Originally Posted by
WHBM
BA have been completely squelched by a range of carriers to Africa - not just the ME3, it's Turkish and Ethiopian as well. The nationalities of the passengers in the Ethiopian 737Max accident shows how things have gone - hardly any Ethiopians on board; fairly full flight, just 9 of the pax were Ethiopians.
For points previously served by BA just a few times a week, the prospect of daily operation, albeit by connections, is inviting. Fares are generally significantly less, and it's a pretty price-sensitive market, not just for personal but also business travel - many welfare agencies, charities, etc.
Sort of true however wasn’t much of the West African cull predicated on the Ebola outbreaks rather than financial consideration and not restored since ?
Isn’t the region supposed to be served via the RAM (not that they seem to work particularly closely yet) and Iberia codeshares these days.
Not expecting BA to serve N’Djamena, however Abidjan, Freetown , Monrovia and Dakar should still perform well enough .