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Air Mauritius has taken delivery of its second A332.

Arik Air has taken delivery of its first Bombardier Dash-8 Q400.

Royal Air Maroc has started new service to Banjul, Gambia from its base in Casablanca. Flights operate 2x per week on Thursdays and Sundays using B738 aircraft.

AT599 CMN - BJL: 2150 - 0135
AT598 BJL - CMN: 0330 - 645

EgyptAir launched new service between Cairo, Egypt and Almaty, Kazakhstan on Saturday. Flights are operated twice per week on Mondays and Fridays.

MS715 CAI - ALA: 2220 - 815
MS716 ALA - CAI: 915 - 1200

Delta Airlines will add new service between Atlanta GA and Accra, Ghana in June 2010. Flights will operate 3x per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays using B763 aircraft.

DL184 ATL - ACC: 1600 - 745
DL185 ACC - ATL: 930 - 1725

Air New Zealand and South African Airways have signed a codeshare agreement that will allow Air New Zealand to place its code on SAA service between Perth and Johannesburg, as well as onto their connecting domestic services to Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and East London. South African Airways will in turn place its code on Air New Zealand’s daily Auckland to Perth service and onto connecting Air New Zealand domestic flights to Wellington and Christchurch.

Air Mali will begin new service between Bamako, Mali and Madrid, Spain on October 25. Flights will operate on Wednesdays and Saturdays using MD87 aircraft.

I5390 BKO - MAD: 1045 - 1600
I5391 MAD - BKO: 1700 - 2030

Air Mali will begin new service between Bamako, Mali and Marseille, France on October 25. Flights will operate on Thursdays and Sundays using MD87 aircraft.

I5310 BKO - MRS: 800 - 1400
I5311 MRS - BKO: 1935 - 2335

Air Namibia will begin new service between Windhoek, Namibia and Lusaka, Zambia on October 25. Flights will operate daily except on Tuesdays and Thursdays via Johannesburg.

SW708 WDH - JNB: 810 - 955
SW708 JNB - LUN: 1140 - 1340
SW709 LUN - JNB: 1440 - 1640
SW709 JNB - WDH: 1825 - 2025

Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique will begin service between Maputo, Mozambique and Luanda Angola on October 16. Flights will operate 2x per week using E190 aircraft.

TM470 MPM - LAD: 1100 - 1340
TM471 LAD - MPM: 1440 - 1910

Lufthansa will return to Port Harcourt, Nigeria as of October 25 with 4 flights per week via Abuja.

Nigerian Eagle has signed interline and code share agreements with Kenya Airways. Details of the code share deal have not been announced.

According to posted schedules, Kenya Airways will begin new service to Bangui, Central African Republic on October 22. Flights will operate 2x per week as part of a triangle route that includes Douala.

KQ576 NBO - DLA: 1930 - 2145
KQ576 DLA - BGF: 2235 - 0020
KQ576 BGF - NBO: 110 - 620

Recently re-branded Nigerian Eagle Airlines unveiled its livery on a B733.

SAA has signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus to lease six A332s to replace its ageing fleet of A342s beginning in 2013.

Kenya Airways is reportedly in negotiations with Airbus for the acquisition of between six and nine aircraft as it looks to meet its fleet growth requirements amid delays in the delivery of 787s.

Ethiopian will begin service to Conakry, Guinea and Monrovia, Liberia at the end of October. Flights will operate 3x per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays with a stop in Accra.

ET929 ADD - ACC: 1030 - 1330
ET929 ACC - MLW: 1420 - 1620
ET929 MLW - CKY: 1710 - 1825
ET928 CKY - MLW: 635 - 750
ET928 MLW - ACC: 840 - 1040
ET928 ACC - ADD: 1130 - 2030

Ethiopian has taken delivery of its second MD11 freighter aircraft from Boeing.

According to posted schedules, the following changes are noted on Ethiopian’s upcoming winter schedule:
- Manama, Bahrain will be served daily, up from the current 5x per week
- Kuwait will be served daily, up from the current 5x per week
- Sanaa, Yemen will be served 3x per week, down from the current 4x per week
- Delhi, India will be served daily, up from the current 5x per week
- Beijing, China will be served daily via Delhi, up from the current 5x per week
- Juba, Sudan will be served 4x per week, up from the current 3x per week
- Bamako, Mali will be served 4x per week, up from the current 3x per week
- Dakar, Senegal will be served 4x per week via Bamako, up from the current 3x per week
- Harare, Zimbabwe will be served daily, up from the current 6x per week. This city will be served on a triangle route that includes Lusaka, Zambia
- Lubumbashi, DRC will be served 6x per week, up from the current 5x per week. This city will be served on a triangle route that includes Lilongwe, Malawi
- Tel Aviv, Israel will be served 5x per week, up from the current 4x per week
- Stockholm, Sweden will be served 5x per week, up from the current 4x per week
- Washington DC will be served 4x per week, down from the current 5x per week

Beginin January 1, Etihad will fly 10x per week to Cairo, Egypt from Abu Dhabi, UAE, up from the current daily service. The new flights will operate on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

EY655 AUH - CAI: 1315 - 1525
EY656 CAI- AUH: 1625 - 2145

Dubai based flydubai will begin new service to Djibouti on September 1. Flights will operate 3x per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays using B738 aircraft.

FZ601 DXB - JIB: 800 - 1015
FZ602 JIB - DXB: 1100 - 1515

British Airways will add a second weekly flight to Luanda, Angola from London Heathrow this winter. Flights will operate on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Ethiopian will add evening flights to Dar es Salaam beginning on October 26. The new flights will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays bringing the total frequency to 11x per week. The new flights will operate via Nairobi.

ET803 ADD - NBO: 2130 - 2330
ET803 NBO - DAR: 1215 - 130
ET802 DAR - NBO: 400 - 515
ET802 NBO - ADD: 600 - 800

Kenya Airways will begin new service to Ndola, Zambia on September 17. Flights will operate 2x per week on Thursdays and Saturdays and will be paired with Lubumbashi.

KQ584 NBO - NLA: 900 - 1045
KQ584 NLA - FBM: 1135 - 1215
KQ704 FBM - NBO: 1300 - 1635

Afriqiyah Airways this week took delivery of an A330.