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AviaDev Insight is the first podcast dedicated to the African aviation industry.

We bring prominent industry voices to the table to establish the "ground truth" in an informal and candid fashion.

The podcast was created by Jon Howell, Founder and Managing Director of AviaDev Africa, Africa's premier event dedicated to developing air connectivity.

Find out more about AviaDev Africa, www.aviadev.com 

Mar 6, 2025

Welcome to the February edition of the AviaDev Insight Africa Connectivity update for 2025, hosted by Jon Howell, CEO and Founder of AviaDev Africa.

This month's guests are: 

Sean Mendis, Aviation Consultant. CONNECT WITH SEAN

Behramjee Ghadially, Aviation Consultant. CONNECT WITH BEHRAMJEE 

Topics this month include:

Air Peace canceled Johannesburg, Lome, and Jeddah flights, but signed an interline agreement with Emirates

RwandAir's connectivity challenges and how they can overcome them

Ethiopian updates include the new Porto Route, Manchester moving to daily service, Entebbe increase, Moscow increase, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur increases, and a change in routing for West Africa

Etihad to suspend Seychelles from 22 May

Condor increasing Cape Town from 5-7 per week and Jo'burg from 2-3 per week, plus Norse to go 4 x weekly to CPT Winter 2025

ITA to start Rome - Mauritius flights from November 2025

Cathay Pacific to increase to Jo'burg from 5 x week to daily from July

Uganda Airlines latest on the London route

Eswatini Air to open Lusaka 2 x week