africa

U.K.-based airline Zuri Sky has announced plans to add flights between London Gatwick and Freetown, Sierra Leone, starting in October 2025. 

Delta is slated to expand its reach into North Africa later this year. The carrier announced a new route from its Atlanta hub on Friday.

These tensions are the result of an ongoing conflict in eastern DRC that has caused major aviation disruptions in the region.

Carlyle Aviation Partners, a U.S.-based aircraft leasing company, is reportedly demanding 20 billion FCFA (approximately $32 million).

Saudi low-cost carrier Flynas has started flying to Uganda’s main airport, Entebbe. The flights originate in the Middle Eastern nation’s capital of Riyadh.

Alkebulan Airlines is set to begin operations in January 2025 with a fleet of Embraer E145 and Boeing 737-series aircraft.

The resumption of this service comes after Etihad Airways dropped Nairobi from its route network in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tanzania’s flag carrier has found its way up on the E.U.’s air safety list. The news comes despite the fact that the airline currently doesn’t fly to any European Union member state destinations. Like the U.K. and U.S., the European Union has a list of airlines that are banned from flying to and from its […]

Lesotho will be without scheduled air service until its primary airport in Maseru restores emergency services to acceptable standards.

Ethiopia’s flag carrier has taken delivery of the first of four Airbus A350-1000s from Airbus in Toulouse, France this week.