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SAA A330-200 South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) is expected to reduce flights ahead of a recapitalisation later this year, reports Moneyweb. The business news site claims to have seen internal planning schedules showing that 175x weekly flights will be cut starting in October. The cut destinations include Brazzaville and Pointe Noire (Republic of the Congo), and Libreville (Gabon), while flights from Johannesburg O.R. Tambo to Durban King Shaka, Cape Town and East London could be reduced. A report by Netwerk24 – which was vehemently criticised, but not denied, by South African Airways spokesman Tlali Tlali – suggested that other cut destinations could be: Blantyre and Lilongwe in Malawi, Kinshasa N'Djili in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Kigali in Rwanda. Netwerk24 also claimed that East London and Port Elizabeth routes will be served by South African Airlink (4Z, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) instead. South African Airways did not immediately res

Air Namibia A319-100 Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int'l) has confirmed it will resume scheduled passenger flights to West Africa early next year. In a statement issued on Tuesday, August 22, the carrier said its Windhoek Int'l-Lagos (Nigeria)-Accra (Ghana) return service would operate 4x weekly effective March 25, 2018. It has been granted 5th Freedom traffic rights for the Ghana-Nigeria vv. sectors of the flight which will operate onboard A319-100 equipment. Air Namibia operated the route from 2009 until 2013 when poor load factors forced it to withdraw. At present, the state-owned carrier runs scheduled passenger flights throughout Namibia as well as to South Africa, Angola, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Botswana regionally. Frankfurt Int'l, Germany, is its only longhaul service. Source:https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/58925-air-namibia-to-resume-west-african-flights-from-late-1q18

Fastjet A319-100 Fastjet (FN, Dar-es-Salaam) is set to add its maiden ERJ-145 equipment in the form of ZS-BBH (msn 145067) on lease from fastjet shareholder, Solenta Aviation (SET, Lanseria). Skyliner Aviation reports the twinjet, which was previously in service for Fastjet Zimbabwe (FN, Harare Int'l), was recently added to the Tanzanian register as 5H-FJF ahead of its delivery in the coming weeks. It is recalled that two ex-Mandarin Airlines (AE, Taichung Ching Chuan Kang) EMB-190s are due for delivery in the coming weeks as well. Tanzanian low-fare airline Fastjet currently operates one A319-100 on regular flights covering Dar-es-Salaam, Mwanza, Mbeya, and Kilimanjaro domestically and Harare Int'l and Lusaka regionally. Flights from Dar es Salaam to Johannesburg O.R. Tambo, South Africa, have been quietly discontinued. Source:https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/58923-fastjet-tanzania-to-add-maiden-erj-145