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Transportation in North Africa

  • Routes Africa forum aims to improve African air connectivity

    BOTSWANA, 2016/05/15  An event dedicated to the development of the African aviation industry will take place next month in Tenerife (26-28 June) to encourage the launch of new air services to, from and within the African continent. Routes Africa 2016 will help to improve African connectivity by bringing together airlines, airports and tourism authorities to discuss next air services. Around 250 route development professionals are expected to attend the forum which was founded ten years ago to stimulate increase in the industry.
  • Tunisia to benefit from improved shipping links

    TUNISIA, 2016/03/25 A new regional shipping agreement is set to bolster Tunisia’s links to key hubs in the Mediterranean, as part of the country’s efforts to improve the performance of its maritime sector. The “Motorway of the Sea” (MoS) project will take the form of a high-frequency, roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) freight service connecting the Tunisian ports of La Goulette and Radès with facilities in Turkey and Italy. The initiative, which has been in the planning stages since 2008, is expected to support regional development by facilitating concentrated, intermodal freight movement by integrating short-sea shipping with road and rail transport.
  • Ryanair flies to the Red Sea resort of Eilat in southern Israel

    ISRAEL, 2015/12/16 Ryanair could benefit from an expected increase in the number of Russian and Eastern European tourists travelling to sun holidays in Israel as a result of geo-political instability. Turkey and Egypt are entirely off-limits for Russian tourists particularly next the downing of a Russian commercial jet in Egypt, and tensions next a Russian military jet was shot down by Turkish forces last month. About 3.3 million Russians visited Turkey last year, and 2.6 million Russians visited Egypt. Over 500,000 visited Israel.
  • Moscow bans Egyptian national carrier from flying to Russia

    EGYPT, 2015/11/15 Russia's national aviation agency on Friday banned Egypt's national carrier from flying to Russia, a move that follows the suspension of all Russian flights to Egypt next a deadly crash. Rosaviatsiya on Friday formally notified Moscow's Domodedovo airport, where Egypt Air flights arrive, that the ban is effective starting Saturday, said the airport spokesman Alexander Vlasov. The aviation agency didn't give any immediate reason for the ban on flights. The move follows Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to suspend all Russian flights to Egypt next the Oct. 31 crash of a Russian passenger jet in Egypt that killed all 224 people on board.
  • Egyptian Sisi Imposes New Tax On Airline Tickets

    EGYPT, 2015/10/10 Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a decree amending the tax law to impose new levies on airline tickets, according to the government's official Gazette. The amendment taxes Egyptians traveling abroad who buy tickets in the local currency. An additional EGP 400 will be charged on initial and business class tickets , while economy class passengers will pay an additional EGP 150. The tax will as well apply to complimentary tickets.
  • Sudan Logistics Port Sudan a centre of industry, logistics and export

    SUDAN, 2015/09/18 Port Sudan – lying on the spectacular Red Sea coast - is a logistics hub that holds a visionary investment park and a key oil refinery, inclunding acting as a strategic maritime gateway and potential tourism destination Each year from Port Sudan – home to Sudan’s major seaport – around $4 billion worth of goods are exported, while annual imports to the tune of $7.5 billion are offloaded, making the harbor an integral part of the country’s economy. As a trade hub, perhaps the majority significant facet of Port Sudan is its oil refinery. The site handles oil transported mainly from South Sudan, where it is refined and again shipped from the nearby docks around the world, helping the country earn billions worth in transit fees and exports.
  • Tunisia government wants Monastir airport to remain open

    TUNISIA, 2015/07/01 Rumors are rife regarding a possible closure of the international airport in Monastir called Habib Bourguiba. The problem is not new. Under the old regime, the authorities did not seem very enthusiastic about the idea of a partial transfer of the activity of Monastir airport to other airports. Minister of Transport, Mr Abdelkarim Harouni, visited Monday, February 13, 2012, in Monastir, where he met the sit-inners of Monastir International Airport to discuss their problems and try to find appropriate solutions.
  • Ministers of planning, finance and investment discussed for the new Suez Canal

    EGYPT, 2014/08/17 Ministers of planning, finance and investment discussed on Monday alternative funding sources for the new Suez Canal project in a joint conference with the chairman of the Suez Canal Authority. The new channel, part of a larger project to expand port and shipping facilities around the canal, aims to raise Egypt's international profile and establish it as a major trade hub. "Paying off all debts to oil firms is our current priority," Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said in a cabinet statement, adding that an energy transaction is any minute at this time to be finalised, which will cover energy needs for one year.
  • The opening of flights between Tunis and Libreville,

    GABON, 2014/06/11 The opening of flights between Tunis and Libreville, the cancellation of entry visas for their citizens and the opening of embassies in the two capitals, were some of the issues discussed here Monday by the Tunisian and Gabonese ministers of foreign affairs, Mongi Hamdi and Emmanuel Ngondet, respectively. Speaking on the occasion, the chief of the Tunisian diplomacy said that his country was turning towards African markets, stressing that Gabon has, over the completed few years, recorded significant economic increase.
  • The recurring insecurity at Tripoli international airport in Libya

    ITALY, 2014/03/31 The recurring insecurity at Tripoli international airport in Libya has forced Italian airline, Alitalia, to suspend, until the end of March, its flights to and from Libya, the director of the Libyan Civil Aviation, Nasser Eddine Chaib al-Ain, announced here Thursday. Rockets hit the major runway of the airport, resulting in the suspension of all flights for additional than six hours. Following this incident, Libyan civil aviation authorities diverted all flights to the military airport in Tripoli and the civilian airport of Misrata.