Airline major Emirates has announced the beginning of a daily linked service to Abuja and Kano from 1 August 2014, which is expected to boost business and tourism
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Zambia to get railway line linking copper mines
Zambia’s Northwest Rail Company (NWR) has awarded a 590km railway line contract to Grindrod Freight Services to link copper mines from northern Zambian to Angolan borders
Zambia Airways ‘set to fly again’
The government has announced that it is in talks with aviation stakeholders to re-establish the national airline Zambia Airways by mid-year
New cargo airline set to be launched from South African port
Khuphuka Kings Airways will be launched in February 2014 to begin regular cargo and passenger flights from South Africa’s Durban port into other African nations
Air Algerie inks aircraft deal worth US$760 million
Algeria’s national carrier Air Algerie has signed deals worth US$760mn with US-based Boeing, European aerospace consortium Airbus and ATR, a French-Italian aircraft manufacturer, for the purchase of 14 aircraft