347. AviaDev's September 2025 Africa Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially

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