An African airline, namely RwandAir, is due to receive two Airbus A330 wide-body aircraft next year, and the airline is considering routing the planned flights to Guangzhou and Mumbai via Dubai.
Plans by RwandAir to launch Mumbai flights, using a B737-800NG via Dar es Salaam, came to naught when the Tanzanian aviation regulators denied the airline fifth freedom rights, claiming their own national airline was planning to launch flights, a preposterous suggestion causing widespread amusement considering the moribund state of Air Tanzania.
The Airbus order, however, puts paid to that plan as RwandAir will be able to launch flights from Kigali directly to Mumbai, but given that the airline apparently holds fifth freedom rights out of Dubai, it may well be a viable option to route east-bound intercontinental flights via DXB and pick up additional traffic from there.
27/10/15 eTN
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Plans by RwandAir to launch Mumbai flights, using a B737-800NG via Dar es Salaam, came to naught when the Tanzanian aviation regulators denied the airline fifth freedom rights, claiming their own national airline was planning to launch flights, a preposterous suggestion causing widespread amusement considering the moribund state of Air Tanzania.
The Airbus order, however, puts paid to that plan as RwandAir will be able to launch flights from Kigali directly to Mumbai, but given that the airline apparently holds fifth freedom rights out of Dubai, it may well be a viable option to route east-bound intercontinental flights via DXB and pick up additional traffic from there.
27/10/15 eTN
