Africa

Marrakech is on a roll, particularly with American airlines. Just a year after United announced a new flight from New York, Delta is now positioning itself in the destination. A new Atlanta-Marrakech flight was recently unveiled by the American carrier. The start of operations is scheduled...

For a long time it was considered the "ugly duckling" of the Lufthansa group. But for the second year running, Brussels Airlines has turned a profit. And this year should even see the biggest growth in capacity of the entire Lufthansa Group. It was a difficult start to the year, but the carrier's strategy has paid off...

Founded in 2004, Afrijet is a Gabonese airline which has established itself as one of the most efficient and reliable in Central Africa. Its reliability and quality of service make it Air France's partner in the region. Since 2016, it has been operating scheduled flights on domestic routes within Gabon as well as on international routes.

More than 500 new establishments are expected in Africa over the next few years, according to research firm W Hospitality. For Philippe Gauguier, senior consultant at In-Extenso, this figure is "not surprising. Morocco alone currently has around a hundred projects. In the city of...

Flights between Paris and Kinshasa were suspended by Air France from 28 to 30 January. The airline resumed operations on Friday*. The airline's decision followed the sudden deterioration in the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In particular, the attack on several embassies on 28 January...

Is European airspace shunning Africa? The blacklist of carriers recently updated by the European Union's Aviation Safety Agency reveals a worrying over-representation of African airlines in the group banned from European airspace. The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola are the countries whose carriers have been the most...

The Radisson Group is adding to its list of addresses in African capitals with the opening of a hotel in Conakry, Guinea. Carrying the upscale Radisson Blu brand, this new development is based on the takeover of an existing renovated establishment, the former Sheraton Grand Conakry. Opened in 2016, the former Sheraton Grand Conakry marked the group's debut...

Widely represented in English-speaking Africa since its 2014 takeover of South African group Protea, the Marriott group is beginning to expand its footprint in West Africa. While a Sheraton will open in Mauritania, in Nouakchott, at the beginning of the year, the American hotelier has just made its debut near Dakar, close to the Diamniadio industrial park and...

The ibis brand is giving a new look to its ibis hotels in Abidjan. Opened in the early 1980s, these establishments located in the heart of the Ivorian capital, in the Plateau and Marcory districts, underwent a long renovation phase before reopening in the last few days completely transformed. Now under the ibis Styles banner,...

What better way to realise its ambitions than by setting up shop in the country's tallest skyscraper, in one of the capital's key projects? The Hilton Group's intention to double its presence in Morocco will be reflected in the launch of its prestigious Waldorf Astoria brand in Morocco in 2025.

Brussels Airlines has unveiled its long-haul network for summer 2025, with record capacity to sub-Saharan Africa. The Belgian carrier will operate 56 weekly flights to the region, an increase of 10 % compared to summer 2024. The capacity of the additional long-haul aircraft - bringing the total to 11 - will be deployed mainly in...

The Accor group has strengthened its presence in Côte d'Ivoire with the inauguration within a few months of each other of two establishments in the same location in Abidjan. After an Adagio Original urban residence with 110 studios and flats, the complex was completed in November with the unveiling of the Novotel Abidjan Marcory, the whole being brought together by a...

The arrival of Mama Shelter in Amsterdam was recently announced for 2027, in a creative district in the image of the brand, in the north of the Dutch capital, near the NDSM shipyards converted into a mecca for street art. But before that, business travellers who are fans of the lifestyle brand will be able to...

Sofitel is strengthening its presence on the banks of the Nile. The luxury brand could already boast prime positions in Egypt with the Winter Palace in Luxor and the legendary Old Cataract in Aswan, as well as its first hotel in Cairo, located on the tip of Gezira Island, in the Zamalek district. In...

The 2024/2025 winter season will see an increase in the number of flights by US carrier United Airlines to Africa. The carrier, which currently serves Accra, Johannesburg, Lagos and Cape Town from Newark and Washington, will be adding Dakar and Marrakech to its network. Departing from Marrakech, United Airlines will thus become the first airline to fly to...

A new Sofitel in Cotonou, the arrival of MGallery in Nairobi: the Accor group's luxury brands have taken pride of place in two major African destinations. Notably Sofitel, which recently opened Benin's first five-star hotel, ideally located for business travellers, just five minutes from the airport and...

Ethiopia is about to embark on an ambitious project to build a new airport. A hub with dimensions worthy of its counterparts in the Middle East, at a cost of six billion dollars. With this project, Ethiopian Airlines is realising its vision of becoming THE carrier of the continent. A company that is already the number one in Africa...

Ethiopian Airlines is continuing its expansion in Europe this winter. In particular, it is introducing new services to Marseille. The route, inaugurated in 2019 with three weekly frequencies with a stopover at Milan-Malpensa, will be transformed from 2 December, adopting a different trajectory. The airline will be offering three weekly flights...

The signs are all red for the national carrier Air Sénégal. The company, created in 2016, had the ambition to become one of the flagships of air transport in West Africa. To no avail. The company is sinking into crisis due to the costly leasing of aircraft. Until now, the fleet consisted of 7 aircraft. Except for...

African air transport continues to grow, according to the latest market study by consultants OAG. A positive situation despite the structural difficulties that persist on the continent, such as regional conflicts (Burkina Faso, Democratic Congo, Ethiopia and Sudan, among others) and the absence of national airlines, as in South Africa, for example....