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NewsAir Senegal seals MoU for eight A220-300s
West African carrier Air Senegal has signed for Airbus A220-300s at the Dubai air show.
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Nigerian bureau probes another Air Peace 737 incident
Nigerian investigators have disclosed that they are looking into another serious incident involving local carrier Air Peace, the fourth within six months.
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NewsEgyptAir to lease two more 787-9s from AerCap
EgyptAir is to lease two more Boeing 787s from AerCap, the source of the six 787-9s the North African airline already has in service.
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Fastjet turns to South Africa to reinforce network
African budget operator Fastjet Group is planning to open several new routes for 2020, and has started the expansion by reinforcing its links to South Africa.
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SAA chief warns strikes threaten carrier's survival
South African Airways’ acting chief has warned that continued strikes will deepen the airline’s financial crisis, after flights were disrupted by industrial action.
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Kenya signs with Joramco for 787 C-checks
Kenya Airways is outsourcing heavy C-checks on its fleet of Boeing 787 twinjets to Amman-based MRO provider Joramco.
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DUBAI: Nigeria's Air Peace firms three more E195-E2s
Air Peace has increased the number of Embraer 195-E2s it has on firm order, from 10 to 13, by converting purchase rights acquired under the earlier deal.
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DUBAI: De Havilland Canada grows African business with Elin order
Elin Group has signed a firm purchase agreement for a trio of De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 turboprops to support oil and gas operations.
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South African cancels flights due to strike
Strike disruption has forced South African Airlines to cancel all of its domestic and regional flights scheduled for Sunday 17 and Monday 18th November, although it will operate all of its scheduled international flights departing from Johannesburg’s Tambo airport on 17 November.
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Air Peace 737 captain seized control before wheel-loss landing
Nigerian investigators have disclosed that the captain of an Air Peace Boeing 737-300, which lost its nose-wheels on landing at Lagos, had suddenly taken control of the aircraft just moments before touchdown.
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Go-around call overruled before damaging 737 landing
Investigators probing a landing which damaged an Air Peace Boeing 737-300 have revealed that the first officer called for a go-around but was overruled by the captain.
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Air Peace 737 landed off side of runway during rain
Nigerian investigators have disclosed that an Air Peace Boeing 737-500 touched down partially off the side of the runway at Port Harcourt, after landing long in poor weather conditions.
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Airline BusinessArab carriers set for challenging conditions
Preparing for a period of slower growth was one of the key topics on the agenda as airline chiefs met in Kuwait for the recent Arab Air Carriers’ Organization annual general meeting.
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Silverstone ordered to suspend Dash 8 flights after audit
Kenyan regional carrier Silverstone Air Services has suspended operations of its Bombardier Dash 8 fleet following an audit from the country's civil aviation regulator.
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Restructuring South African Airways looks to slash workforce
South African Airways is poised to cut close to 20% of its workforce as part of an effort to restructure the heavily loss-making carrier.
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Ramp staff praised for tackling SkyUp 737 gear fire
Egypt's civil aviation ministry is praising ground personnel for quickly reacting to a landing-gear fire which broke out on a SkyUp Airlines Boeing 737-800 at Sharm el-Sheikh.
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Air cargo records eleventh straight month of demand decline: IATA
Air freight demand remains weak, IATA reports in its September 2019 figures.
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Air Arabia eyes expansion with new order and Abu Dhabi unit
While many carriers in the Middle East are adjusting to slowing growth environment, the pace of activity is rising at low-cost carrier Air Arabia.
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SAA receives first A350 and plans to introduce four
South African Airways has disclosed that it will lease another pair of Airbus A350-900s, after taking delivery of the first of two initial leased aircraft.
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Spirit acquires Bombardier aerostructures plants
Bombardier is selling its aerostructures business to US-based Spirit AeroSystems, a deal which includes its wing operation in Belfast and other facilities in Morocco and the USA.