Kenya Airways Partner
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Tanzania’s leading private airline and partner of Kenya Airways took delivery early last week of yet another ATR 42-500 aircraft, part of the purchase deal signed with the French manufacturer ...
Bird Strike
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Following the resumption of their domestic flight schedule to Kamembe last week, the Rwandan flag carrier has now overcome the fallout caused by a bird strike on one of their CRJs.
JetBlue Airways
By SAMANTHA BOMKAMP
NEW YORK — JetBlue Airways Corp. is slowing deliveries of new aircraft to steady its growth and control costs.
Aircraft Purchased By Private Firm
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Press reports in South Africa, reportedly written with malicious intent to portray the government of Rwanda as "spending crazy" have been utterly rejected by Kigali last week.
Mauritius Aircraft Leasing
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
The Mauritius-based aircraft leasing company, Veling, confirmed last week a sale and lease back agreement for two B777-200 with Emirates, financed entirely through an African banking syndicate ...
Antonov A-12 Banned
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
It was learned that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has issued prohibition orders for their airspace on aircraft registered in the Congo DR, besides also affecting the same measure on Swaziland, ...
Island Hopper
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
The De Havilland Twin Otter used to be a workhorse aircraft in the African skies for a long time, as it was and still is in the Seychelles for inter-island flights, before the manufacture of the ...
Expanding Uganda Flights
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
A regular source from the Kampala office of Emirates drew this correspondent’s attention to the delivery of their latest A380 Sky Giant aircraft, which coincided apparently with Airbus’ ...
RwandAir May Purchase Long Haul Aircraft
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
It was learned that earlier in the week a team from Boeing was in Rwanda to discuss RwandAir’s acquisition of a B737-800, likely due for delivery already by mid 2010, although the discussions ...
Ethiopian Airlines Aims To Restore Itself As The Pan African Airline
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Information was received earlier today that Ethiopian Airlines (ET) has taken further steps to restore itself as the "Pan African airline" it used to be, when an order for another 10 B737-800 was ...
Aircraft Forced To Refuel In Mombasa
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Reports from the Kenyan coast have confirmed that Malindi airport suffered a severe jet fuel shortage last week, when Shell failed to deliver sufficient supplies of JetA1 and AVGAS to the ...
To Maintain 2 CRJ200 Aircraft
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Following the recent acquisition of two CRJ200 aircraft from Germany’s Lufthansa, which come with a spare part and maintenance support package, RwandAir has reportedly recruited 6 Rwandan ...
Airbus
By Tim Hepher
PARIS - Airbus refused on Monday to back away from a row with European buyers over its troubled A400M military plane, insisting it would need a significant boost in resources to avoid axeing a ...
Formal Commission
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Rwandair, the Rwandan national airline, formally commissioned their two Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft last week, which it purchased from Germany’s Lufthansa last year.
Aircraft Acquisitions
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
During the celebrations of Brussels Airlines entry into the global Star Alliance, opportunity arose to speak with the joint CEOs of SN, Mssrs.
15 Ordered This Year
By eTN Staff Writer
Copa Airlines announced today that they have placed an order for two Boeing 737-800 airplanes to be delivered in the second half of 2010.
Aircastle Receives New Airbus
By eTN Staff Writer
The flag carrier of Colombia and one of the largest airlines in Latin America, Aircastle Limited, announced today that one of its subsidiaries has taken delivery of a new Airbus A330-200 aircraft ...
US Airways
By JOSHUA FREED and DAVID KOENIG
US Airways will delay delivery of 54 new Airbus jets until at least 2013 and take other steps to boost its cash reserves until travel demand rebounds.
