Brussels Airlines adds 4 West Africa routes

Brussels Airlines adds 4 West Africa routes    Brussels Airlines Cargo said last week it is adding services to four new destinations in West Africa in conjunction with its global GSA partner, European Cargo Services (ECS).
   From July, the airline will offer four flights a week to and from Accra, Ghana, via Monrovia, Liberia. The airline will also serve Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, with two weekly flights in combination with Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
   New twice-weekly operations will also add Cotonou, Benin and Lome, Togo, to the airline's thriving network in Africa.
   The new routes will be served by an Airbus A330-300 aircraft, recently added to the airline's fleet, which has 10 tons of belly-hold capacity.
   'Our business to West Africa has proven resilient despite the economic pressures seen in other markets around the world,' said Guy Hardy, head of cargo sales for the airline. 'We expect a healthy performance to the end of the year and sustainable growth.'
   ECS has the exclusive, global rights to sell Brussels Airlines' cargo capacity to all 18 destinations serviced by the airline in West Africa. In Togo, the airline will cooperate closely with Africa West Cargo, the regional all-cargo airline and a subsidiary of ECS.
   Brussels Airlines provides scheduled cargo services to Benin, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo Cote D'Ivoire, Gambia, Burundi, Guinea, Senegal, Cameroon, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Angola, Kenya and Liberia.