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African Airlines Show Impressive 20.7% Increase In Year-On-Year International Traffic

While there is a surge in capacity, load factors have dropped to 74%.

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One Route To Sub-Saharan Africa: Expert Says Canada Is Anticompetitive

This is what African aviation guru Sean Mendis had to say.

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Safe Air Boeing 727 Collides With MD-82 At Malakal Airfield in South Sudan

While the MD-82 was already written off, the Boeing 727 was also damaged beyond repair.

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United Airlines And The Lufthansa Group Want To Make Brussels A US-Africa Hub

The star-alliance partners are looking to boost travel between the two continents.

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The Story Of Royal Air Maroc's Small But Mighty Boeing 757 Fleet

The Moroccan flag carrier flew three 757s across a 32-year period.

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129 Weekly Flights: The Airlines Serving US-Africa Routes This Summer

Seven US airports have passenger flights to Africa.

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Africa’s Largest Carrier: Ethiopian Airlines Adds 2 New Destinations

It now plans to serve 78 passenger destinations across the continent.

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EgyptAir Sells Airbus A220 Making Way For New Airbus Widebodies

The airline's Airbus A220-300s have barely flown in the past few months.

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Ethiopian Airlines Dash 8 Damaged During Prop Strike Runway Excursion

The airline confirmed that no crew and passengers suffered injuries during the runway excursion.

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Gambian Football Team Pass Out As Air Cote d'Ivoire Dash 8 Fails To Pressurize

Eventually, the Gambian footballers were able to reach the Ivory Coast on a replacement Airbus A319.

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Air Peace Celebrates Africa's 1st Female Embraer E195-E2 Captain

Air Peace has decorated the first female captain in Africa to fly its Embraer E195-E2 aircraft.

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Shrouded In Mystery: The Plane Crash Involving South African Cricketer Hansie Cronje

Over the years, theories have emerged that the disaster may not have been accidental.

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Kenya Airways Receives 1st Boeing 737-800 Freighter

The aircraft is the airline's third 737 freighter to join its fleet.

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Huge Cuts: Air Senegal Removes 75% Of Its European Routes

Only one European destination will remain.

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76 Destinations Served: Inside Ethiopian Airlines' Vast African Network

Its passenger network has just been joined by the latest destination.

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A Cameroon Airlines Boeing 747 on an airport apron.
What Happened To Cameroon Airlines?

The carrier was active for more than three decades.

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Set To Grow: The TAAG Angola Airlines Fleet In 2023

The carrier has big plans for the coming years.

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An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft landing in Oslo in Norway.
Ethiopian Airlines Is Considering Fifth-Freedom Flights To Canada

The airline could also use its rights to offer international flights elsewhere.

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