New Destinations for RwandAir

 According to eturbonews.com, RwandAir has announced the launch of direct flights from Kigali to Douala (Cameroon) and Juba (South Sudan). This follows the announcement that the airline will soon be flying to Accra (Ghana) five times a week.
Douala will be served four times a week and both flights will leave Kigali in the afternoon, whereas the return flight for Kigali leaves the following morning. Boeing 737-700NG or B737-800NG aircraft will be used on the route, offering both Business and Economy Class. The Accra and Douala services will launch on 1 June. The two cities will join Brazzaville, Libreville and Lagos as RwandAir’s West African destinations.
 The Juba service will launch on 1 July and will initially be served three times a week, with the recently-acquired brand new CRJ900NextGen regional jets. Departure from Kigali will be at 09h45 and the return flight from Juba to Kigali will take off at 13h00, South Sudan time. This will take the number of RwandAir destinations to 16.

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.

Turkish Airlines Flies to Libreville

Turkish Airlines has added a 97th country to its route network by commencing flights to Libreville, Gabon, according to China.org.cn.
 The airline will operate flights from Istanbul, via Douala, to Libreville, which will be its 34th destination in Africa. Turkish Airlines will fly the route three days a week in both directions.
The inaugural phase will last until March, during which time the airline will schedule three rotational flights from Libreville every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 03h10 local time.
 Departure from Istanbul is set at 17h45 every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. The flights will arrive in the Gabonese capital at 02h10, after a stopover in Douala. Turkish Airlines is a member of Star Alliance.