The much-awaited Kisumu International Airport will be officially commissioned in a month’s time, as engineers wind-up construction works. Airport manager Joseph Okumu told The Standard that works at the new site was now 98 per cent complete."What we are doing now is test runs to ensure...
KISUMU AIRPORT SET FOR COMPLETION
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Following news a few days ago that Malindi’s airport construction was nearly complete and the commissioning of the new facilities, i.e. passenger terminal, shops, restaurants and the new control tower was only weeks away, was additional information sent to this correspondent over the weekend...
East Africa news – Khartoum’s membership application to join EAC seen as ‘pure mischief’
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MORE MISCHIEF FROM THE KHARTOUM REGIMEKhartoum’s formal application to join the East African Community has been received with some incredulity in Arusha, causing a blinding diplomatic headache to community bureaucrats and the member states.No longer having any direct borders with any of the...
Terror: Will Nigeria produce another "underwear bomber"
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Aviation authorities in Nigeria have been beefing up security at Nigerian airports following an attack at a UN building in Abuja that killed some 18 people when a Boko Haram suicide bomber rammed a truck full of explosives into the UN building.Nigeria's Boko Haram is thought to be getting...
SkyTrax: The Best Airports in Africa
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The SkyTrax Award , which lists the best airports on the world is based on a questionnaire filled in by 11 million passengers. Hong Kong International Airport was voted the best airport in the world, followed by Singapore Changi Airport and...
Star Alliance Launches FareFinder App
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Following the recent successful launch of its Navigator iPhone app, the Star Alliance network has now become the first airline alliance to introduce an easy and simple to use fare finder mobile applicationChristopher Korenke, Vice President...
Egyptir Resumes Baghdad Flights after 21 years absence
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EgyptAir is resuming flights to Baghdad Iraq after a 21 year absence. The Egyptian carrier scrapped flights to Iraq following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. The first Cairo-Baghdad flight left today with 30 passengers on board....
Egypt's Military Opens Airport to Civilian Use to Boost Tourism
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Egyptian pro-people ruling junta has approved a decision to convert a military airport into a civilian airport with an aim of boosting tourism in the country.The decision to open Ras Banaas for civilian use was made to enhance the movement of civilians in Marsa Alam where the airport...
Emirates Launches Online Recruitment Ad for 4000 Cabin Crew on Spotify
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Emirates, the largest international airline, is advertising for 4000 cabin-crew jobs via online music provider Spotify as it strives to attract international staff for the world's biggest fleet of Airbus superjumbos. Emirates needs to boost...
African Aviation: Africa Needs to Improve on Aviatioon Data Gathering
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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is decrying poor aviation data on its aviation sector but this is not just a Nigerian problem but a problem facing the African aviation sector as a whole. The authority says that the data showing annual passenger traffic emanating from the agencies...
Nigerian Airlines issued 90 Day Ultimatum to Join IATA BSP
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The Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi, earlier this week issued a 90-day ultimatum for Nigerian domestic airlines to join the International Air Transport Association’s(IATA) Billing Settlement Plan. The deadline was contained in a statement issued by the Special Assistant...
Nigeria Aviation: Nigerian Aviation College has refurbished 22 Planes
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The Rector, Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria, Capt. Adebayo Araba, has said that the college has rehabilitated 22 aeroplanes since 2007. Araba told the News Agency of Nigeria in Zaria, Kaduna State, on Friday that by 2007, the college had only one serviceable aeroplane.“When...
In Pictures: RwandAir takes delivery of the first Boeing 737-800NG at a ceremony in Seattle.
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Rwandair crew after inspecting the Boeing 737-800NG Sky Interior Rwandair 737-800NG Economy Class Happy Client A first glimpse at the new baby by the outside world Let's head home: Journey about to begin to the land of a thousand...
Sierra Leone Airlines over Freetown, 1987
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Thursday's post detailed the launch of Sierra Leone's new carrier, concurrent with the 50th anniversary of the country's independence. In honor of another jubilee, in this case the 40th Anniversary of the International Civil Aviation...
UTA French Airlines: Central & Southern Africa Destinations
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Another detail from UTA's worldwide map from 1989, part of Flickr user caribb's collection. Even thought France didn't have any colonies in the southern half of the continent, and there isn't a francophone city between Kinshasa and Antananarivo,...
UTA French Airlines: Worldwide Network, 1989 Detail 1: The African Network
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A detail from the previous post, from Flickr user caribb's collection, showing the huge number of African destinations, which Air France didn't bother with.Courtesy: The Timetablist...
Swissair: Zurich-Kinshasa, 1973
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Swissair always had extensive routes across Africa. This envelope, although certainly commemorative, does not indicate whether this date was particularly important for the route to Zaïre, which is helpfully outlined on the map.Courtesy:...
