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Air Botswana to update fleet and expand routes

Air Botswana to update fleet and expand routes
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Dana Ermolenko
Source: Africanaerospace

Air Botswana has announced its plans to renew its fleet as well as expand on its routes by 2017.

The airline told ch-aviation that it plans to phase out its three ATR42-500s, one ATR72-500 and two ARJ-85s, with either the A319-100 of the A320 stepping in as replacements.
 
Air Botswana announced in 2012 that it had plans to expand its routes, covering destinations such as Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta and Lilongwe, yet these plans were put on hold due to operational limitations.
 
These should be set in motion once the right aircraft has been acquired.
 
Air Botswana also has plans to launch flights to Dubai International and London Heathrow, but until the new aircraft arrive, the airline is planning to codeshare with Kenya Airways on flights to Dubai and the United Kingdom. 




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