Magazine Issue

African Aerospace: October - December 2025

AIR TRANSPORT

Anbessie Afework Yitbarek
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Boeing Sales Chief For Africa Seeks Strategic Relationships

Oct 29, 2025
How is Boeing going about regaining sales momentum in Africa and rebuilding the firm’s reputation? Anbessie Yitbarek, Boeing’s head of sales in Africa, talks to African Aerospace’s Mark Pilling.
Professor John Lamola
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South Africa Airways Takes Single-Minded Route To Redemption

Oct 31, 2025
South Africa Airways chief, Professor John Lamola, says SAA is on a steady, albeit constrained, recovery.
ATNS
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South Africa Air Traffic Services Makes Progress On Procedures

Oct 31, 2025
South Africa’s Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) has been in the news for all the wrong reasons.
Dr. Oluwasegun Musa
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How Change In Nigeria Can Ease The Air Freight Strain

Oct 31, 2025
Oluwasegun Alade Musa has called for government policy consistency, systems automation and infrastructure improvements at Nigeria’s airports as a measure to boost importation and exportation of increasingly-growing cargo volumes.

Aviation Africa

Rwandan President Paul Kagame walks with Aviation Africa chairman Alan Peaford to see EHang’s eVTOL demonstration flight with the Kigali Convention Center in the background.
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Aviation Africa Attendees Set Sights On The Future

Oct 29, 2025
Rwanda hosted Aviation Africa for the third time, as the event showcased not only the continent’s immense potential for aviation development, but how it is advancing on many fronts today.
Adefunke Adeyemi, Secretary General of the African Civil Aviation Commission.
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AFCAC Chief: Time To Finish The SAATM Job

Oct 29, 2025
“Let’s accelerate it, and let's finish the job” of creating the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), demanded Adefunke Adeyemi, Secretary General of the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC), addressing delegates at the Aviation Africa 2025 Summit, being held in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda in September.
Charles Habonimana
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African Airports Highlight Financial And Workforce Challenges

Oct 29, 2025
Aviation leaders on the infrastructure panel highlighted pressing financial and workforce challenges facing the continent’s airport sector. They warned that without coordinated investment and appropriate government support, airports are at risk of being left behind.
George Kamal
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Kenya Airways: "We Must Form Partnerships"

Oct 29, 2025
Kenya is moving ahead with its plans to expand its fleet and forge strategic partnerships, even as supply chain disruptions and maintenance delays weigh on operations.
The panellists on the summit’s final panel have a group hug after a tempestuous session.
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African Aviation Leaders Can Agree On This - Who Dares Will Win...

Oct 29, 2025
From Africans making their own destiny via national self-interest to charges and taxes, senior leaders vented their frustrations during Aviation Africa.
Okeoma Moronu
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Africa’s Drone Flights Soar From Thousands Into Millions

Oct 29, 2025
Africa is no longer a passive consumer of drone technology – it is positioning itself as an emerging global force. The continent is placed to lead the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle revolution.
Dawit Lemma
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Business Aviation Fuels Africa’s Economic Growth

Oct 29, 2025
Business aviation is moving beyond the image of corporate jets and emerging as a critical engine for economic growth, humanitarian missions, and social development.
Ministers and secretaries of transport or aviation
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Rwandan President Sets Vision For Continents Air Transport Industry

Oct 29, 2025
The attendance of numerous top government transport and aviation officials was a notable feature of Aviation Africa 2025.
Kaval Shah, Regional Sales Manager, P&WC
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The MRO Challenge - How Africa Can Tip The Balance

Oct 29, 2025
Africa’s MRO industry is reaching an inflection point where rapid fleet and passenger growth are creating dependency on overseas maintenance services.

GENERAL AVIATION

SACAA
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Is It Time To Scrap 12-Year Piston Engine Overhaul Rule?

