Tourism in Rwanda - Airlines of Rwanda, Airports in Rwanda, Hotels in Rwanda, Rwandair, Kigali International Airport (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Airlines of Rwanda, Airports in Rwanda, Hotels in Rwanda, Rwandair, Kigali International Airport, Silverback Cargo Freighters, Htel Des Mille Collines, List of Airports in Rwanda, Kamembe Airport. Excerpt: RwandAir is an airline headquartered in the Centenary House in Kigali, Rwanda. It is the national carrier operating services to Southern Africa and East Africa and soon Central Africa. Its only base is Kigali International Airport. RwandAir was established on 1 December 2002 as a joint venture between the Government of Rwanda (77%) and Silverback Cargo Freighters (23%), under the name RwandAir Express. It started operations on 27 April 2003. It initially leased a Boeing 737-500 from the Danish airline Maersk Air. It was later returned to Maersk Air in May 2004. This was replaced by a leased McDonnell Douglas MD-82 from JetAfrica in June 2004. However, while on a service to the Netherlands for Acvila Air (Romania), the aircraft was grounded. The grounding was due to old navigation maps and multiple technical problems resulting in Acvila Air and JetAfrica being banned from Dutch airspace. RwandAir Express replaced the aircraft with McDonnell Douglas MD-82 leased from Acvila Air. In the early 2000s the airline used the Telcom House as its head office. In 2006, RwandAir leased Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 from the Ethiopian airline, Trans Nation Airways (TNA). In April 2007, RwandAir Express leased a Boeing 737-500 from Air Malawi. This aircraft was grounded at Kigali International Airport, apparently as part of a contract dispute. A RwandAir Express Boeing 737-500 at Kigali International Airport, Rwanda. (2007)In November 2008, RwandAir agreed on terms to wet lease a Boeing 737-500 from Air Namibia, which enabled the airline to resume service to... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=23373976