TravelComments.com – 2022 Skytrax World Airline Awards: FlySafair named Best Low-Cost Airline in Africa
For the second year in a row, South African airline FlySafair has been named Best Low-Cost Airline in Africa in the 2022 Skytrax World Airline Awards. Fastjet (Zimbabwe) came in second in the ranking, followed by Jambojet, fly540 (both Kenya) and Lift, also from South Africa. FlySafair was also named eigth best airline in Africa, […]
TravelComments.com – South Africa: FlySafair to launch flights between Johannesburg Bloemfontein!
South African low cost airline FlySafair is set to launch a new service to Bloemfontein in the Free State. Effective 16 September 2022, the airline will operate two weekly flights on Fridays and Sundays between… READ MORE
TravelComments.com – South Africa: Flysafair to launch flights to Mauritius in March 2022!
South African low-cost airline FlySafair had to temporarily cancel its plans to launch scheduled flights to Mauritius on 11 December 2021 due to the emergence of the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus in South Africa. According to the flight schedule on the airline’s website, the new launch date for flights between OR Tambo International Airport […]
TravelComments.com – South Africa: FlySafair set to launch flights to Mauritius!
South African low-cost airline FlySafair has announced the launch of scheduled direct flights between OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg and Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU) on Mauritius, the main island of Republic of Mauritius. Effective… [READ MORE]
TravelComments.com – South Africa: FlySafair to launch flights between Cape Town Bloemfontein!
South African low-cost airline FlySafair has announced the launch of flights between Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in Cape Town and Bram Fischer International Airport (BFN) in Bloemfontein. Effective… [READ MORE]
TravelComments.com – South Africa: FlySafair to launch flights to Mauritius as soon as possible!
South African low-cost airline FlySafair has announced that it got its rights application approved to operate flights between South Africa and the island nation of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. The route will be launched as soon as Mauritius’ current travel ban to and from South Africa is getting lifted. FlySafair is planning to operate… […]
Hi-Fly Marketing launches innovative service for Africa
MATCHING AVIATION TALENT WITH DEMAND BY AIRLINES, MAINTENANCE PROVIDERS AND AVIATION BUSINESSES (Posted 15th January 2021) Hi-Fly Marketing has launched Africa’s first dedicated aviation industry personnel agency, Hi-Fly Talent & Resourcing, to match airlines, aircraft maintenance providers and other aviation businesses across the continent and beyond with qualified and competent African executives and specialist talent. […]
Defunct ‘FlyAfrica’ back in the bad news
MORE WOES FOR FORMER WANNABE AIRLINE (Posted 17th November 2020) News have emerged from Harare / Zimbabwe that – for all purposes defunct – Fly Africa has been taken to court once again, this time for failing to settle an outstanding 4 million US Dollars loan facility. Fly Africa has a checkered history and the […]
Qatar Airways set to fly to more than 20 destinations in #Africa by year end
QATAR AIRWAYS CONTINUES TO RETURN TO PRE PANDEMIC DESTINATION LEVELS (Posted 03rd October 2020) Airline has worked closely with global aviation authorities and trade partners to load a schedule travellers can rely on to take them where they want to go Airline’s young mixed fleet of sustainable aircraft gives it the ability to offer passengers […]
#TUIFly evacuates more EU citizens from Africa
DAR ES SALAAM – ENTEBBE – CAIRO – BACK HOME (Posted 23rd April 2020) (Pictures courtesy of Belgian Embassy Facebook page) Another EU organized evacuation flight is now in the air, bringing EU citizens from Tanzania, Uganda and Egypt back to Europe on board a TUIFly Boeing B787. At least 50 Europeans, including Belgians and […]
TravelComments.com – South Africa: FlySafair to launch a new service between Durban and Lanseria (Johannesburg)!
