ECAir takes flight
The new national carrier of the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Congo Airlines (ECAir), has begun flights with an inaugural Brazzaville-Point Noire flight. The new airline will fly a 737-300 three times...
The new national carrier of the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Congo Airlines (ECAir), has begun flights with an inaugural Brazzaville-Point Noire flight. The new airline will fly a 737-300 three times...
WestJet Airlines and Emirates have launched an interline agreement that aims to allow their passengers to connect more easily to destinations in their respective networks. For Emirates, this is one wa...
Goodrich Corporation has been selected by Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf Air to provide high density video reproducer units (VRU) to upgrade the airline’s Airbus A330 fleet in-flight entertainment sy...
Emirates is expected to place more aircraft orders at the Dubai Air Show next month. Chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum indicated that the airline could “sign something” next month. Emirates h...
Oman Air has financed its purchase of two Embraer E175 worth $52mn with a loan from BankDhofar. Oman Air has five of the Brazilian jets on order and will be looking at other local banks to support the...
RwandAir plans to increase the frequency of flights to Nairobi from three times a day to five. It also plans to diversify routes to West Africa and Asia, as well as grow its fleet from seven to 18 air...
Qatar Airways is planning to fly to and from Entebbe International Airport in Uganda in November this year. Pritt Chibole, the commercial manager Qatar Airways said it chose to add Uganda to its netw...
Emirates has indicated it has not yet seen a downturn in business travel. Bookings remain strong despite other airlines reporting sales are down due to the worsening economic environment. "As yet, fin...
Saudi Airlines Cargo is expanding its main deck capacity to the USA out of Europe. The airline offers three 747 freighter flights per week to New York (JFK) and Houston (IAH) from their European hub i...
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has warned the poaching of Nigerian pilots and engineers to Europe and the Middle East will pose a real problem for domestic and African carriers in five...
Speaking at the New York’s Wings Club, James Hogan, CEO of Etihad Airways, berated the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) as simply a means to increase revenue. He said the EU ETS,...
Morocco's government has offered flag carrier Royal Air Maroc 1.6 billion dirhams ($193.3 million) to shore up its finances. The funds will be used to help the state-controlled airline cut its work...
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