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Air
Highways to
Africa,
Transportation
Edition, Aug. 2005
The
total scene, from
airlines to airport
development, route maps
and aviation history.
Plus rail travel,
highways and sea
lanes.Visit the
Air
Highways
Website
for sample topics we
plan to cover, li
nking Africa with
America and the
world. .
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South
African Airways Service from New
York to Johannesburg via
Dakar
SAA
service from JFK to Dakar to
provide the only and much needed
nonstop service between North
America and Senegal, West Africa.
These major schedule enhancements
are complemented by a major
service improvement &endash; one
which I'm privileged to introduce
to you tonight...the progress of
air travel, South African Airways
style. An environment where air
travel feels more like a stay at
a five-star hotel than a fifteen
hour flight. An environment where
people can experience the finest
South African hospitality,
comfortably and effortlessly. An
environment where the most
important investment is always in
the comfort of our
passengers.
Airline
of the Year 2004 - Final
Rankings
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1st
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Singapore
Airlines
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2nd
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Emirates
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3rd
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Cathay
Pacific
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4th
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Qantas
Airways
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5th
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Thai
Airways
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Airport
of the Year 2004 - Final
Rankings
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1st
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Hong
Kong Int'l
Airport
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2nd
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Singapore
Changi
Airport
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3rd
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Amsterdam
Schiphol
Airport
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4th
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Seoul
Incheon
Airport
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5th
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Kuala
Lumpur KLIA
Airport
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2004
Airline Excellence Awards
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Asia
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Asian
Airlines
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South
America
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TAM
Brazilian
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Regional-
Europe
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PGA
Portugalia
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Regional-
Europe
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SN
Brussels
Airlines
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Pacific
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Air
Tahiti Nui
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Asia
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Bangkok
Airways
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Mid
East / Africa
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Qatar
Airways
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North
America
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JetBlue
Airways
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Improvement
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Gulf
Air
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Source:
http://www.skytraxsurveys.com/
Precision
Air Expands:
Following
the return of its sole B 737 to
Kenya Airways last year and the
subsequent halt of flights to
Johannesburg due to lack of
suitable aircraft, Precision Air
is now once again looking into
the future with hope. A new ATR
72 aircraft has joined the fleet
and apparently orders for
additional new aircraft to be
delivered over the next two years
have also been placed.The
Precision Air head office has
also been moved from Arusha to
Dar es Salaam, from where it
operates 5 flights a week to
Mombasa via Zanzibar as well as 5
flights a week from Mombasa to
Kilimanjaro / Arusha. Nairobi is
served daily from Dar and the
Kilimanjaro Nairobi route has 3
flights a week. The present fleet
now stands at 8 aircraft
including one ATR 72, three ATR
42, three LET 410 and one Cessna
Grand Caravan. Precision Air is
49 percent owned by Kenya
Airways, which also provides
management support. (Prof.
Wolfgang Thome)
"Open
Skies for Africa Aviation
Conference"
We
salute the Africa/USA Aviation
Summit in Washington, DC which
featured the regulatory and
commercial implications and
opportunities of Open Skies. We
built a magazine and web site
around Open Skies in the USA and
Canada, and are devoting an
entire edition of Africa Travel
Magazine that will
include:
•
Open Skies implications for
Africa
• Airline competition and
Cooperation,|
• Aviation regulations and
air safety.
• Airports and ATC
development.
• Finance strategies and
sourcing funds.
• Aviation training and
education.
• Maximizing Business
Opportunities.
Flying
to Africa via Europe?