South African low-cost airline FlySafair has announced plans to launch scheduled domestic services between King Shaka International Airport (DUR) in Durban and Lanseria International Airport (HLA) in Johannesburg. The airline will initially operate two daily return flights from 01 June 2020. Ten days later, from 11 June 2020, FlySafair is planning to increase the number […]
FlySafair remains South African Rugby’s airline of choice
SOUTH AFRICA RUGBY AND FLYSAFAIR RENEW PARTNERSHIP (Posted 18th February 2020) As official sponsor to SA Rugby and the Springboks, FlySafair will have the responsibility of providing South Africa’s Rugby World Cup champions with all local flights in South Africa FlySafair will continue to provide the Springboks and SA Rugby (https://www.SARugby.co.za/) with safe and comfortable […]
#FlyDubai celebrates 10 years of flights to #Africa
A DECADE OF FLIGHTS FROM DUBAI TO AFRICA – A REASON TO CELEBRATE FOR FLYDUBAI (Posted 12th July 2019) flydubai passenger traffic between the UAE and its African routes grew by 108% since 2015 The Dubai-based carrier celebrates carrying more than 70 million passengers since its start of operations in 2009, more than five million […]
#FlySax rebrands to #EastAfrican
NEW NAME NEW GAME FOR FLY-SAX? (Posted 18th March 2019) East African Safari Air Express Limited, until now trading as ‘Fly-Sax‘ has almost quietly changed its trading name to ‘EastAfrican‘, arguably in an effort to leave the negative publicity over the June 2018 crash of a Cessna C208B Grand Caravan behind it. At the time […]
FlyDubai’s East Africa destinations hopeful to tap into Finnish market
#HELSINKI FLIGHTS OPEN FINLAND FOR AFFORDABLE FLIGHTS TO #AFRICA (Posted 25th October 2018) With the launch on the 23rd of October of daily flights between Dubai and Helsinki, the Finnish capital city, have suddenly new markets opened up for the airline’s destinations in Africa and in particular the tourism destinations in Eastern Africa. Entebbe / […]
#FlyAfrica misses return dates and is again branded as #NoFlyAfrica
FLY AFRICA’S AOC REMAINS SUSPENDED AS WANNABE AIRLINE FAILS TO MEET CAA TERMS (Posted 20th August 2018) There is clearly more out of order at Fly Africa than just their washrooms as the airline upstart again missed their own ‘return to the skies’ date. Full mouthed statements a few weeks ago, when the Zimbabwe Civil […]
#Zimbabwe Civil Aviation Authority pulls plug on NO FlyAfrica
FLYAFRICA ZIMBABWE VERSION 2.0 – DESTINED FOR THE AVIATION DUST BIN TOO? (Posted 19th June 2018) Information from usually well informed sources in Harare suggests that the Civil Aviation Authority may finally have pulled the plug on what this correspondent has regularly called ‘NoFlyAfrica’ – given the many flight cancellations the airline has inflicted on […]
#FlyAfrica demands #Bulawayo route from Zimbabwe Civil Aviation – REALLY?
‘PROVE YOURSELF FIRST BEFORE ASKING FOR MORE‘ IS THE PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN #ZIMBABWE (Posted 23rd February 2018) Information has emerged, as per the letter shown above, that FlyAfrica seems to push to get landing rights for the Harare to Bulawayo route. Also waiting for a decision of ZCAA is Fastjet, which, in contrast to FlyAfrica, […]
Good news for #Gambia as #AirPeace Joins ASKY and Fly Mid Africa with flights to #Banjul
Another edition of #ATQNews from #Nigeria and beyond Nigerian Journalists have applauded the appointment of former Director General, Nigeria Tourism Development Commission, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe and other professionals into key areas in the industry. Sea turtles in Seychelles; A journey through time How new Train to Mombasa increased Tourism Traffic in Kenya Visa-On-Arrival Better Than […]
#FlyAfrica – no fly after all today
ABORTED LAUNCH BY #FLYAFRICA CHALLENGES #ZIMBABWE’S AVIATION AUTHORITY (Posted 20th October 2017) When an aircraft which supposedly was due to be at the ready for passengers to fly at 13.00 hrs local time from Harare via Victoria Falls to Bulawayo – see a link to the report about this from last night below – carried […]
