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Air France KLM Expands Presence in Africa with New Office in Nairobi

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 08:21:29 +0000

Air France KLM, a leading airline group, has identified Africa as a strategic priority for its expansion plans. Recognizing the growing demand in the region, the company recently opened a new regional office in Nairobi, Kenya. With increased capacity on its Nairobi-Europe flights and the introduction of new routes, Air France aims to tap into [...]

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EgyptAir Expands A321neo Network, Strengthening Connectivity to Europe

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:43:59 +0000

EgyptAir has announced the expansion of its Airbus A321neo fleet and the introduction of these advanced aircraft on several new routes to Europe. This strategic move comes as part of EgyptAir’s ongoing efforts to enhance its connectivity and provide passengers with an unparalleled travel experience. The latest schedule update reveals the addition of Airbus A321neo [...]

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Ethiopian Airlines Launches Flights to Copenhagen, Connecting Africa and Scandinavia

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Thu, 25 May 2023 09:36:31 +0000

Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s leading carrier, has announced the commencement of its operations between Addis Ababa and Copenhagen, Denmark, marking its 21st destination in Europe. The new service, which started on May 20, 2023, with a layover in Vienna, strengthens Ethiopian Airlines’ network and enhances air connectivity between Europe and Africa. The maiden flight, Flight ET [...]

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Ethiopian Airlines Readies for Zurich Launch as it Expands its European Winter Flight Schedule

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 09:48:06 +0000

Beginning next Monday (October 31), Ethiopian will conduct its inaugural flight to Zurich from Addis Ababa, marking a milestone for the company in Switzerland as Zurich becomes its second destination in Switzerland after Geneva and its 19th destination in Europe. Ethiopian will operate three weekly flights between its base in Addis Ababa-Bole and Zurich-Kloten Airport, [...]

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RwandAir Introduces non-stop London-Kigali service

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:12:25 +0000

RwandAir is to open a non-stop service to Kigali from London Heathrow, having previously served the UK capital via Brussels. The airline says it will operate the route four-times weekly, up from the current thrice-weekly service. RwandAir chief executive Yvonne Makolo says the switch to the non-stop rotation – from 6 November – is a [...]

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Air Cairo Expands its presence in Europe

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 06:13:08 +0000

Air Cairo will offer services to Bilbao (BIO), Malaga (AGP), and Valencia (VLC) from October 31. The low-cost airline will be the only carrier to connect these three Spanish cities with Egypt, in addition to being the only company to offer air connections between Luxor (LXR) and Spain. According to Aviacionline, Air Cairo will offer [...]

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Ethiopian Obtains Approval for Fifth Freedom flights to Geneva from Manchester, Schedules Additional Johannesburg flights from November

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 18:05:27 +0000

Ethiopian Airlines will introduce 4x weekly flights between Manchester and Geneva from 1 November 2022. The airline obtained approval for 5th freedom rights for its Manchester-Geneva-Addis Ababa route and will replace Brussels from 30 October a route which it launched in 2018 from UK’s Manchester Airport. The airline planned to make Addis Ababa-Manchester a non-stop [...]

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Ethiopian to launch Flights to Zurich, its Second Destination in Switzerland

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 13:48:02 +0000

From October 31, Ethiopian Airlines plans to inaugurate flights between Addis Ababa (ADD) and Zurich-Kloten airport (ZRH) with a stopover in Milan Malpensa (MXP). The Ethiopian national carrier already operates regular flights in Switzerland with flights to Geneva, where in 2019 it flew 25,033 passengers according to Aviacionline. The total number of flights to Europe [...]

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Egyptair Adds Non-stop Summer Flights to Ireland from June

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 18:16:26 +0000

Travelers from the continent headed to Ireland have a new flight option as Egypt’s flag carrier EgyptAir plans to introduce year-round nonstop scheduled services between Ireland and Egypt even as travel rebounds in a (hopefully) post-COVID-19 world. This is in light of the carrier’s strategy to expand its network to the most dynamic cities and [...]

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Air Cairo To Kick Off Slew Of New EX-YU Routes this Summer

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 13:24:26 +0000

EgyptAir subsidiary, Air Cairo has unveiled five new scheduled flights to Belgrade, Serbia; Sarajevo and Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina; and Macedonia’s capital, Skopje, to be launched this summer season. Tickets are expected to go on sale shortly as the airline has loaded the new routes to the system. Air Cairo will begin operations [...]

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