The latest updates impacting sub-Saharan African aviation. This episode covers a packed set of route launches, fleet moves, and network restructurings across sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.
Host Jon Howell is joined by Aviation Consultants, Behramjee Ghadially and Sean Mendis to unpack several major airline stories, led by Kenya Airways' operational reset, Jambojet's Entebbe launch, and British Airways' return to Tanzania.
Chapters:
00:00 – Welcome to the AviaDev Connectivity Update
04:35 - Kenya Airways leadership change and restructuring
09:28 - Kenya Airways fleet grounding and reliability challenges. Time to fix the fundamentals?
19:25 - Jambojet launches Entebbe. Can it stimulate a new market?
22:29 - Tanzania taxes and insurance costs impacting connectivity
30:16 - British Airways returns to Tanzania in Summer 2027 with Gatwick-Kilimanjaro-Zanzibar route
40:14 - Qatar Airways to Zanzibar, and the link to RwandAir's A330 plans 51:37 - IndiGo's Africa expansion to Dar es Salaam. A no brainer?
58:29 - Air Tanzania's Moscow service reversal
01:00:32 - Ethiopian Airlines' Durban relaunch and fleet updates
01:17:18 - ASKY's Central and West African network changes and big fleet plans
01:25:22 - Nigeria's domestic flight delays
01:31:55 - Airlink's new routes to Mauritius and Zanzibar and continued fleet growth
01:38:17 - Fastjet Zimbabwe extends its A320 lease
01:40:40 - FlySafair expands into Lusaka from February 2027
01:46:13 - Turkish Airlines suspends African routes. Will they come back?
01:52:10 - Malawi Airlines updates
01:55:14 - Africa World Airlines receives its first E190
01:56:09 – Proflight Zambia's Jetstream arrivals and fleet update
01:58:23 - Air Zimbabwe's Gatwick schedule and 737-200
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