Airline News - Africa / Middle East.For more airline news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm Sep 4, 2006 Air Namibia Air Namibia is the national airline of Namibia, based in Windhoek. It operates scheduled domestic, regional, and international passenger and freight services. Its international hub is Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport with a domestic services hub at the smaller Windhoek Air Namibia will take delivery of a second A340-300 in September and phase out its last MD-11. Aug 28, 2006 Arik Air Arik Air is an airline based in Lagos, Nigeria operating a growing domestic network. Regional and international destinations are planned to be added. Its main base is Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.[1]. Arik Air is a new Nigerian airline seemingly well organized and the development of a successful corporate jet business. On 3 April 2006, Arik Air gained occupation of the former Nigeria Airways Nigeria Airways was the former national airline of Nigeria, founded in 1958 and headquartered in Lagos. The airline was owned by the Federal Government of Nigeria. History Prior to 1959 West African Airways Corporation Limited facilities in Lagos, some three years after liquidation and major reconstruction work began immediately. In June the new airline took delivery of the two new build Bombardier CRJ CRJ redirects here. For other meanings of CRJ see CRJ (disambiguation) The Bombardier CRJ (Canadair Regional Jet) is a family of regional airliners manufactured by Bombardier, and based on the Canadair Challenger business jet. 900 regional jets with two former United Airlines Boeing 737-300s and three pre-used 50-seat Bombardier CRJ200 regional jets. http://www.arikjobs.com Sep 2, 2006 Emirates Emirates will operate five-times-weekly Dubai-Tripoli-Tunis service beginning Oct. 29 aboard an A330-200. Aug 29, 2006 Kenya Airways Kenya Airways, the national airline of Kenya, based in Nairobi, Africa, started operations on 4 February 1977 It operates scheduled services throughout Africa and to Europe and the Indian subcontinent, with its main base at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi. , Turkish Airlines Kenya Airways and Turkish Airlines signed a codeshare agreement that will see THY place its code on KQ's twice-weekly Nairobi-Istanbul service. Aug 29, 2006 Kuwait Airways, United Airlines US and Kuwait announced the signing of an open skies agreement The Open Skies Agreement is a recently negotiated treaty between the United States and the European Union. The agreement will allow any European or U.S. airline to fly any route between any city in the EU and any city in the United States. yesterday in Kuwait City. Kuwait Airways has served the US since 1978 and United Airlines is planning to launch a thrice-weekly Washington Dulles-KWI service later this year. Aug 31, 2006 Royal Jordanian Royal Jordanian is now heavily promoting its impressive new Crown Class premier brand, an amalgamation of the old first and business class plus its upgraded economy. For the Airbus A340 the latest sleeper seats are 83 inches apart and can recline re·cline v. re·clined, re·clin·ing, re·clines v.tr. To cause to assume a leaning or prone position. v.intr. To lie back or down. to a flat 180 degrees. In comes new catering and an individual service with only 24-hour pre-booking for those with special dietary requirements. Royal Jordanian offers a full bar in both classes. On Airbus A310 and A320/321, seat pitch is 54 inches and 39 inches and can be tilted back up to 127 degrees and 124 degrees, respectively. http://www.rj.com Sep 2, 2006 |
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