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Somalia’s Aviation Takes Off: ‘Class A’ Airspace Restored After Three Decades
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the airspace over Somalia and the surrounding region will be reclassified as Class A effective from 26th January 2023. The reclassification follows the operational restoration of air traffic control services, which had been disrupted for 30 years. The reclassification of the airspace is a major milestone for […]
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Air Serbia Announces Qatar Airways Codeshare Agreement, Considers Joining Oneworld Alliance
Air Serbia and Qatar Airways have announced a comprehensive codeshare agreement, set to begin on February 1, 2023. This partnership will allow passengers to seamlessly travel to over forty destinations when traveling on each other’s networks. As part of the collaboration, Air Serbia will add its designator code and flight numbers onto Qatar Airways’ service […]
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Ethiopian Strengthens U.S. Route Network, Restores Flights to China
Ethiopian has plans in place to expand its presence in the U.S. The airline is launching new flights from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Atlanta in May. From May 16, 2023, the Ethiopian national carrier will offer four flights per week between its base in Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport and Atlanta-Hartsfield Jackson Airport, operated by […]
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Uganda Airlines Sets Sights for Heathrow Airport Summer 2023 Launch As UK CAA Offers Intermediaries
Uganda Airlines is aiming for a summer launch for its long-anticipated service to London’s Heathrow Airport, after the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) offered the carrier the option to operate flights through intermediate airports in Algeria, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Tunisia, or Turkey. These airports already have existing security ratings from the UK CAA, while delays […]
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Ethiopia Releases Final Boeing 737 MAX Accident Report, U.S. Authorities Question Report
The Ethiopian Accident Investigation Board recently released the final report on the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max. Released on Friday (December 23), the state investigators in their final report on ET302 confirm that a software bug is the main cause of the 2019 Boeing 737 Max crash. The Ethiopian Airlines flight bound […]
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Ethiopian Airlines Announces Singapore, Copenhagen As Two Latest Destinations
Ethiopian Airlines is resuming services to Copenhagen on May 22 after last serving the Danish capital in 2003. The carrier plans to offer five flights per week to the city, starting on May 22, 2023. The Addis Ababa-Copenhagen Kastrup route will operate via Austria’s capital Vienna using the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Copenhagen was last served […]
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Kenya Airways Begins Nonstop Flights between Mombasa and Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates’ International Airport now has a new African destination in its network of 200 plus international destinations on Friday, with the recent launch of Kenya Airways’ inaugural service from the coastal city of Mombasa, Kenya. Kenya Airways will now be operating four weekly flights between Mombasa and Dubai’s Terminal 1 on a […]
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Airbus Deploys airBaltic A220-300 on Demo Tour To Africa, Looking To Court New Customers
Airbus presented an airBaltic Airbus A220-300 on a demonstration flight to TAAG – Linhas Aéreas de Angola last Tuesday — Dec. 6 — in Luanda, Angola. The model is expected to be integrated into the fleet of the flag carrier of the Republic of Angola from August 2023 and will thus receive six units over […]
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Air Tanzania A220 Inbounded in the Netherlands Over Dispute
An Air Tanzania aircraft was seized in the Netherlands on Thursday, December 2, in accordance with a Swedish firm’s tribunal plea. The arresting party – a private Swedish legal entity – claims that the jurisdiction Tanzania must pay $165 million in damages, over the African country’s move to revoke a land title in 2016 in […]
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RwandAir Inducts First Dedicated Freighter to Fleet
Rwanda’s flag carrier RwandAir on November 24, inducted its first freighter aircraft in a bid to start a dedicated cargo service. The airline has inducted a Boeing 737-800SF freighter aircraft, which has been converted from a passenger jet to a full freighter configuration and is painted in RwandAir’s first cargo livery. The airframe – 9XR-WW […]