Uganda Airlines faces a fast-paced end to the year, with three new routes scheduled for launch starting October 2023. The back-to-back launches, will be the much-delayed Lagos and Mumbai routes as well as Riyadh via Jeddah. The three routes, which…
After announcing a service linking Nairobi to Dubai via Mombasa – and in a sign that African skies are finally starting to open up – flag carrier Kenya Airways says it is introducing a service that will link Nairobi to Dakar…
Five years after exiting the lucrative Houston-Lagos route, United Airlines has set plans to operate the first-ever nonstop flight between Washington, D.C., and Lagos and offer more flights between D.C. and Africa than any other US carrier. The airline announced today…
Many years ago, African airlines dominated the skies of Africa. Gross mismanagement and corruption saw the end of promising airlines like Nigeria Airways, Ghana Airways, Air Afrique, and others that connected the continent. Worried by the situation, leaders in the…
Delta Air Lines and Kenya Airways PLC have expanded their codeshare agreement, increasing the choice of destinations offered by Delta in Africa and extending Kenya Airways’ reach in North America via the U.S. gateway of New York-JFK. The new agreement…
Despite the huge funding of national airlines by African governments, it is distressing that African airlines deliver perpetual losses. While it can be understood why Emirates Airlines made its first loss in 33 years, it is difficult to understand the…