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The Comoros government is aiming to establish a national carrier by the name of Karthala Airways with technical assistance by Air Mauritius. The new airline is presently undergoing an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) audit. No details of planned fleet or destinations could be obtained at this stage. Karthala Airways is planned to be a schedule carrier to be based out of Moroni Prince Said Ibrahim International (HAH). Air Mauritius (MK) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the C...

According to them, despite the attrition rate in the aviation sector because of teething problems, airliners in Nigeria are making brisk business in the last few years as they witness heavy traffic of customers. Apart from people who have the means that always travel by air, middle-income earners are increasingly avoiding road travel because of insecurity. In the North, for instance, they specifically cited the challenges of travelling from Abuja to Kaduna, Kano, Gusau, Kebbi and Sokoto in the ...

Silas Stein/Getty Images The certificate is one of the requirements to be able to operate commercially. SAA has indicated recently that it hopes to take to the skies again in the third quarter of the year. The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) is conducting an audit at South African Airways (SAA) for the renewal of a certificate allowing the airline to fly commercially. SAAs current Air Operator Certificate (AOC) expires on 30 June 2021, according to SACAA.  An AOC is a certificat...

AVweb Startup budget carrier Breeze Airways got its Air Operator’s Certificate from the Department of Transportation last week but it’s remaining tight-lipped about where it will start flying. The federal document reportedly grants the airline access to 49 airports but the initial schedule is thought to include only about half that many. The airline, the brainchild of JetBlue and WestJet founder David Neeleman, will start service with Embraer E190s but will start getting a l...

Breeze Receives Government Approval, Remains Mum On Routes 3 minute read Breeze Airways has received final approval from the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The airline stated it received its Air Carrier Certificate on May 14th. However, the carrier remains quiet on where it will fly as the summer season closes in fast. Breeze Airways has been very quiet about its launch plans. Photo: Breeze Airways Breeze Airways cleared for takeoff The United States government has indicat...

Green Africa, one of the new domestic airlines on the verge of acquiring its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC), from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Wednesday said it would commence service with seven routes. The airline is yet to fix date for the commencement of operations but it recently received its first ATR 72-600 aircraft […]

Cook Islands: What to know before booking a Rarotonga bubble trip 3 May, 2021 02:27 AM 6 minutes to read The Cooks prepare for a reemergence of leisure travel: Koka Cruise in Rarotonga. Photo/ File, Diya Welland The Cooks prepare for a reemergence of leisure travel: Koka Cruise in Rarotonga. Photo/ File, Diya Welland Thomas Bywater is a writer and digital producer for Herald Travelthomas.bywater@nzherald.co.nz@ThomasBywater This afternoon New Zealands prime minister Jacinda Ardern and Cook Isla...

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JetSMART Peru has applied for both a Peruvian Operating License (OL) and Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) to begin Peruvian domestic service.

The ATL signed by the NCAA Director-General, Capt. Musa Nuhu, was issued on April 22 for a period of five years. The planned return comes four years after the airline’s founder Ahmadu Chanchangi, died on April 19, 2017. He had set up the airline on January 5, 1994, but the airline suspended operations in 2012 after going through some operational turbulence resulting in the depletion of its aircraft from six to two. But the airline is set to stage a return with the ATL certification, which is ...