Rwandair

RwandAir, the flag carrier of Rwanda, has received two additional Boeing 737-800 aircraft, which it said will help expand its service network.

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

‘The human need to fly has never been stronger,’ IATA’s Director General said during the association’s annual meeting in Dubai.

RwandAir, the national flag carrier of Rwanda, has recently received its third long-haul aircraft, an Airbus A330-200, which will allow the airline to further expand its long-haul operation between Europe, Middle East and Africa. The aircraft, registered 9XR-WX, is based at the carrier’s hub in Kigali and offers customers a leading experience in the skies […]

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 […]

To cater for increased demand, RwandAir operated its first non-stop direct flight between the Rwandese capital Kigali and London last week. The African airline has been operating flights to London via Brussels for the past five years, with service to Brussels now operated separately. Services started at the beginning of November with the inaugural flight […]

RwandAir becomes the first African airline to trial the IATA Travel Pass to ensure safe and seamless International connectivity, beginning a three-week trial plan in April for customers traveling between Kigali, Rwanda and Nairobi, Kenya. IATA Travel Pass is a digital application with the sole purpose to help passengers verify they comply with COVID-19 test […]

RwandAir, Rwanda’s national carrier, is seeking authority to fly to New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) via Accra, Ghana. The airline is seeking fifth Freedom Traffic Rights to use Accra as a stoping point from Kigali. If approved, the airline would use its Airbus A330s on the route. The latest request comes two […]

RwandAir is no longer considering, for now, its earlier fleet growth plan of two Airbus A330neos and two Boeing 737 Max orders that it had made via lessors. This is a major move for the African operator, re-evaluating its growth plan and re-aligning its ideas with that of Qatar Airways considering the ongoing talks with […]

Even as the pandemic continues to shake the industry to its core, construction of Rwanda’s largest airport, Bugesera International Airport, is still on course, and the airport is expected to open for business in 2022. The new airport’s construction of the new airport was prepared in 2010 and only got underway in 2017 before undergoing […]