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euroAtlantic Airways (YU, Lisbon) resumed its sole scheduled service, a weekly return flight between Lisbon and Bissau in Guinea-Bissau, on August 7, 2020.

The Portuguese ACMI/charter specialist will operate the route using one of its six B767-300(ER)s. The service was suspended on March 13 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is the only scheduled intercontinental service from Guinea-Bissau, according to the ch-aviation schedules module.

The airline touts the benefits of Guinea-Bissau as a relatively safe vacation spot given the lack of recorded active COVID-19 cases in any of the country's resorts. Until the resumption of euroAtlantic's flights, Guinea-Bissau's borders will remain closed to foreigners. Passengers will have to present a negative COVID-19 test taken less than 72 hours before departure upon boarding.

euroAtlantic resumed its other African route, to São Tome, on July 3, 2020, Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows. The weekly service, also operated with a B767-300(ER)s, is flown on behalf of STP Airways (8F, São Tome).

São Tome & Príncipe's STP Airways restarts

STP Airways (8F, São Tome) resumed operations on July 3, initially only on its trunk route between São Tome and Lisbon.

The airline is using a B767-300(ER) wet-leased from STP Airways' former 40%-owner euroAtlantic Airways (YU, Lisbon). Flights between the capital of the former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea and Lisbon will operate weekly.

According to the carrier's internet booking engine, domestic flights from São Tome to Principe are due to resume on July 17. They will operate 2x weekly onboard a Saab 340B wet-leased from AeroJet (Ukraine) (BJU, Odesa).

STP Airways does not operate any in-house aircraft.