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South African has increased service to Lagos, Douala and Buenos Aires as follows:
- Lagos, Nigeria will be served daily, up from 4x per week
- Douala, Cameroon will be served 3x per week, up from two
- Buenos Aires, Argentina will be served 3x per week, up from two

British Airways will increase service to Entebbe, Uganda from Heathrow from the current three to five flights per week. The changes, which take effect on October 28, will also see the airline operating on a new schedule that sees the flight leaving Heathrow in the morning. Flights will operate out of Heathrow on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

BA63 LHR - EBB: 1045 - 1910
BA62 EBB - LHR: 2135 - 655

Emirates will add two weekly flights to Mauritius from Dubai on June 27 bringing its weekly total to 9 flights. The new flights will operate on Thursdays and Saturdays.

EK3705 DXB - MRU: 1020 - 1645
EK3706 MRU - DXB: 1830 - 100

Lufthansa has added a second weekly flight to Luanda, Angola. Flights operate on Thursdays and Sundays using A343 aircraft.

Royal Air Maroc has signed an agreement with ATR for the purchase of four ATR 72-600s and two ATR 42-600s. The airline will lease four ATR 72-200s while it awaits delivery of the purchased aircraft in 2011.

Lufthansa will begin new service to Libreville, Gabon on July 15. Flights will operate 5x per week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesday, Thursdays and Saturdays using A346 aircraft.

LH566 FRA - ACC: 1100 - 1530
LH566 ACC - LBV: 1615 - 1915
LH567 LBV - ACC: 2055 - 2150
LH567 ACC - FRA: 2300 - 725

Virgin Nigeria will take delivery of one 96-seat E-190 and one 76-seat E-170 this month.

Arik Air launched new service to Freetown in Sierra Leone, Banjul in Gambia and Dakar in Senegal from Lagos, Nigeria last week. The Lagos - Freetown - Banjul - Dakar routed flights are operated 4x per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Friday and Sunday using B73G aircraft.

W3077 LOS - FNA: 800 - 1015
W3077 FNA - BJL: 1055 - 1220
W3077 BJL - DKR: 1300 - 1400
W3078 DKR - BJL: 1500 - 1600
W3078 BJL - FNA: 1640 - 1805
W3078 FNA - LOS: 1845 - 2300

Afrijet Airlines has signed an agreement with ATR for the order of four 68-seat ATR-72s.

Virgin Nigeria launched new service between Abuja, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana last week. Flights are operated 2x per week on Tuesdays and Fridays.

VK811 ABV - ACC: 2140 - 2210
VK812 ACC - ABV: 700 - 930

bmi has added its code on flights operated by Virgin Atlantic between London Heathrow and Nairobi, Kenya.

South African Airways will increase frequency on the Johannesburg, South Africa to Perth, Australia route to daily service on September 1.

Delta Airlines’ inaugural flight from Atlanta to Monrovia, Liberia which was set to start on June 8 has been shelved indefinitely “following a decision by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that the agency required more time to review these flights.”

Delta Airlines’ inaugural flight from Atlanta to Nairobi, Kenya was canceled today and the route shelved indefinitely “following a decision by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that the agency required more time to review these flights.” Flights were scheduled to operate via Dakar, Senegal.

The government of Senegal and Royal Air Maroc have agreed to create a new airline and to put an end to the dispute related to Air Senegal International. The new airline will be set up with RAM only providing technical, commercial and operational assistance.

Yemen-based Felix Airways launched new service between Aden, Yemen and Djibouti, Djibouti. Flights are operated 2x per week on Wednesdays and Fridays using CRJ aircraft.

FO502 ADE - JIB: 1200 - 1340 Wednesdays
FO501 JIB - ADE: 1425 - 1515

FO500R ADE - JIB: 1015 - 1055 Fridays
FO503R JIB - ADE: 1140 - 1310

Sudan Airways started new service between Kassala, Sudan and Asmara, Eritrea earlier this week. Flights are operated 2x per week.

SD212 KSL - ASM: 840 - 935
SD213 ASM - KSL: 1005 - 1100

EgyptAir and Singapore Airlines have expanded their codeshare agreement to include EgyptAir’s destinations of Luxor and Sharm el-Sheikh as well as Singapore’s services to Bangkok, Sydney and Melbourne.

Arik Air will begin new service between Lagos, Nigeria and Johannesburg, South Africa on June 1. Flights will operate daily using A345 aircraft.

W3103 LOS - JNB: 2135 - 450
W3104 JNB - LOS: 1345 - 1900

Zambezi Airlines launched new service between Lusaka, Zambia and Johannesburg, South Africa on May 12. Flights are operated daily using B735 aircraft, with an increase in service to 12x per week on July 3.

ZJ225 LUN - JNB: 815 - 1015 Daily
ZJ234 JNB - LUN: 1700 - 1900

ZJ231 LUN - JNB: 1445 - 1645 Sundays (eff July 3)
ZJ226 JNB - LUN: 900 - 1100

ZJ235 LUN - JNB: 1800 - 2000 Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays (eff July 3)
ZJ226 JNB - LUN: 900 - 1100

Lusaka, Zambia based Zambezi Airlines will begin new service to Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania on July 3. Flights will be operated using B735 aircraft on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

ZJ306 LUN - DAR: 1145 - 1500
ZJ307 DAR - LUN: 1545 - 1700

Rwandair will reportedly place its code on Virgin Atlantic’s flights between Nairobi, Kenya and London Heathrow allowing it to sell tickets between Kigali and London.

The airline has signed a similar agreement with Brussels Airlines allowing it to sell tickets on the latter’s service to Brussels, Belgium.

Sudan Airways will reportedly resume service to Asmara, Eritrea from Khartoum, Sudan at the end of May. Schedules have yet to be posted.

EgyptAir will begin new service to Abuja, Nigeria on June 1. Flights will operate on Mondays and Fridays using B738 aircraft.

MS877 CAI - ABV: 2130 - 0030
MS878 ABV - CAI: 130 - 815

Virgin Nigeria will begin service to Banjul, Gambia from Lagos, Nigeria in June. Flights will be operated 2x per week.