Hotel reservations service in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Check this comprehensive Web
Site:
http://holland.amsterdam.sunscale.com/
Air
Links USA
American
Airlines
http://www.aa.com
Delta Airlines
http://www.delta.com
United
Airlines
http://www.united.com
Northwest
Airlines
http://www.nwa.com
US Airways
http://www.usairways.com
JetBlue
Airways
http://www.jetblue.com
Air Tran
Airways
http://www.airtran.com
Continental
Airlines
http://www.continental.com
Southwest
Airlines
http://www.southwest.com
Independence
Air
http://www.flyi.com
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Africa's
Future is in the
Air
By
Mira Berman, Executive
Director,
Africa Travel
Association
 ATA,
which represents the hopes,
desires, plans and potential of
Africa's travel - tourism
industry was born in 1975 and
raised under the most trying
political, social and financial
conditions. Today's ATA continues
to seek new markets, win new
friends and open new doors. So
much has happened in the past
decades, it's hard to fathom -
but in Africa, recent years have
signaled remarkable changes.
Ranking high are new direct
routes and realistic fares from
New York and other U.S. gateways.
In evaluating Africa's
transportation scene, ATA members
can be considered among the most
astute judges of all. Since our
launch in 1976 at a Congress in
Nairobi, Kenya, ATA members have
flown on every airline serving
the continent and its offshore
islands, and have boarded
regional carriers that
crisscross, this vast expanse of
geography, linking dozens of
emerging cities and towns. Some
have gone by train, or enjoyed
waterborne adventures along the
coastline of two oceans, the
majestic Mediterranean, or on
Africa's historic canals, lakes
and rivers. More;>
How
Important is Emirates Airlines to
Tourism in Tanzania and East
Africa?
 BY
HON. ZAKIA HAMDANI MEGHJI (MP)
MINISTER FOR NATURAL RESOURCES
AND TOURISM , REPUBLIC OF
TANZANIA
"It
is indeed a great honour and
privilege for me to be here this
evening to officiate the
launching of Emirates Air daily
flights to Dar es Salaam. May I
take this opportunity on behalf
of the Ministry of Natural
resources and Tourism in
particular, and on behalf of the
tourism fraternity in general to
express our appreciation to the
Management of Emirates Air, for
this noble initiative.
Development of tourism depends on
development of almost every other
sector of the economy. Its
development can therefore be
easily hampered by the weakness
of another sector. Tourism as an
activity connotes movement of an
individual from one place to the
other. You will therefore, no
doubt agree with me the airline
industry is essential for
development of tourism in any
country." More->
Visit
MOMBASA AIR SAFARI Head
Office at the General Aviation
Terminal at Mombasa's Moi
International Airport and you
will step out of bright tropical
heat into cool efficiency. With
its separate terminal building
with hard stand for aircraft
parking just outside the window,
you can be ticketed and through
the passenger lounge for
screening and then board your
flight in minutes. Mombasa Air
Safari has staff based at Diani
Beach, Mombasa, Malindi and Lamu
all along the Kenya Coast to
provide friendly and efficient
services on their daily flights
to LAMU, AMBOSELI, TSAVO and the
MASAI MARA. Owned and operated by
two Kenyans, Christine Cronchey
and John Cleave since 1974, they
can claim to be the best known
Kenya Coast
airline
More->
KENYA
MAKING STRIDES TOWARDS FAA
CERTIFICATION
A team from the American FAA
and from Miami Civil Aviation are
in Nairobi at present to assess
the progress made by Jomo
Kenyatta International Airport
towards category one approval,
which is mandatory to commence
flights by KQ to the United
States. Miami is in contention
with other key airports in the US
to become the first destination
in America for Kenya Airways,
once the certification process is
completed. The US are a key
market for tourists to East
Africa and also capable of
absorbing much of the exports
from the region like fresh fish,
fruits and vegetables, besides
textile exports under the AGOA
(African Growth and Opportunities
Act) statute, which grants
African countries preferential
access to the US markets.
Uganda's' main international
airport Entebbe is expecting FAA
Cat 1 status shortly, having
completed all the necessary
improvements and upgrading last
year.
It's
in an Airport code?
Here
are several web sites that walk
you through the whole history of
how airports received their
distinctive codes.
Airport ABCs: An Explanation
of Airport Identifier
Codes
http://www.skygod.com/asstd/abc.html
Mapping.com's List of
Worldwide Airport Codes
http://www.mapping.com/airportcodes.html
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