Middle Eastern budget carrier Flydubai is to start three new East African services, bringing its overall network to 80 destinations.
Flights to Burundian capital Bujumbura, Entebbe in Uganda, and Rwandan capital Kigali will begin in September.
Flydubai already serves six African points: Alexandria in Egypt, Port Sudan and Khartoum in Sudan, Juba in South Sudan, Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, and Djibouti.
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American Airlines’ operations were disrupted by a nationwide ground stop on the morning of 24 December, the height of the winter holiday air travel period.
The US government has cleared nearly $1 billion in potential sales of air-launched weapons to Egypt and Morocco.
Two US naval aviators safely ejected from their Boeing F/A-18F over the Red Sea after the jet was mistakenly targeted by one of the guided missile ships escorting the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman.