Air Gabon: Systemwide Timetable, 1990
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Air Gabon is another carrier that has recently seen extensive attention on timetablist, only to be have this further article, a delightful sample from Flickr user caribb's amazing collection, illuminate its history further. This schedule...
Sudan Airways; The Domestic Network, April 1977
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The second half of a fantastic prize of Flickr user caribb's incredible airline memorabilia collection: Sudan Airways "White Nile Intra-African and Regional Services" as of April 1977.Showing a respectibly-dense network, including some...
Sudan Airways: The International Routes, April 1977
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Yet another jaw-droppingly rare find from the world-class collection of Flickr user caribb: This unembellished matrix shows Sudan Airways "Blue Nile international Jet services" as of April, 1977. The Gulf is heavily favored-- it is not...
Nigeria Airways: International Routes, November 1973
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Having just recently featured Nigeria Airways in its vintage glory, it is particularly pleasing to highlight this second gem from the incredible collection of Flickr user caribb. This colorful, elephantine brochure cover reveals an entirely...
Lufthansa/Privatair Flight No. LH588: Frankfurt->Libreville->Pointe-Noire
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Here is the curious case of LH588: a 7 hour, 15 minute flight on board a wingleted B737-800 of Lufthansa-owned PrivatAir, from Frankfurt Airport to Libreville, Gabon, and then an onward hop of a little over an hour from Libreville to Augostinho...
Nigeria Airways: Detail of the Domestic and Regional Network, April 1966
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Still from the TimeTablist, showing the Pink Nigeria Airways in 1966 Still Nigeria Airways, still all pink. The state airways corporation operated a zig-zaging domestic network, shown here as an inset of the previous post from April 1966....
Historic African Airline Timetables - Nigeria Airways: Systemwide Network, April 1966
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Pink was chosen to capture the essence of the fleet of the wingéd elephant's global reach in this delicious timetable from April 1966, sporting a roseate VC-10 flagship on its cover, with the stout pachydermian pegasus at lower left....
Historic African Airline Route Maps - Cameroon Airlines: Systemwide Network
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Although Cameroon Airlines never abandoned its psychadelic-jungle imagery, it apparently had, by 1996, divested in original graphic design, seeming to opt instead to scrawl its network over a readymade map. Its not clear from this artifact...
Historic African Airline Route Maps: Cameroon Airlines: Systemwide Network, Summer 1976
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One of the earliest and most marked secessions from the Air Afrique consortium was the Republic of Cameroon, which withdrew in 1971 to found its own flag carrier, Cameroon Airlines. This overbright document, colored and typefaced like...
African Airlines Timetables: Air Mauritanie: Systemwide Network, 2002
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The Timetablist travels to Mauritania Continuing with those national carriers which sprang up in the wake of the Air Afrique collapse, here is a combination timetable and route map of Air Mauritanie, the flag carrier of the Islamic Republic...
Toumaï air Tchad Systemwide Network, March 2005
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Continuing series from the Timetablist blog, here we travel to Chad Continuing to examine West African state carriers in the wake of Air Afrique's demise, this posts credits, with special thanks, the incredible, encyclopedic Timetable...
African Airline Route Maps: Air Burkina: Systemwide Network, c.2004
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Further post-Air Afrique aviation: with special complements to the website Developpement Felix Mayer is this colorful Carte of Air Burkina's Reseau, which the fantastic site Timetable Images suggest was issued around mid-2004. The airline's...
Air France: The African Routes, 1977. Detail #1: East Africa & the Indian Ocean
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Air France: The African Routes, 1977. Detail #1: East Africa & the Indian Ocean Compared to the Western portion of the continent, where Air France was absent in 1977 and is quite present today, the Eastern half of Africa was much ...
Air France: The African Routes, 1977.
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Our series from the Timetablist continues with Air France's African Route Map for 1977.Air France: The African Routes, 1977. In the wake of Air Afrique Week, it might be most fitting to spend the latter half of the month examining a bit more...
Historic African Airline Route Maps: Air Afrique: Route Map Poster c.1962
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For the last two months, we have been publishing select posts from the Timetablist, a unique aviation blog dedicated to historic and current airline route maps, route post cards from the last 5 decades. To our younger audiences,especially...
Kenya Airways adds one more daily flight to Kisumu
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Kenya Airways will be adding an additional daily flight to Kisumu as the demand to the city rises....
Jambo Jet: Will Kenya Airways succeed in low-cost airline market?
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Kenyan LCC Fly540: Kenyan LCC market already faces stiff competition Kenya Airways recently announced its intention to establish a low- cost, “no frills” airline to be called Jambo Jet.The stated intention is to establish a low- cost...
Kenya Airways traffic up as route expansion takes shape
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Kenya Airways has yet again proven itself as a leading African carrier with a nearly 30% traffic increase in the three months ended 30-Jun-2011 (1QFY2012). The carrier credits the boost in numbers to its aggressive expansion plans, which...
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