in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 14 January 2021
After Egypt’s decision to reopen its airspace to Qatar, EgyptAir will commence a daily flight between Cairo and Doha from January 18.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 4 January 2021
EgyptAir has announced the operation of a daily flight from Cairo to Addis Ababa starting January 6th and to Lagos, starting February 1, 2021.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 16 December 2020
Comair began operating British Airways’ domestic services last week, providing a choice of more flights, more routes, a full-service offering, lounge offerings, frequent flyer benefits and a business class
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 14 December 2020
Congo Airways has resumed services to South Africa from December 13.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 7 December 2020
Kenya Airways has started operating direct freighter services across southern African out of South Africa Airways (SAA) hub at Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 26 November 2020
Airlink will reconnect Tanzania with South Africa when it launches its first scheduled passenger flights between Dar es Salaam and Johannesburg on 01 December 2020.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 20 November 2020
Qatar Airways will operate three weekly flights to Abuja, Nigeria via Lagos from 27 November 2020 becoming the sixth new destination announced by the national carrier of the State of Qatar since the start of the pandemic.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 18 November 2020
Airlink will reconnect Tanzania with South Africa when it launches its first scheduled passenger flights between Dar es Salaam and Johannesburg on 01 December 2020.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 18 November 2020
The airline will resume its regional flights as from mid-December 2020.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 16 November 2020
Emirates airline and FlySafair today announced an interline agreement, opening up connections for customers to selected routes on FlySafair's network in South Africa.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 12 November 2020
Qatar Airways is to launch a weekly flight to Luanda, Angola, on December 14.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 10 November 2020
Safe Air has started scheduled services to Dubai-Mogadishu-Nairobi, which will operate every Saturday. The first direct service will operate between Mombasa to Dubai.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 8 November 2020
The flagship carrier of the Republic of Seychelles has successfully resumed commercial passenger services to one of its most popular routes on the airline’s network, Johannesburg.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 20 October 2020
Airlink, the privately-owned regional airline, will enhance its South Africa and Mozambique network with additional scheduled services to Pemba, Vilanculos and Beira in Mozambique.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 16 October 2020
Airlink will launch daily direct air services reconnecting Johannesburg with Windhoek starting on 26 October.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 14 October 2020
Qatar Airways has signed an interline agreement with Airlink, further expanding its presence in Southern Africa as the largest carrier to operate from the region.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 14 October 2020
Airlink has reconnected Mozambique and South Africa with the launch of its new scheduled passenger air service between Maputo and Johannesburg.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 7 October 2020
After several months of suspension, Air Austral has been authorised to
resume its flights from and to this Malagasy destination.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 5 October 2020
Airlink will commence services to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia and Mozambique.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 1 October 2020
Air Seychelles announces that the national airline will resume limited passenger services across its regional network from Seychelles to Mauritius, Johannesburg and Tel Aviv this winter.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 29 September 2020
As from 01 October 2020, borders will be opened to Mauritian nationals, residents and to tourists travelling for long stays.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 28 September 2020
EgyptAir will resume services from Cairo to Muscat, Amman, Kigali, Johannesburg, and Entebbe.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 24 September 2020
Ethiopian Airlines Group today announced the resumption of its flight services to Victoria Falls - one of African’s most spectacular natural sites - from 6th October 2020.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 24 September 2020
Emirates today announced it will resume flights to Johannesburg (1st October), Cape Town (1st October), Durban (4th October) in South Africa; Harare in Zimbabwe (1st October) and Mauritius (3rd
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 23 September 2020
Ethiopian Airlines have confirmed it will resume flights to Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa as of 01 October 2020.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 18 September 2020
RwandAir is to resume flights to and from London and Brussels to Kigali from 3rd October 2020, as it reinstates its passenger network.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 17 September 2020
Qatar Airways is to resume services to Entebbe, Seychelles, and Windhoek, as well as many more global destinations.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 17 September 2020
Emirates' African network will expand to 15 destinations with the restart of Luanda, Angola from 1 October.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 15 September 2020
Qatar Airways will operate four weekly flights to Accra, Ghana via Lagos from 29 September.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 11 September 2020
