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How to read timetables ?

JNB : Johannesburg

ADD : Addis Ababa

KGL : Kigali

BJM : Bujumbura

DH4 : Dash Q400

Days :

1 : monday

2 : tuesday

3 : wednesday

4 : thursday

5 : friday

6 : saturday

CONFIRMED!!!!! South African Airways returns to Rwanda, from 17 January 2012 :

29/07/2011 updated n°1 on 24/10/2011 updated n°2 on 26/10/2011

Some people must be wondering why we haven't published the South African Airways timetables flights to Rwanda. Well, we sent a message to SAA today, they said us that, they are still waiting for the gorvenment approval. Special thanks to SAA, for the fast answer. :-).

According to Amadeus, here are timetables. The real routing is Johannesburg-Kigali-Bujumbura-Kigali-Johaanesburg. The airline has traffic rights between Rwanda and Burundi, it's means that passengers can buy an air tickets between two countries.

Kigali-Bujumbura-Kigali sector

British Midland International extends code share flights to Rwanda :

04/10/2011 :

According to Amadeus, BMI will start code share flight to Rwanda, from 31 October 2011. Flights will be operated by Ethiopian Airlines.

Passengers flying to Rwanda, will able to book flights with BMI Airlines, fly on BMI Airlines flights between London and Ethiopia and then reach Rwanda with Ethiopian Airlines, with one ticket. .

Mondays and Saturdays : Addis Ababa-Entebbe-Kigali

Fridays : Addis Ababa - Kigali

Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays : Kigali - Addis Ababa.

+1 : arrival the next day

CONFIRMED!!!!! South African Airways returns to Rwanda:

29/07/2011

Dears Readers

South African Airways will resume flights to Rwanda, suspended 5 years ago. The thrice weekly service will start on October 31st 2011, with A319, probably in code share with RwandAir (see the bottom of this page).

Flights between South Africa and Rwanda started in 1998, with Alliance Express of Rwanda, until 2002. In 2003, both RwandAir and SAA provided flights between two countries. SAA operated a triangular service (Johannesburg-Kigali-Entebbe (Uganda)-Johannesburg), while RwandAir operated flights via Bujumbura (Burundi). RwaandAir now operates 4 flights a week to Johannesburg.

SAA will also add flights to Cotonou (Benin) via Libreville (Gabon) and to Bujumbura.

More infos : here

SAA changes its code share flight from Kigali :

 25/06/2011

To upgrade transfers to Johannesburg on Ethiopian Airlines flights, SAA has decided to put its code share, on the Ethiopian Airlines overnight flight. Before, passengers had to sleep at Addis Ababa.

What is the code share ? Answer here

 * flight is operated by Ethiopian Airlines with Dash Q400 (DH4) and B737-700 (B737-7W)

EgyptAir confirms the plan to start flights to Kigali :

04/04/2011

According to various Egyptian newspapers (Al Ahram, Al MasryAlyoum), Hussein Massoud, the EgyptAir chairman has confirmed that EgyptAir plans to fly to Kigali. But, due to Arab unrest and others crisis (Oil, Japan), the airlines has postponned the opening of the flight, like 8 others new routes.

EgyptAir starts code share service to Kigali :

What is the code share ? Answer here

Since  March 28th 2011, all Ethiopian flights to Rwanda, are operated in code share with Egyptair. It's only on daylight flights, not overnight flights :

                                                                        EgyptAir             Ethiopian Airlines

 Egypt and Rwanda negotiate aviation deal * :

25/12/2010

The new Egyptian Ambassador to Rwanda, announced on December 26th 2010, that Egypt and Rwanda are in talk about the launching of direct flights, between two countries.

Informations  confirmerd by the Rwanda Civil Aviation director, last week during an interview with the Rwanda New Times. Either Egyptair or RwandAir will operate flights.

*: with the recent unrest in Egypt, the plan has put in hold.

 South African Airways backs to Rwanda ?

10/08/2010

South African Airways via South African Express has announced that it would to expand services in Africa. Inati Ntshanga, the new CEO appointed last week, said in interwiev, that the airline had already applied for a route licence in Rwanda, and seek to resume code share with RwandAir. The Rwanda Civil Aviation and RwandAir have confirmed this information.