Welcome to the first 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 

In this bumper episode, we cover the following stories:

✈️ Ethiopian Airlines to launch Hyderabad 3 x week from June

✈️ SAA opening a daily flight to Dar-Es-Salaam on 20th January

✈️ Air Sierra Leone launching operations with Freetown-Lagos using Embraer ERJ 145

✈️ British Airways increasing service to Nairobi in Summer 2025 and the impact on Kenya Airways and Uganda Airlines' ambitions in this market

✈️ Lufthansa Group deep dive: Brussels Airlines increasing its long haul fleet and sub-Saharan expansion to 56 weekly flights. 

✈️ Discover to launch Seychelles 2 x week from October 2025

✈️ ITA joining the Lufthansa Group and what this means for African connectivity 

✈️ Air Arabia launching service to Addis Ababa from Sharjah

✈️ Turkish Airlines' expansion into Tanzania

✈️ Emirates increasing frequencies to Madagascar

✈️ Latest on the South African market and ownership ruling

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