LISTEN 24 MINUTES AGO 0 Highlights for this week’s edition of ‘Aviation This Week’ are topical industry stories between August 23 – 28, 2021 relevant to Ghana’s aviation space. The summaries are as follows:
South African Airways Returns with Direct Services between Accra and Johannesburg
South African Airways will be making a return to Ghana on September 28, 2021, with 3 times weekly flights after more than a year of suspending operations to undergo business rescue.
Flights will be operated on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Accra bound flights will depart Johannesburg at 5:00 PM (local time) and arrive in Accra at 9:05 PM with a return flight at 10: 35 PM from Accra to arrive in Johannesburg at 6:25 AM (+1day).
Travellers to Nigeria to Experience Enhanced Airports Facilitation
Following recent complaints by passengers over slow facilitation at airports in Lagos and Abuja in Nigeria, the local aviation authority has initiated a move to install additional screening and check-in machines.
The installation will boost the infrastructure of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja.
EgyptAir Moves Saudi Arabia Flights to Seasonal Terminal
EgyptAir has announced that it will from September 1, 2021, move all flights departing Cairo to Saudi Arabia to its Seasonal Terminal at the Cairo International Airport.
The Terminal was constructed to cater for EgyptAir’s seasonal and Jeddah/ Madinah flights.
The airline operates flights from its hub in Cairo to Jeddah, Madinah, Riyadh, Dammam and Qassim in Saudi Arabia. Delta Air Lines and United Airlines Join Evacuation in Afghanistan As part of efforts to evacuate US nationals, special visa applicants and at-risk groups from Afghanistan following the country’s takeover by the Taliban, United and Delta is supporting the US Government in the repatriation of these affected groups to the US.The exercise which is running under the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) program allows the US Department of Defense to fall on a pool of commercial aircraft in the event of national emergencies. Ethiopian Airlines Explains its Success in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic CEO OF Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde Gebremariam says the airline has been able to withstand the shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic due to its dynamism and versatility.The airline which did not seek any government bailout or lay off any staff said its strategy in surviving was due to how quickly it switched its main focus from passenger to cargo […]
