TAAG
Does anyone have any further information regarding TAAG Angola Airlines and their plans to inaugurate Luanda to London Gatwick.
TAAG announced a few months ago that they would commence service three times weekly in December 2023. There are no flights bookable on their official website or any news items related to London.
TAAG Angola Airlines has even been removed from the London Gatwick Wikipedia page.
It'll be a shame if TAAG Angola Airlines are not going ahead with their planned Luanda to London service.
On another note.
An article I've recently read on another aviation website mentions that Air Zimbabwe hopes to resume service between Harare and London Gatwick in January 2024, flying three times weekly with a Boeing 767-300.
Air Tanzania have previously stated that they also intend on resuming service between Dar Es Salaam and London Gatwick once the airline receives it's third Boeing 787-8. Air Tanzania hopes to receive their third Boeing 787-8 in Q2 2024.
That could possibly be upto three African national airline's joining the ever growing long haul airline network at London Gatwick.
Also on another note.
Regarding South African Airways. Do or more to the point did they previously lease their slots at London Heathrow?
South African Airways is yet to resume flights between Johannesburg and London Heathrow. The airline has only just recently resumed flying long haul with flights between Cape Town and Johannesburg and Sao Paulo.
If and when South African Airways announces a resumption of service between Johannesburg and London I wonder if the airlines previous slots at London Heathrow are still available to them. The airline has as most of you know, experienced a very turbulent few years and more.
"Perhaps" the cash strapped carrier "might" consider London Gatwick if they can't obtain the suitable slots for a return to London Heathrow.