Oct 31, 2025
General aviation piston engine manufacturers ecommend that their engines be overhauled every 12 years, or in operational time – after around 2,000 hours.
Signature between Textron Aviation and TTA for two new Cessna SkyCouriers.
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Cessna SkyCourier Enters Into Medevac Services In Africa

Oct 31, 2025
Textron Aviation and Tassili Travail Aérien (TTA) signed a purchase agreement for two new Cessna SkyCourier aircraft at the last Paris Air Show.

DEFENSE

Airbus C295M
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Egyptian Antonov Makes Its Mark At Tattoo

Oct 31, 2025
One of the most surprising sights at this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo, at RAF Fairford in mid-July, was an Egyptian Air Force Antonov An-74T Coaler, one of three operational with the North African state.
Royal Moroccan Air Force F-16
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French Rafale Bs Deploy To Morocco

Oct 31, 2025
In June, five French Air and Space Force Dassault Rafale Bs from 4th Fighter Wing based at St. Dizier and an Airbus A330MRTT Phoenix from Istres deployed to Guelmim, Morocco, in late June to mid-July as part of Op Marathon 2025.
NAF
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Nigeria Hosts Pakistan Air Officers

Oct 31, 2025
Nearly four months after its air battle with the Indian Air Force, that saw six Indian Air Force fighters shot down, the PAF’s deputy chief of air staff, Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Aurangzeb Khan visited the Nigerian Air Force hierarchy on August 26.
A-Darter missile
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Darter Hits The Target For South African Air Force

Oct 31, 2025
Legislators in South Africa’s Parliament were recently told the South African Air Force (SAAF) was receiving a long-awaited short-range air-to-air missile for its Saab Gripen fighter jets.
The signing of the agreement for the Moroccan C-130 fleet.
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Morocco, U.S. Strike Stretegic C-130 Fleet Deal

Oct 31, 2025
Morocco and the U.S. have signed a strategic agreement to modernize the Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) fleet of Lockheed Martin C-130 aircraft.
Milkor 780
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Milkor Reveal Details Of Its 780 High Altitude, Long Endurance UAV

Oct 31, 2025
South African defence group Milkor has unveiled key design details of its latest unmanned aerial vehicle  – the Milkor 780.

AIRPORTS

Airports of Mauritius
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Mauritius Airport: Bridging The Gap Between Asia And Africa

Oct 31, 2025
Lormus Bundhoo, CEO Airports of Mauritius and Airport Terminal Operations, shares how Sir Seewosagur Ramgoolam International Airport is evolving into a regional powerhouse, serving as a vital bridge between Africa, Asia and beyond.
Moroccan authorities and ONDA join forces to modernize the Kingdom’s airports.
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A New Era For Morocco's Airports

Oct 31, 2025
The Moroccan government and the National Airports Office (ONDA) have signed an agreement for a total investment of 38 billion dirhams ($4.23 billion) to expand and modernize the country’s airport infrastructure between 2025 and 2030.
Laying of foundation stone of New Mogadishu International Airport.
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Mogadishu Airport A Foundation For Somali Development

Oct 31, 2025
The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Dr Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, laid the foundation stone for the new Mogadishu International Airport (NMIA) alongside officials from the Somali Civil Aviation Authority.

BUSINESS AVIATION

Dawit Lemma
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Krimson Aviation Growing After 10 Years Of Operations

Oct 31, 2025
Krimson Aviation is scaling up its operations across Africa, investing in digital platforms and expanding into new markets. Ella Nethersole speaks to its founder Dawit Lemma.

FINANCE

Afroeximbank’s new leasing platform aims to offer a mix of narrowbodies and regional jets.
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African Ex-Im Bank Creates Aircraft Leasing Arm To Boost Acquisitions

Oct 31, 2025
One of Africa’s leading banks is setting up an aircraft leasing operation, to try to offset the reluctance of existing lessors to provide airliners to the continent’s carriers

PEOPLE

Reinhard Schwaiger, sales director at Deutsche Aircraft
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Interview With Reinhard Schwaiger, Sales Director At Deutsche Aircraft.

Oct 31, 2025
Interview with Reinhard Schwaiger, sales director at Deutsche Aircraft.