African airlines eyeing JNB route?

TWO African airlines have set
their sights on new routes to
Johannesburg.
Nigerian carrier Med-View
Airline recently announced its
intention to introduce flights to
Johannesburg.
In an interview with Nigerian
press, Alhaji Muneer Bankole,
md of Med-View Airline,
disclosed that the airline is
looking to introduce a route to
Johannesburg in the second
half of 2017.
Despite the announcement,
the DoT says it has no record
of Med-View’s intention to
launch services.
“We have no record or
correspondence advising of
Med-View Airline’s intention
to introduce air services to
South Africa, neither are
they designated to fly to
South Africa by the Nigerian
authority,” says Collen Msibi,
head of communications of
the DoT.
Zimbabwean carrier, Rainbow
Airlines, has for several
months, been promising to
launch a Harare-Johannesburg
route. In March the airline
postponed the launch
from March 5 to March 26
(see TNW March 22). But
these flights have yet to be
implemented.
Dora Manyika, marketing
manager of Rainbow Airlines,
says the carrier is still on track
to introduce a Johannesburg
route, though a starting date
has to be confirmed.
“We are holding off making
any media announcements
before we have the
technical tasks completed
and clearances from all
the relevant authorities in
Zimbabwe and South Africa,”
says Dora.
Med-View Airline had not
commented at the time of
going to print.