Emirates will resume passenger services to Casablanca, Morocco from 18 September.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 8 September 2020
To help stranded Moroccans around the globe get home, Emirates plans to operate two flights between Dubai and Casablanca on 8 and 9 September.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 8 September 2020
Qatar Airways is to resume four weekly flights to Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS) Lagos, Nigeria from 10 September 2020.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 2 September 2020
Emirates will resume flights to Accra, Ghana and Abidjan, Ivory Coast from 6 September.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 1 September 2020
Qatar Airways will resume three-weekly flights to Mogadishu, Somalia from 06 September 2020.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 28 August 2020
Emirates will re-start passenger services to Lusaka with two weekly flights to/from Dubai effective 4 September, which will boost the airline's global network to 79 cities.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 26 August 2020
Emirates will resume passenger services to Conakry, Guinea and Dakar, Senegal from September 3, taking the total number of cities served by Emirates in Africa to eight.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 24 August 2020
The Nigerian Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, has confirmed scheduled international flights from Nigeria will restart on August 29.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 18 August 2020
Ethiopian Airlines has increased the frequency of its scheduled flights on its domestic destinations to meet the growing demand.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 7 August 2020
Qatar Airways will resume services to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) - Nairobi, Kenya with 14 weekly flights and to Kigali International Airport (KGL) - Kigali, Rwanda with three weekly flights.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 7 August 2020
The Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation has said that the Prime Minister’s decree on prohibiting travelling to Egypt, unless all travellers have a negative PCR test, is applicable only to non-Egyptians.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 5 August 2020
Air Mauritius, following their successful resumption of commercial flights on the Rodrigues route on the 1st of July, have from the beginning of this month, added a second daily flight to the Island.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 28 July 2020
EgyptAir will gradually resume its flights between Egypt and Kuwait by 15 weekly flights starting August 1, 2020.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 27 July 2020
The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has announced that commercial flights will once again be welcomed back into the East African country from August 1, 2020.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 27 July 2020
Emirates has announced it will resume flights to Nairobi from 2 August.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 16 July 2020
Emirates will resume services to Addis Ababa from August 1.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 13 July 2020
Ethiopian Airlines will resumes services to Duala and Yaoundé on a special permit.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 9 July 2020
Emirates will resume services to Dar es Salaam from August 1.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 29 June 2020
Emirates will re-start passenger flights to Cairo from 1 July, Tunis from 1 July, Malé from 16 July, and Khartoum from 03 July.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 25 June 2020
EgyptAir will resume its non-stop flights to more than 29 international destinations starting July 1, 2020.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 24 June 2020
US carrier Delta is to restart flights to Cape Town with an extension to its route from Atlanta to Johannesburg.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 15 June 2020
Equatorial Guinea has today resumed its domestic services.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 12 June 2020
Tunisia’s government has announced plans to resume commercial flights to the country and reopen its airspace, land and sea borders on 27 June.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 9 June 2020
As Rwanda’s borders remain closed to passenger flights in order to curb the spread of Covid-19, RwandAir has announced it will extend the temporary suspension of passenger flights until the restrictions are lifted.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 6 May 2020
Five international air transport and tourism bodies have launched an appeal to international financial institutions, country development partners and international donors to support
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 23 April 2020
Emirates plans to operate passenger services to limited destinations in Africa next week.
in Air Transport / Business Aviation / Airports / Route Planning & Tourism Posted 10 April 2020
While Africa remains the continent least-affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic, almost every nation now has confirmed cases of the disease and numbers are increasing. Health experts consider Africa as a
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 20 March 2020
South African Airways (SAA) has suspended all regional and international flights until the end of May due to the transmission of COVID-19.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 17 March 2020
EgyptAir has confirmed it will continue its domestic flights in Egypt as well as air freight flights as normal even during the suspension of international flights that starts from next Thursday.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 9 March 2020
EgyptAir has announced that flights to Saudi Arabian cities are currently suspended, these include Dammam, Qassim, Abha, Jeddah and Medina cities starting from March 9 until further notice.
