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Rwanda shelves plans to increase RwandAir fleet

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Passengers board a RwandAir flight. Rwanda has put on hold the acquisition of new airplanes for its national carrier RwandAir. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

By  LEONCE MUVUNYI

Rwanda says it is putting on hold the acquisition of new airplanes for its national carrier RwandAir mainly due to the impact of Covid-19 on business.

The additional planes were to enable RwandAir serve the increasingly opened skies through the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA).

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