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Emirates Resumes U.S. Flights Despite 5G Interruptions
Emirates has announced it will restore its full scheduled operations to all its U.S. destinations that were suspended last week based on Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing recommendations on possible interference between the 5G antennas and aircraft systems. The services resumption is also a result of telecommunication operators delaying the rollout of 5G networks […]
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Ethiopian Predicts Higher Passenger and Cargo Capacity For 2022
Ethiopian Airlines — Africa’s largest carrier — is struggling with its passenger operations, but the airline could make a full recovery by the end of this year, according to the airline’s CEO Tewolde GebreMariam who spoke at a Dubai Expo event on Jan. 11. As the airline emerges from the devastating Covid-19 downturn, the airline’s […]
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Air Mauritius Resumes Flights To Johannesburg
Air Mauritius recently announced the resumption of its commercial flights from Johannesburg to Mauritius. The airline will now serve five weekly flights scheduled for January 2022, operated on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. Flights will be operated by both the Airbus A350-900 and the A330-900neo. Air Mauritius flight resumption from Johannesburg comes when Mauritius […]
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Uganda Airlines Faces Network Challenges
COVID-19 has drastically decreased airline traffic across all routes, raising questions as to whether the current crisis will lead to structural changes within the industry. On the network side, this includes a debate about when and if traffic will return to normal. Uganda Airlines — like other carriers —will have to cater to these challenges […]
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Ethiopian Airlines Prepares For Boeing 737 Max Return
Ethiopian Airlines is now laying the groundwork for the return of the Boeing 737 Max. The airline on Monday issued an Airworthiness Directive (AD) on the Boeing 737 MAX that will help pave the way for the model’s return to service with the first flight expected on Feb. 1. Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Tewolde GebreMariam, […]
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Madagascar’s Ivato International Airport Debuts New Terminal
Antananarivo, Madagascar’s Ivato International Airport debuted a new terminal building as part of a public-private partnership. The new 17,500 square meter terminal is estimated to welcome more than 1.5 million passengers per year, compared to 850,000 passengers it handled in 2016 and comes after a new concession agreement was signed for the commissioning of the […]
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Emirates Suspends Flights To Nigeria Amid Slot Dispute
Last Friday, Emirates announced the suspension of flight operations between Nigeria and Dubai amid an intensifying slot allocation row between the Nigerian Ministry of Aviation and the United Arab Emirates’ General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), just a week after the country’s largest airline announced its flight resumption to Abuja, Nigeria and Lagos, Nigeria. The Dubai, […]
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African Airlines Association Calls on Countries to Revoke Unilateral Travel Restrictions
While the last few days have been among the most frustrating in the world of travel after the discovery of a new coronavirus variant in South Africa — one that become widely known as Omicron — which panicked governments into once again restricting or entirely removing the freedom to travel. The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) […]
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Zambia Airways Launches Flight Operations
Africa’s largest airline Ethiopian Airlines announced the final preparation for the launch of Zambia’s national carrier — in a joint venture with Industrial Development Corporation Limited (IDC). In the proposed joint venture, Ethiopian Airlines will take a 45 percent stake in the joint venture while Industrial Development Corporation Limited (IDC) retains 55 percent. The shareholders […]
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TAAG Angola Airlines Receives First of Six Dash 8-400s
TAAG Angola Airlines, the national flag carrier for Angola yesterday received its first of six Dash 8-400 aircraft from De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited. This introduction of Dash 8-400 is expected to support the growth of TAAG’s network. “We selected the Dash 8-400 aircraft to support our development of a stronger domestic network and […]