FlyAfrica Reloaded 2.0
DESPERATE TIMES APPARENTLY CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES (Posted 20th October 2017) Aviation should be a serious business for serious people but alas, that once again does not seem to be the case with the second edition of FlyAfrica in Zimbabwe. As the websearches for the websites on record below show, none of them can be […]
Reader from #Zimbabwe comments on #FlyAfrica’s (mis)adventure
DOUBTS GALORE OVER #FLYAFRICA’S FUTURE (Posted Friday the 13th of October 2017) Not long after last night’s article was posted did a number of comments flood back but one in particular struck a note, worth to republish here for the further benefit of ATC Readers: FlyAfrica in stormy flight. Few months ago, when the Zimbabwean […]
#FlyAfrica takes to the air with 33 minutes to spare before CAA deadline expired
FUTURE IN DOUBT OF FLYAFRICA AS CHARTER FLIGHT BARELY AVOIDS THE CAA AXE TO FALL (Posted Friday the 13th of October 2017) As reported here two and a half weeks ago did the #Zimbabwe Civil Aviation Authority run out of patience with FlyAfrica and set them a deadline to take to the air or else […]
Fly or else does #Zimbabwe CAA tell #FlyAfrica owners
NO FLIGHTS WILL COST YOU YOUR LICENCE DOES ZIMBABWE’S CAA TELL FLY AFRICA OWNERS (Posted 27th September 2017) Only a few days ago was the question asked here if the so called new FlyAfrica will be like the old FlyAfrica, about which much was reported here in late 2015. https://atcnews.org/2017/09/19/is-the-new-flyafrica-like-the-old-flyafrica/ Now are reports emerging that […]
Is the new FlyAfrica like the old FlyAfrica?
PREDICTIONS COME THROUGH AS THE ‘NEW‘ FLYAFRICA TOO REMAINS ON THE GROUND (Posted 19th September 2017) I take no pleasure in saying that I was again right when raising questions and queries from the first moment when news emerged from Harare that FlyAfrica was to undergo a revival. Three article links shown below elaborate on […]
FlyAfrica flight launch ‘delayed’ till later in the year
FLYAFRICA ZIMBABWE DELAYS LAUNCH AS SOCIAL MEDIA ABUZZ WITH REFUND CLAIMS (Posted 19th July 2017) Questions raised a few months ago, when first indications emerged that FlyAfrica was to be revived, are coming back to haunt the new owners of the airline which has gone out of business in late 2015. At the time it […]
Could FlyAfrica make a comeback in Zimbabwe?
FLYAFRICA RENTS OFFICE SPACE IN HARARE (Posted 07th January 2017) When above picture arrived in this correspondent’s inbox and on his Twitter feed (@whthome) did all sorts of alarm bells go off, given the contentious history of FlyAfrica, all described in a series of articles published here at the time in the second half of […]
FlyAfrica Zimbabwe gets AOC back but will they return to the skies anytime soon, or ever?
TIME FOR A NEW REVOLUTION? (Posted 29th December 2015) Reports from Harare suggest that Fly Africa Zimbabwe has managed to get their Air Operator Certificate back, reportedly after making a major downpayment to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority which had filed a claim of some 2.4 million US Dollars against the airline. Where those funds came […]
The writing is on the wall for FlyAfrica Zimbabwe following massive tax claims by ZIMRA
FLY AFRICA ZIMBABWE FACED WITH MEGA TAX CLAIMS AMID SUGGESTIONS TO CHARGE CEO (Posted 17th December 2015) When news were broken here on the 28th of October that flights by FlyAfrica Zimbabwe had been suspended, did the airline react with initially a denial and then accusations before moving to the stage of threatening legal action. […]
The drama continues as FlyAfrica fails to answer searching questions
IS FLY AFRICA REALLY TELLING THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? (Posted 09th December 2015) The woes of embattled FlyAfrica Zimbabwe just keep piling up as the airline has apparently now stopped answering the phones, no wonder when dozens of irate customers are screaming down the lines to demand their money back after the […]
