Middle East & Africa

United Airlines plans to launch the first non-stop service between the United States and Cape Town, South Africa, subject to government approval. The airline intends to operate three weekly flights from New … [read more]

Air Arabia has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321LR aircraft, the long-range version of the A321neo. This aircraft is registered as A6-ATA and was ordered as part of a leasing agreement with … [read more]

The Ethiopian Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has released its first preliminary report into the accident of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302, which crashed shortly after take off from Addis Ababa on March 10th. … [read more]

Nigerian airline Air Peace has signed a firm order agreement with Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer for the purchase of 10 Embraer E195-E2 with 20 more purchase rights. This firm order makes Air … [read more]

Qatar Airways has taken delivery of its 250th aircraft, an Airbus A350-900. The brand new airplane has been registered as A7-AMI and was ferried from Airbus’ production site in Toulouse to Doha on … [read more]

TAP Air Portugal has announced that it will start a new service between Lisbon and Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea. Starting in July 2019, the new route will be … [read more]

Etihad Airways has announced that it will introduce its brand new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner aircraft on its Abu Dhabi to Rome Fiumicino route. The Gulf carrier currently operates two daily flights to … [read more]

Emirates has announced that it will start a second daily service between Dubai and London Stansted Airport in July 2019. In total, the Gulf airline will offer eleven daily flights to three … [read more]