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Kenya Air dusts off expansion dream with 10-Boeing plan

Bloomberg Kenya Airways Plc revived long-shelved plans to expand its network by proposing to buy as many as 10 Boeing Co. 737 Max aircraft as part of a five-year strategy. The move follows three consecutive years of losses caused by a poorly executed expansion strategy and fuel-hedging contracts that saw it miss out on rock-bottom oil prices. The losses forced ...

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Ethiopian Air to resume Eritrea flights by Sept

Bloomberg Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise will reintroduce flights to Eritrea by mid-September, two decades after a border conflict upended relations between the Horn of Africa neighbours. “Ethiopian Airlines get ready because soon you’ll start going to Eritrea and coming back,” PM Abiy Ahmed said in Addis Ababa. “Let us not transfer to our children hatred and the holding of grudges.” Ethiopian ...

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Fuel, US dollar rally means stormy skies for Brazilian airlines

Bloomberg Fuel prices are up, the US dollar is rallying and that means stormy skies for Brazilian airlines. Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA is leading Brazil’s Ibovespa index losses month-to-date, with a 21 percent drop so far. The company is also heading for its biggest quarterly drop since its initial public offering in 2004. Gol and Azul SA are down ...

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