Airline News - Africa / Middle East.Treaty could save airlines billions. A treaty known as the Cape Town Cape Town or Capetown, city (1991 pop. 854,616), legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. It was the capital of Cape Province before that province's subdivision in 1994. Convention aims to reduce the risk of financing the purchase or lease of aircraft, and it could save airlines billions of dollars. Lowering the risk for creditors could lower the cost of borrowing. Feb 27, 2006 Air Gabon Air Gabon was an airline based in Libreville, Gabon. It was the national airline of Gabon and operated services within West Africa and to South Africa and Europe. Its main base was Libreville International Airport. Air Gabon International Air Gabon International is an airline based in Libreville, Gabon. It was established in February 2006 to replace the bankrupt Gabonese government owned national carrier Air Gabon. Services were never launched[1]. is the newly formed flag carrier of the Central African Central African may mean:
Emirates Emirates will operate eight-times-weekly service to Bangalore beginning Oct. 29 using both A330-200s and 777-200s. Mar 3, 2006 Etihad Airways Etihad Airways took delivery Tuesday of its first new 262-seat A330-200. Mar 2, 2006 Etihad Airways will start four-times-weekly Abu Dhabi-Jakarta service on March 16 aboard an A330-200. Mar 1, 2006 Korean Air Korean Air and AeroMexico announced a codeshare agreement effective March 1 allowing Korean Air passengers arriving in Los Angeles to connect to AeroMexico flights to Mexico City and Guadalajara. AeroMexico passengers will be able to connect through LAX to KAL's Seoul service. The airlines already share loyalty program reciprocity through SkyTeam. Mar 3, 2006 QantasLink QantasLink said it will begin operating its new Q400s on its Queensland routes today. The five 72-seat aircraft will join the carrier's 50- and 36-seat Dash 8s on services between Brisbane, Gladstone, Rockhampton, Mackay, Townsville and Cairns Cairns, city (1991 pop. 64,463), Queensland, NE Australia, on Trinity Bay. It is a principal sugar port of Australia; lumber and other agricultural products are also exported. The city's proximity to the Great Barrier Reef has made it a tourist center. . Feb 28, 2006 Royal Air Maroc Royal Air Maroc was selected to participate following a consultation launched by the Gabonese government. The shareholder agreement calls for RAM and Air Gabon International to maximize possible synergies from a commercial, technical and economic standpoint. The former Air Gabon was often criticized for lax safety standards and the operation of old aircraft. RAM is cooperating in a similar flag-carrier project in Senegal with Air Senegal International based in Dakar. Mar 3, 2006 Royal Air Maroc finalized a GEnx engine order for its five 787s. The deal is worth more than $100 million and deliveries are scheduled to begin in October 2008. Feb 27, 2006 South African Airways South African Airways (SAA) is South Africa's largest domestic and international airline company, with hubs in Cape Town and Johannesburg. It is also known in Afrikaans as Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens (SAL) South African Airways selected ARINC's OpCenter ACARS ACARS Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System ACARS ARINC Communications Addressing and Reporting System ACARS Airborne Communications Addressing and Reporting System ACARS Air Concepts and Requirements Study ACARS Access Control and Release System message-handling service to host and manage its air operations data link message traffic. Feb 28, 2006 |
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