazzaville) owned carrier is also a possible candidate for a global alliance, alebit in a few years' time. Very slow, but consistent growth with plans to cover all of Central and West Africa in short term with fi...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/N1120A" class="quote" target="_blank">N1120A</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>Honestly, SAA acts as the defacto national car...
Jump to postThe Aviation Industry & Aircraft News feed is stuck once again.
Jump to postThere was a <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> B767-300(WIN) pictured in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania in June. <a href="http://i.imgur.com/GsHJxA6.jpg" target="_blank"/><a href="http://i.imgur.com/GsHJxA6.jpg" target="_blank"/><a href="http://i.imgur.com/GsHJxA6.jpg" target="_blank"/><a ...
Jump to postI could be wrong, but from what i understand, it is likely an affiliated company or trade name for <acronym title="Avianca (Colombia)">AV</acronym> Cargo's successor. <a href="http://cargofacts.com/global-associated-aviation-or-son-of-avient/" target="_blank">http://cargofacts.com/global-associated-...
Jump to postA useless start-up if there ever was one: "The Company has incurred a deficit during its development stage of approximately $97,829,713 million and consumed approximately $30,013,410 million of cash due to its operating activities. The Company may not have adequate readily available resources to fun...
Jump to postHaha Leonard, It was awesome to meet you and Mlandeli (for those of you not in the know, the guy behind <a href="https://twitter.com/HREAirport" target="_blank">@HREAirport</a> on Twitter). Aside from getting screwed by the Meikles Hotel and their crappy credit card machines, that was an awesome din...
Jump to postNice triangles and all but still with that goofy Star Trek font? Really?
Jump to postCould someone recommend a decent ad-blocker to get rid of these goddamn highlighted words? These scripts keep crashing my Netscape Navigator.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/B777LRF" class="quote" target="_blank">B777LRF</a> (<a href="#35" class="quote">Reply 35</a>):<br/><i>The story was relayed to me by a former st...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/B777LRF" class="quote" target="_blank">B777LRF</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>There's also the story of an entire KLM cabi...
Jump to postThey got their <acronym title="Altenburg - Nobitz (AOC / EDAC), Germany">AOC</acronym> last year from what i understand but have been hampered by a lack of funding. Only one of their five B737-400s, <acronym title="Aeroflot Nord (Russian Federation)">5N</acronym>-BOU, has been seen in Nigeria of lat...
Jump to postThe Zimbabwean flag is no longer available under Flag selection in the Profile.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/migair54" class="quote" target="_blank">migair54</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i>They will not get 5th freedom from DAR t...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/migair54" class="quote" target="_blank">migair54</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>They are launching <acronym title="Harare ...
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Jump to postThose guys were hoping to capitalize on the lack of direct flights to Europe; Zimbabwe in particular. Since <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> pulled out out of <acronym title="Harare (Salisbury) - International (HRE / FVHA), Zimbabwe">HRE</acronym> and <acronym title="Air Zimbabwe">UM</a...
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