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the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Flying west and south
Although connections from the UK to east
Africa are relatively plentiful, there can be
less of a choice to west Africa, aside from
charter flights to Gambia and Senegal.
Air France-KLM is still strong with the
French-speaking market. It flies from Paris to
destinations such as Benin and Burkina Faso.
Virgin Nigeria also serves Lagos from
Gatwick, and has been nominated as “Best
airline based in Africa” in the OAG awards.
Further down into the continent,
liberalisation of the South African market
has already boosted domestic air travel by
70% in the past four years. Nairobi, served from the UK by BA, Virgin Atlantic and Kenya Airways, offers connections to other African destinations
No-frills players are at the fore, with
1Time seeing passenger growth in excess of the UK to South Africa include Virgin overlook routes via the Middle East.
30% for 2007, according to chief executive, Atlantic and British Airways, and all will be Emirates Airlines, Qatar Airways and
Rodney James. It competes domestically hoping for a boost from the 2010 World Etihad Airways have all boosted their
with Mango and kulula.com, as well as with Cup, to be held in South Africa. networks into Africa via their respective
SAA. Finally, agents researching flights for hubs of Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi and
In addition to SAA, carriers flying from customers heading to Africa should not could offer a convenient alternative.
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