South Africa
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South African Airways restarts service with limited route network
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SAA's fleet is comprised of just six Airbus aircraft.
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Emirates to restart St Petersburg, increase Saudi Arabia operations
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The service increases to Russia and Saudi Arabia follow additions made to the airline’s South Africa network.
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South African Airways will restart operations next month
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SAA will return with an Africa-only network but hopes to fly beyond the continent as market conditions improve.
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Emirates, South Africa’s CemAir ink interline agreement
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CemAir is the fourth South African carrier Emirates has struck either an interline or codeshare pact with.
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Emirates and Airlink sign codeshare agreement
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The new deal builds on an interline partnership the airlines entered into last October.
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Emirates ramps up US, UK and Africa capacity
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Frequencies are being increased due to rising passenger demand, the airline says.
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AFRAA: 'Out of control' COVID-19 threatens African rebound
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African airlines' traffic in July was just 43% of pre-COVID-19 levels.
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Delta Air Lines restarts Atlanta-Johannesburg route
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The carrier is operating the route with four-class A350-900neo aircraft.
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Delta restores routes to all pre-COVID African markets
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Service from Atlanta to Johannesburg will resume in August but plans to tag Cape Town on to the route have been dropped.
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Emirates resumes flights from India, boosts Jordan capacity
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The carrier plans to begin accepting Dubai-bound passengers from three countries, as well as adding double-daily Airbus A380 service to Jordan...
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Airlink expands Namibia service
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The new route comes less than a week after Namibia’s government decided to close Air Namibia.
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Interview: Cape Town Air Access contends with COVID-19
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Wesgro managers on the Cape Town Air Access project discuss route development to the city as they vie with COVID-19.
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FlySafair to launch Johannesburg-Mauritius route when COVID-19 restrictions ease
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The South African airline hopes to launch the service within months.
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Emirates suspends routes to Australia’s three largest cities
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The latest route cancellations follow the airline’s pause of flights to South Africa.
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Air China, Sichuan Airlines win international route approvals
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The Civil Aviation Administration of China has approved two new international passenger routes.
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Emirates inks South African interline agreement
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The deal is with FlySafair, which says it is offering 75% of the available domestic seat capacity in South Africa this month.
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Lift to launch with two routes from Johannesburg
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The latest addition to South Africa’s skies has revealed its inaugural routes.
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Country snapshot: South Africa
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Routes looks at the most popular airports, routes and market pairs in the country this week as start-up Lift reveals plans.
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Emirates partnership opens up more Southern Africa routes
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An interline agreement with Airlink will allow travelers from Dubai to Cape Town and Johannesburg to go onwards to 45 destinations across the...
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Comair stands ‘reasonable’ chance of survival
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Administrators in charge of South Africa’s Comair believe there are “reasonable prospects” of saving the company. Routes looks at the airline...