Brussels Airlines Joins ATA

According to traveldailynews, Star Alliance member Brussels Airlines has joined the Africa Travel Association as a corporate member.
 The airline currently offers flights to 19 African destinations and will add more weekly flights to several existing destinations, including Dakar, Senegal, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Yaounde, Cameroon, Cotonou, Benin, Freetown, Sierra Leone and Conakry, Guinea during 2013.
Brussels Airlines will link its Africa network with the US Capital thanks to the new service to Washington launched this spring.

Arik Adds New Route

Arik Air has begun scheduled commercial services between Lagos, Nigeria and Douala, Cameroon, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Outbound flights depart Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 11h10 (local time) and arrive in Douala at 12h40 (local time), whilst inbound flights leave Douala at 13h25 (local time) and arrive in Lagos at 14:55 (local time). The route is served with a Boeing 737-700 Next Generation aircraft with a two-class cabin, made up of 12 Business Class seats and 112 Economy Class seats. Business Class passengers enjoy a 44-inch seat pitch, cradle-style seat, while Economy Class passengers have a seat pitch of 34 inches. The new Lagos-Douala route is Arik Air’s second foray into Central Africa, coming after the inauguration of the Lagos-Luanda (Angola) route in December last year.