Bleak future for African airlines
The future of African carriers looks bleak no thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic which is exacerbated by the COVID-19 Omicron variant
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United returns to Nigeria after five years of absence
Competition on the lucrative United States-Nigeria route is set to have begun as United Airlines November 30 resumed flight services to Lagos. The airline will battle Delta Airlines for a huge market share on the route and may look to…
Latest travel bans meet incomprehension in Africa
As a growing number of countries impose flight bans on Southern African nations due to concerns over the new Omicron variant, World Health Organisation (WHO) urges countries to follow science and the International Health Organisation Health Regulations (2015). Latest travel…
New virus mutation blocks air travel to large parts of Africa
UPDATE – A growing number of countries have imposed travel bans or restrictions from flights to South Africa and other countries in the region, following the warning of a new mutation of the Covid-19 virus in South Africa. The US…
Kenya Airways and SAA tie bonds with strategic partnership
Rhetoric on the need for cooperation between airlines in Africa has never been in short supply, but action had been less forthcoming. In the current aviation landscape, filled by the emergence of new markets, two of Africa’s biggest airlines, Kenya Airways…
South Africa and Ethiopia push for outrageous rise in charges
IATA singled out Airport Company of South Africa and Ethiopia’s Air Navigation Service Providers a examples of infrastructure service providers looking to hike fees