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
