sn26567 wrote: ↑24 Jun 2020, 21:21
Daily review:
Air Astana to reconsider plans for aeroplanes fleet renewal due to the pandemic. Some of the planned deliveries will be delayed as the carrier focus on a handful of domestic and international routes until demand returns. The carrier had aimed to end 2020 with 42 planes.
Cathay Pacific is preparing to cancel “many” of the passenger flights it has repurposed to carry only freight, as the air cargo market is weakening.
Copa Airlines now expects to resume operations on 07 August 2020, once it receives the permits required by the corresponding authorities in the other countries of the region.
Flydubai has announced that flights are available to be booked from 07 July 2020, initially to 24 destinations. Destinations and flight frequencies will continue to be added to the schedule over the summer.
JetSMART of Chile still plans to enter the Brazilian domestic market, despite the collapse in demand caused by the pandemic.
Volaris predicts a reactivation of the Mexican domestic market in the next three to six months.
Cape Verde has decided to postpone the date for the reopening of its borders by one month until August 2020.
EU countries rushing to revive their economies and reopen their borders after months of coronavirus restrictions are prepared to block Americans from entering because the US has failed to control the scourge.
Africans countries are not hurry to reopen their boarders. Sanitary situation is not the same, depending countries. Situation is not the same in Cameroon and in Namibia. The peak could be reach, in August or September 2020, but it's hard to predict, so we have to be prudent. That's probably why some countries, wan't to reopen their boardes before September (Mauritius and probably Kenya)
Porbably North Africans countries will be the 1st country to reopen their boarders, in early July 2020, but probaly with huge controls at the arrival (my opinion).
Currently Air France has confirmed for July-August Conakry, Cotonou, Douala, Yaoundé, Nouakchott et Tunis (if boarders reopen). For others, AF still negotiating with Africans states.
Air France, Brussels Airlines and Turkish Airlines are the 3 airlines with an "amibtious" program for Africa.
Few Africans airlines have started to publish timetables for their intra African destinations. Same thing for Midle East aairlines after pubblished an amibtious program for Africa, Emirates has canceled the resumption of its flights to Africa.
https://www.emirates.com/fr/english/hel ... -services/
Some goods links about Covid19 in Africa and African Aviation post Covid19, from Jeune Afrique (in French, Google translate puts me an error message, when i want to translate both articles)
https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1004618/so ... n-afrique/
https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1005660/ec ... era-quand/
Rwanda Aviation News (Drones, Air Force, Civil Aviation, Space, Air Balloon): https://www.facebook.com/RwandAn-Flyer-153177931456873