Airlink withdrew from the Johannesburg-Entebbe route, effective Monday, August 28.
The airline’s CEO and Managing Director, Rodger Foster, attributed the move to the commercial non-viability of the route due to thin traffic volumes. Airlink withdrew from the Johannesburg-Entebbe route.
Trade partners welcomed Air Algérie (AH) to South Africa last week, with the airline’s inaugural flight between Algiers and Johannesburg. The airline will operate two flights a week on the route from September 21.
ALG-JNB is the airline’s 45th international route and its seventh in Africa.
Nigeria Air – which aims to be the West African country’s national carrier – will officially commence operations in October, under the management of Ethiopian Airlines.
The airline will be owned 49% by Ethiopian Airlines, 46% by Nigerian private investors, and 5% by the Nigerian Government.
African low-cost airline, fastjet, will add additional flight frequencies from Bulawayo’s JM Nkomo International Airport (BUQ) to Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport (JNB), starting October 30.
The service will increase from a daily service to 12 weekly flights with the re-introduction of a morning service, adding a choice of fre… read more
Qatar Airways officially opened its Zimbabwean office in Harare this month.
This follows the launch of the airline’s linked service between Doha and Lusaka and Harare, with thrice weekly … read more
South African domestic and regional carrier FlyCemAir has recently announced a new service to Kasane, Botswana, on September 16.
The two weekly non-stop flights will operate on Wednesdays and Saturdays between OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg and Kasane International Airport (BBK).
Kenya Airways will launch direct flights to Bangkok (BKK), starting November 21.
The airline will offer three weekly flights from Nairobi (NBO) on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, with return flights on the same days. The flights will be operated with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Starting July 1, Proflight Zambia launched the first direct flights between Lusaka and Cape Town, making it the airline’s fourth South African route, adding to its Lusaka-Johannesburg, Ndola-Johannesburg and Lusaka-Durban flights.
The direct service to South Africa’s second-largest city means that, for the first time, travellers will no longer need to transit through Johannesburg.
