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travel
news review
8
July '98
Air Afrique, the West African multinational airline, has been
forced to sell four of its fleet of 15 planes to pay off the airline's
debts which are currently around US$3 million. The airline is jointly
owned by Ivory Coast, Senegal, Mauritania, Chad, Niger, Benin, Togo, Burkina
Faso, Congo, Mali and the Central African Republic. As most of these countries
cannot afford a national airline, Air Afrique was established to provide
them with a regular air service. Air Afrique will cease all flights to
the US, France and South Africa but flights between West African countries
will not be suspended.
18
March '98
The Congo international airport at Brazzaville has reopened to air traffic,
seven months after it was closed during last yearÆs civil war. All local
and international air services have now resumed at the airport.
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