RwandAir to Add New Destinations

 According to eturbonews.com, RwandAir plans to introduce Accra, Ghana to its network by June, which would make it the airline's 15th destination. The move to add another West African gateway to Lagos, Libreville, and Brazzaville shows that Rwanda’s national airline is serious about its expansion plans. RwandAir’s CEO John Mirenge is also on record as saying that more destinations, including Juba, Zanzibar, and either Lusaka or Harare, will be launched later this year. The ambitious growth plans will be further aided when in April this year the airline’s two B737-500 will be returned to the lessors GECAS at the end of the lease agreement and be substituted by two more recently built B737-700ERs, acquired from Germany’s TUIfly. The change will extend the operational range, as the two older Boeings faced limitations on the longer routes, such as Dubai, Johannesburg and Lagos, while the much younger B737-700s can fly these routes with full passenger and cargo load.