Additional ferries to ease transport problems
MORE FERRIES FOR LAKES AND RIVERS Uganda’s Ministry of Transport has confirmed the acquisition of three additional ferries to provide for safe river and lake crossings at select points across the country. The ministry current operates 6 ferries, facilitating traffic between the mainland and islands on Lake Victoria but also used to cross in particular […]
Tanzania rocked by another ferry sinking
FERRY ACCIDENT ON LAKE TANGANYIKA THE LATEST IN LONG LIST OF MARINE DISASTERS A ferry operating on Lake Tanganyika between Tanzania and Burundi has sunk with a at least 8 passengers dead and more than 20 still missing, by the time the information was passed on in the evening from a source based in Arusha. […]
Hong Kong seizes more blood ivory
NEW BLOOD IVORY SEIZURE IN HONG KONG TRACED BACK TO KENYA Reports are coming in from global conservation sources that authorities in Hong Kong have seized another 1.3 tons of blood ivory, stashed away in a container marked as being loaded with ‘architectural stones’ from Kenya. This latest find, the third major seizure of blood […]
AFRAA renews and widens joint aviation fuel purchase deal
AFRAA SIGNS UP 14 MEMBER AIRLINES FOR RENEWED FUEL DEAL Information from Nairobi has confirmed that the African Airline Association is in the process of renewing a joint fuel purchase deal for 2013, renewing a previous deal put into place in 2011/12. A tender has reportedly been issued for up to 1 billion litres of […]
Hoteliers demand ‘exclusion zone’ for draconian anti booze election rules
HOTELS AND RESORTS MUST BE EXCLUDED FROM ELECTION NO ALCOHOL RULE A regular source from Kenya’s hospitality industry has off the record complained that the currently under discussion legislation, to ban the sale and consumption of alcohol between the 02nd and 04th of March, when Kenya is expected to hold the next Presidential and General […]
Irish mountaineer dies on Kilimanjaro while leading charity climb
MOUNTAINEERING FUNDRAISER DIES ON KILIMANJARO (Picture courtesy of Wikipedia) Irish citizen Ian McKeever, known for his world record in 2007 to climb the world’s seven highest mountains, including Mt. Everest, in record time, has earlier this week died while leading a charity expedition up Mt. Kilimanjaro. Reportedly struck by lightning during torrential rain at […]
ATCL resumes flights with Q300 aircraft
AIR TANZANIA GETS BACK INTO THE SKIES, AGAIN Following the extensive repairs to the airline’s Bombardier Q300 turboprop aircraft, damaged in a takeoff mishap in April last year in Kigoma, it is understood that Air Tanzania will resume flight operations this week, returning in fact to Kigoma as their first route. Additional destinations for ATCL […]
Visitors to Kenya face SIM card deregistration, fines and even jail?
REGULAR VISITORS WITH UNREGISTRED SIM CARDS FACE BLOCKS, FINES AND JAIL TERMS Regular visitors to East Africa, holding local telecom operators’ SIM cards they use on arrival, may be in for a rude shock when next returning to Kenya, where the registration deadline for mobile phone numbers expired at the end of last year […]
Air Mauritius and PIA in talks on new route?
AIR MAURITIUS IN TALKS WITH PIA TO ESTABLISH FLIGHT CONNECTIONS Exploratory talks are reportedly underway between Air Mauritius and Pakistan International Airlines about the start of flights between Karachi and Port Louis, which could for the first time connect Pakistan and Mauritius with a nonstop connection. Neither airline currently flies to the other’s country leaving […]
Emirates starts handling A380 flights from new Concourse A
EMIRATES’ FIRST FLIGHTS LEAVE FROM NEW A380 TERMINAL Information received from a regular source at the Emirates Kampala office confirmed that yesterday saw the opening gambit of the new A380 terminal at the Dubai International Airport when national airline Emirates boarded the first ever commercial flight from there following a series of successful trial runs. […]
Kenya Airways flight to Cairo makes emergency landing in Khartoum last night
KENYA AIRWAYS FLIGHT TO CAIRO MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN KHARTOUM Information is starting to come to light about an emergency return of a Kenya Airways B737-700 aircraft, which was enroute to Egypt’s capital Cairo after a scheduled stop enroute in Khartoum. Flight KQ 320 left Nairobi at 17.20 hrs and after about 3 hours landed […]
Emirates deploys the A380 on double daily flights to New York and Paris
EMIRATES A380 NOW DOUBLE DAILY TO THE BIG APPLE AND TO PARIS Dubai’s national airline Emirates has now commenced double daily Airbus A380 frequencies to New York and Paris, adding significant extra capacity on both routes. Growing demand for long haul travel to both destinations from around the world, and in particular from the airline’s […]
RwandAir sets new single day passenger record
RWANDAIR CLOSES RECORD 2012 AND LOOKS TO FUTURE Rwanda’s national airline has in 2012 recorded a staggering 40 percent growth in passenger numbers, with a new single day record on the 22nd December of 2.205 passengers flown across the network. John Mirenge, CEO of RwandAir, expressed his delight over the result when he was quoted […]
