South African Airways Resumes Flights to Six Destinations
South African Airways (SAA) has resumed flights to six destinations. These destinations include Accra, Lagos, Lusaka, Maputo,Windhoek and Harare. This will be effective from Tuesday, 19th November 2019. The airline [...]
Airbus Secures $30 Billion in New Orders for Planes
Airbushas secured $30 billion in new orders for planes from airlines based in the United Arab Emirates. This happened at the ongoing Dubai Airshow. Emirates Airline ordered 50 A350s from [...]Silverstone Air to Send Home its Pilots and Crew
Local low-cost carrier Silverstone Air on Monday sent one-month redundancy letters to its pilots and crew members. The move follows grounding of the Airline's Dash-800 fleet following a series of [...]
Air Senegal Set to Buy 8 Airbus A220s for $730 Million
Air Senegal is set to buy eight Airbus A220-300 planes for $730 million. However, the memorandum of understanding is subject to a final contract. The acquisition of the planes is [...]South African Airways in Talks with Regulators on its Potential Equity Partners
South African Airways will soon be summoned by regulators next month to disclose details concerning talks with potential equity partners. This is to ensure that there is an assurance that [...]Kenya Airways to be Bought out by End of 2020
The National Treasury has announced plans to buy out Air France-KLM, local banks and over 800,000 individual shareholders from Kenya Airways. This will lead to the delisting of Kenya Airways [...]South African Airways To Layoff 18% of its Workforce
South African Airways is in conflict with labor unions over its plans to reduce its workforce by about a fifth. The air carrier is undertaking a restructuring plan aimed at [...]Ryanair Pushes Boeing 737 Acquisition to March 2020
Ryanair has postponed its acquisition of Boeing 737 MAX planes to March 2020. This will be two months late than its initial forecast of January 2020. The move is expected [...]South African Airways Receives First Airbus A350
South African Airways (SAA) has received the first Airbus A350-900 as part of a cost-saving strategy. This is the first plane to arrive among four A350s airbuses planned for this [...]Delta Airlines Unveils New $3.9 Billion Terminal at LaGuardia
Delta Airlines has unveiled a new terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York. The terminal spans across a 100,000 square-foot concourse, and it cost $3.9 (KSh400)billion. The new terminal is [...]Air Tanzania Acquires 2nd Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
Air Tanzania Company Limited has acquired a second Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. This is a step further to its plans of doubling the fleet to fourteen planes by 2022. Acquisition of [...]Qantas Airways Completes the World's Longest Commercial Flight
Qantas Airways recently completed the world's longest commercial flight from New York to Sydney, a journey that covered a total distance of 16,200km (10,066 miles) in 19 hours and 16 [...]
