Welcome to the September 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 covered this month:

Ethiopian Airlines reporting a $1.05 Billion profit on $7.6 Billion revenue

ADD-ABV going 10 weekly from 28OCT25

12th weekly TNR, reducing NOS from Jan-Mar, SEZ reduction Jan-Mar.

4th daily EBB

Group CEO Mesfin Tasew to retire in 2026

Rwandair report a $93m half-year loss

KGL MBA ZNZ 3x weekly route launching in December 2025

An additional A330 coming from QR

Tanzania's new taxes + mandatory insurance and the potential impact on demand

Air Tanzania to launch Lagos from 13SEP25 3x weekly using a 737Max

Uganda Airlines report a $76m loss for 2024-5

Kenya Airways report a loss of $94m for the first half of 2025

Qatar to launch a 3rd daily NBO, Lagos back to 14x weekly, JNB up to 18x, CPT 12x, upguage others like CMN

FlyNAS to launch Riyadh- Nairobi from 2 October, 3 x week

SAA to launch Gaborone flights in November, A330 wetlease from Hi-Fly

Proflight Zambia will launch flights 3 x week from Lusaka via Livingstone to Windhoek starting March 3 2026.

Airlink may suspend ticket sales in Mozambique and will increase JNB-BLZ flights to 6x weekly from October.

KLM - reduces KGL and EBB from 7 to 3 weekly in NW25, CPT increasing 7 to 11 weekly (previously announced)

Air Cote D'Ivoire is taking delivery of an A330 on 4th September and has loaded ADJ-CDG for sale