in Flight Services & Support / Route Planning & Tourism Posted 4 March 2020
Krimson Aviation, the Addis Ababa-based flight support, charter and aviation consultancy launched a new high-end travel service called Krimson Koncierge. at Aviation Africa 2020, the annual meeting for the African
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 25 February 2020
Air Senegal is to launch a direct service operating between London Stansted and Dakar this summer.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 20 February 2020
Kenya Airways has signed an enhanced codeshare agreement with Alitalia (a partner airline in the SkyTeam alliance), creating additional connectivity to the networks of the two airlines, into Africa, Europe, the Far East and South America.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 14 February 2020
Ethiopia has been named as one of the worlds must see destinations revealed in National Geographic Travellers cool list for 2020.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 13 February 2020
British Airways and Royal Air Maroc have announced a new codeshare agreement which will open up new routes across Morocco including Casablanca and Agadir.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 10 February 2020
Turkish Airlines has started its operations to Malabo on February 7, making the capital of Equatorial Guinea its 319th destination.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 31 January 2020
RwandAir is to suspend flights with immediate effect between the Rwandan capital, Kigali, and the Chinese city of Guangzhou. The decision will be reviewed later in February.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 30 January 2020
EgyptAir has announced the suspension of its flights from/to Chinese cities.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 30 January 2020
In light of the coronavirus situation in China, Air Austral has decided to suspend its flights to and from Canton from 8 February to 1 March.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 28 January 2020
Today, Africa is seen as one of the most promising regions for hotel developers. Aside from small chains and independents, four global hotel groups dominate signings and openings on the continent. Research by APO
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 22 January 2020
South African Airways (SAA) new Airbus A350-900 operated its first international flight from O.R Tambo International (ORTIA) airport to New York’s John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 15 January 2020
Qatar Airways announced during the Kuwait Aviation Show 2020 that it is adding two new African destinations to its network this year.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 10 January 2020
Kenya Airways has entered an enhanced interline partnership with British Airways on flights for British Airways’ hubs in London Heathrow and Kenya Airways’ hub at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 25 December 2019
Etihad Airways will operate its seasonal routes from Abu Dhabi to Alexandria, Egypt, between 25 June to 15 September 2020.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 24 December 2019
RwandAir customers could now save from their ticket purchases due to a new partnership with Optiontown.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 19 December 2019
Ethiopian Airlines is marking its one-year anniversary of flights from the North of the UK by donating a rose bush featuring the nation’s famous flowers to four botanical gardens across the North
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 18 December 2019
The first Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Gaborone, Botswana, touched down at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport on Sunday 15 December.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 17 December 2019
United Airlines inaugurated its nonstop three-times weekly service between Cape Town and New York/Newark, its first ever South African route and the first direct air service between the two
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 16 December 2019
EgyptAir will increase its flights to several destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and the Middle East in summer 2020.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 16 December 2019
Ethiopian Airlines has marked its one-year anniversary of flying from Manchester Airport to Addis Ababa.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 16 December 2019
Cabo Verde Airlines began regular flights between Porto Alegre, Brazil, and Sal, Cabo Verde.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 10 December 2019
Cabo Verde Airlines has began regular flights to Lagos, Nigeria.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 9 December 2019
Cabo Verde Airlines has commenced regular flights to Washington, D. C.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 3 December 2019
Turkish Airlines has announced it will increase its services from Marrakesh (RAK) to Istanbul from five flights to seven flights per week as of December 16, 2019.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 17 November 2019
Cabo Verde Airlines will add a second flight between Cabo Verde and Boston in December.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 14 November 2019
The Senegalese national airline will launch many new routes in Africa
(Nouakchott, Abuja, Lagos, Accra and Casablanca).
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 28 October 2019
Ethiopian Airlines launched a passenger flight to Bengaluru, India on 27 October 2019.
There will be four weekly direct flights.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 22 October 2019
Three weekly A330neo’s flights will be operated from December 12, 2019 to Marseille and Barcelona El Prat Airport.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 21 October 2019
RwandAir says its new route to Guangzhou is performing ‘beyond expectations’.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 16 October 2019
Kenya Airways (KQ) has introduced a new seat product- Economy Comfort, which is set to enhance customer comfort and experience.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 15 October 2019
Following the recent debut of its flagship A380 aircraft to Cairo, Emirates will introduce a regular scheduled commercial A380 service to the Egyptian capital starting from 27 October 2019, four times a week.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 7 October 2019
Cabo Verde Airlines (CVA) met with more than 300 Nigerian travel agents in Lagos, following a workshop organised by IATA in collaboration with the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies (NANTA), which was co-sponsored by Cabo
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 30 September 2019
Emirates will be operating its A380 service to Cairo International Airport on 2 October 2019, making it the first scheduled commercial airline to operate an A380 flight into Egypt.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 24 September 2019
Travel and tourism remained one of the key growth drivers of Africa's economy, contributing 8.5% of the GDP in 2018; equivalent to $194.2 billion.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 9 September 2019
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced slowing global passenger demand growth for July. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose 3.6%, compared to the same month in 2018. This was down from 5.1% annual growth recorded
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 9 September 2019
Qatar Airways is to launch a new service to Luanda, Angola, starting March 2020.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 20 August 2019
Cape Verde Airlines is reinforcing operations in the United States with flights to Dulles International Airport in Washington this December.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 19 August 2019
Cabo Verde Airlines will start flying to Lagos, Nigeria, from December 9.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 12 August 2019
Cabo Verde Airlines is reinforcing its Praia/Lisbon/Praia route with the arrival of a Boeing 737-300.
in Route Planning & Tourism Posted 12 August 2019
Ethiopian Airlines will launch thrice weekly service to the city of Beira in central Mozambique via Malawi effective September 3, 2019.