Mali Archives - Airspace Africa https://airspace-africa.com/tag/mali/ Latest news and insights from the aviation and travel industry in Africa Fri, 13 Oct 2023 08:50:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://airspace-africa.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-African-Airspace-Logo-Favicon-01-32x32.png Mali Archives - Airspace Africa https://airspace-africa.com/tag/mali/ 32 32 Air France’s Planned Resumption to Mali Delayed Amid Local Authorities’ Requests https://airspace-africa.com/2023/10/13/air-frances-planned-resumption-to-mali-delayed-amid-local-authorities-requests/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=air-frances-planned-resumption-to-mali-delayed-amid-local-authorities-requests https://airspace-africa.com/2023/10/13/air-frances-planned-resumption-to-mali-delayed-amid-local-authorities-requests/#respond Fri, 13 Oct 2023 08:50:12 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=11450 Air France’s planned return to Bamako, the capital of Mali, following a two-month suspension is now uncertain. The French airline initially announced its intention to resume service to Bamako starting on October 13, 2023. However, amid ongoing political tensions and additional requests from the Malian authorities, the airline has postponed the resumption until further notice. [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2023/10/13/air-frances-planned-resumption-to-mali-delayed-amid-local-authorities-requests/feed/ 0 Ilyushin Il-76 Cargo Plane Possibly Tied to Wagner Group Crashes in Mali https://airspace-africa.com/2023/09/23/ilyushin-il-76-cargo-plane-possibly-tied-to-wagner-group-crashes-in-mali/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ilyushin-il-76-cargo-plane-possibly-tied-to-wagner-group-crashes-in-mali https://airspace-africa.com/2023/09/23/ilyushin-il-76-cargo-plane-possibly-tied-to-wagner-group-crashes-in-mali/#respond Sat, 23 Sep 2023 14:42:06 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=11273 An Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft has met a tragic fate at Gao Airport in Mali. The aircraft, registered as EW-412TH, had arrived from Minsk, Belarus, the previous day with a scheduled departure to Istanbul, Turkey today. This incident has sparked intense speculation and raised questions about its true ownership and purpose. Malian Army or Wagner PMC? [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2023/09/23/ilyushin-il-76-cargo-plane-possibly-tied-to-wagner-group-crashes-in-mali/feed/ 0 Air Senegal to Resume flights to Bamako after ECOWAS Lifts it’s Embargo on Mali https://airspace-africa.com/2022/07/22/air-senegal-announces-flight-resumption-to-mali-after-an-end-to-ecowas-embargo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=air-senegal-announces-flight-resumption-to-mali-after-an-end-to-ecowas-embargo https://airspace-africa.com/2022/07/22/air-senegal-announces-flight-resumption-to-mali-after-an-end-to-ecowas-embargo/#respond Fri, 22 Jul 2022 14:57:02 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=7274 Air Senegal will relaunch its direct line between Dakar and Bamako beginning next month, eight months after the Senegalese carrier withdrew its services in Mali due to an ECOWAS embargo. The West African trade bloc however, announced at the start of this month it has lifted economic and financial sanctions against Mali’s military led government [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2022/07/22/air-senegal-announces-flight-resumption-to-mali-after-an-end-to-ecowas-embargo/feed/ 0 Mali: Airlines Have 72 Hours to resume flights or Risk losing Landing Slots https://airspace-africa.com/2022/01/15/mali-airlines-have-72-hours-to-resume-flights-or-risk-losing-landing-slots/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mali-airlines-have-72-hours-to-resume-flights-or-risk-losing-landing-slots https://airspace-africa.com/2022/01/15/mali-airlines-have-72-hours-to-resume-flights-or-risk-losing-landing-slots/#respond Sat, 15 Jan 2022 15:52:04 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=5003 While we have seen some airlines around the globe operating near-empty planes that serve no other purpose than to protect valuable airport slots, Mali has announced that it has given airlines three days to confirm they will continue flights to the country or lose their landing slots after several carriers suspended services in response to [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2022/01/15/mali-airlines-have-72-hours-to-resume-flights-or-risk-losing-landing-slots/feed/ 0 Mali Government Lobbies Removal of US Sanction on Ordered Airbus C295 Tactical Transport Aircraft https://airspace-africa.com/2021/09/10/mali-government-lobbies-removal-of-us-sanction-on-ordered-airbus-c295-tactical-transport-aircraft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mali-government-lobbies-removal-of-us-sanction-on-ordered-airbus-c295-tactical-transport-aircraft https://airspace-africa.com/2021/09/10/mali-government-lobbies-removal-of-us-sanction-on-ordered-airbus-c295-tactical-transport-aircraft/#respond Fri, 10 Sep 2021 06:51:30 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=3397 The Mali Government wants the United States to drop its decision to arm embargo Mali as it awaits the delivery of its second C295 transport aircraft from Airbus. The tactical transport aircraft was ordered in December last year and was to supplement the first C295 already in operation since December 2016. “I have requested the [...]

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