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347. AviaDev's September 2025 Africa Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially
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Welcome to the September edition of the AviaDev Insight Africa Connectivity update for 2025, hosted by Jon Howell, CEO and Founder of AviaDev Africa.
This month's guests are:
Sean Mendis, Aviation Consultant. CONNECT WITH SEAN
Behramjee Ghadially, Aviation Consultant. CONNECT WITH BEHRAMJEE
Topics covered this month:
Ethiopian Airlines reporting a $1.05 Billion profit on $7.6 Billion revenue
ADD-ABV going 10 weekly from 28OCT25
12th weekly TNR, reducing NOS from Jan-Mar, SEZ reduction Jan-Mar.
4th daily EBB
Group CEO Mesfin Tasew to retire in 2026
Rwandair report a $93m half-year loss
KGL MBA ZNZ 3x weekly route launching in December 2025
An additional A330 coming from QR
Tanzania's new taxes + mandatory insurance and the potential impact on demand
Air Tanzania to launch Lagos from 13SEP25 3x weekly using a 737Max
Uganda Airlines report a $76m loss for 2024-5
Kenya Airways report a loss of $94m for the first half of 2025
Qatar to launch a 3rd daily NBO, Lagos back to 14x weekly, JNB up to 18x, CPT 12x, upguage others like CMN
FlyNAS to launch Riyadh- Nairobi from 2 October, 3 x week
SAA to launch Gaborone flights in November, A330 wetlease from Hi-Fly
Proflight Zambia will launch flights 3 x week from Lusaka via Livingstone to Windhoek starting March 3 2026.
Airlink may suspend ticket sales in Mozambique and will increase JNB-BLZ flights to 6x weekly from October.
KLM - reduces KGL and EBB from 7 to 3 weekly in NW25, CPT increasing 7 to 11 weekly (previously announced)
Air Cote D'Ivoire is taking delivery of an A330 on 4th September and has loaded ADJ-CDG for sale
347 episodes
Manage episode 504219794 series 2284943
Welcome to the September edition of the AviaDev Insight Africa Connectivity update for 2025, hosted by Jon Howell, CEO and Founder of AviaDev Africa.
This month's guests are:
Sean Mendis, Aviation Consultant. CONNECT WITH SEAN
Behramjee Ghadially, Aviation Consultant. CONNECT WITH BEHRAMJEE
Topics covered this month:
Ethiopian Airlines reporting a $1.05 Billion profit on $7.6 Billion revenue
ADD-ABV going 10 weekly from 28OCT25
12th weekly TNR, reducing NOS from Jan-Mar, SEZ reduction Jan-Mar.
4th daily EBB
Group CEO Mesfin Tasew to retire in 2026
Rwandair report a $93m half-year loss
KGL MBA ZNZ 3x weekly route launching in December 2025
An additional A330 coming from QR
Tanzania's new taxes + mandatory insurance and the potential impact on demand
Air Tanzania to launch Lagos from 13SEP25 3x weekly using a 737Max
Uganda Airlines report a $76m loss for 2024-5
Kenya Airways report a loss of $94m for the first half of 2025
Qatar to launch a 3rd daily NBO, Lagos back to 14x weekly, JNB up to 18x, CPT 12x, upguage others like CMN
FlyNAS to launch Riyadh- Nairobi from 2 October, 3 x week
SAA to launch Gaborone flights in November, A330 wetlease from Hi-Fly
Proflight Zambia will launch flights 3 x week from Lusaka via Livingstone to Windhoek starting March 3 2026.
Airlink may suspend ticket sales in Mozambique and will increase JNB-BLZ flights to 6x weekly from October.
KLM - reduces KGL and EBB from 7 to 3 weekly in NW25, CPT increasing 7 to 11 weekly (previously announced)
Air Cote D'Ivoire is taking delivery of an A330 on 4th September and has loaded ADJ-CDG for sale
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