By eTN News, Qatar Airways is continuing its rapid growth across Africa with an increase in flight frequencies to Asmara, Eritrea. From 7th September 2015, flights from Doha to Asmara will be increased from four to five times per week, representing a 25% increase in capacity and enhanced connectivity, in particular for customers from North […]
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By Nyambega Gisesa, ERITREA has denied reports that it played a role in events leading to President Uhuru Kenyatta cutting short his trip to the United States midair last Thursday night. Eritrea’s Ambassador Beyene Russom said his country had given the Kenya government the requisite clearance for the President’s jet to use its airspace on […]
Continue ReadingBy CH-AVIATION, ERITREAN Airlines (B8, Asmara) has wet-leased an Airbus A320-200 from Ukrainian ACMI specialist, YanAir (YE, Kiev Zhulyany). According to Skyliner Aviation, UR-CME (cn 671) was ferried from Kiev Zhulyany to Asmara on September 30 where it has now joined a B737-300, on wet-lease from East Air (EG, Dushanbe), and an in-house B767-200(ER).
Continue ReadingBy CapitalEritrea, FLIGHT Travel Organizer Aer Asian Pacific Around The World Travel Ltd, also known as Fly Olympic, has filed for bankruptcy. Approximately 500 to 600 passengers in Somalia, Iraq and Eritrea are stranded because of cancelled flights, says Sweden’s Consumer Protection Agency. Fly Olympic said in a press release that it had tried to find […]
Continue ReadingBy Ch-Avaition, Massawa Airways (Massawa) has been cleared to operate its sole MA60, E3-AAV, by the Eritrean Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA). The announcement comes after talks between Xian Aircraft Company (Xi’an Yanliang) and Eritrean officials in Asmara in November which lead to the aircraft’s type certification in the Horn of Africa country.
Continue ReadingBy Sudan Tribune, An Ethiopian Airline plane from the capital Addis Ababa to the northern tourist town of Axum was forced to make a rough landing on Wednesday after its smoke sensors went off minutes before landing, an airline official told Sudan Tribune. The plane, a Bombardier Q400 with 78 passengers and crew on board, made […]
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