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After the illusory hopes raised by the US firm African Global Development, the Burkinabe authorities are exploring other options to save the continent's oldest airline from going under.
Ghana has announced that contracts for the gigantic Ghana-Burkina Faso rail interconnection project will be awarded before the end of 2021.
There are only a handful of A220-300s in service across the African continent. Photo: Airbus The airline claims its new planes will be delivered by July 2022 at the latest. The deal was finalized on January 21st after Vincent Timbindi Dabilgou, head of Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Transport, met with a delegation of Airbus officials. Mr. Dabilgou is looking for swift progress on the deal, saying, “… the acquisition of the A220-300 can be done no later than July 2022 to allow Air Burkina to meet the growing need for developing new routes.” A new academy and maintenance center