AviaDev's Connectivity Update. 5th October 2026 with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially

The latest updates impacting sub-Saharan African aviation. This episode covers a packed set of route launches, fleet moves, and network restructurings across sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.

Host Jon Howell is joined by Aviation Consultants, Behramjee Ghadially and Sean Mendis to unpack several major airline stories, led by Kenya Airways' operational reset, Jambojet's Entebbe launch, and British Airways' return to Tanzania.

Chapters:

00:00 – Welcome to the AviaDev Connectivity Update

04:35 - Kenya Airways leadership change and restructuring

09:28 - Kenya Airways fleet grounding and reliability challenges. Time to fix the fundamentals?

19:25 - Jambojet launches Entebbe. Can it stimulate a new market?

22:29 - Tanzania taxes and insurance costs impacting connectivity

30:16 - British Airways returns to Tanzania in Summer 2027 with Gatwick-Kilimanjaro-Zanzibar route

40:14 - Qatar Airways to Zanzibar, and the link to RwandAir's A330 plans 51:37 - IndiGo's Africa expansion to Dar es Salaam. A no brainer?

58:29 - Air Tanzania's Moscow service reversal

01:00:32 - Ethiopian Airlines' Durban relaunch and fleet updates