Fastjet will go head to head with multiple airlines when it launches a Harare-Lusaka service this winter.
The African budget carrier says it will operate four-times-weekly flights between the Zimbabwean and Zambian capitals from 13 November. Lusaka becomes Fastjet's fifth destination from Zimbabwe.
FlightGlobal schedules data indicates that Emirates, Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways, RwandAir and TAAG Angolan Airlines all serve the Zambian capital from Harare.
Source: Cirium Dashboard
Nigerian investigators are probing an apparent dual-engine power loss involving a Hawker 900XP business jet bound for the Ghanaian capital Accra. The aircraft had departed Abuja on 6 December and had been climbing through 24,000ft towards 28,000ft when the crew reported an indication from the right-hand engine. Hawker 900XPs are ...
Ethiopian Airlines has confirmed it is to manage a newly-launched carrier, Air Congo, for the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It will hold a 49% share in the airline while the government will have the 51% balance. Air Congo emerged in early December and its initial Boeing 737-800 ...
The Star Alliance carrier plans to reach C$30 billion in annual revenue in four years and to exceed that figure by decade’s end.
United Airlines is seeking to bolster its transpacific dominance with a newly proposed route to China from the West Coast of the USA.
US start-up carrier Avelo Airlines plans to soon launch its first-ever international flights, to Mexico and the Caribbean, as it establishes new operational bases in Connecticut and Florida.
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively awarded 10 hotly contested slots for long-distance domestic flights out of Ronald Reagan National airport in Washington, DC.
