Some 640 African-originating participants, all living in the UK, wearing the colours of 20 African countries, will provide a colourful warm up to the forthcoming World Cup on Saturday May 31, when the Ethiopian Airlines' sponsored African Nations Cup UK (ANCUK) kicks off at the West Ham Memorial Grounds.
Routes Africa 2014, the largest route development event in Africa, will take place in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe on 22-24 June 2014, hosted by the country's Civil Aviation Authority.
The United Nations is seeking bids from companies to provide UAVs for its peacekeeping mission in Mali after shelving plans to deploy surveillance UAVs in Cote d'Ivoire following improved security in the West African country.
A key topic of discussion among global leaders at the 24th World Economic Forum on Africa was the need for free movement of talent and goods across Africa, in order to significantly strengthen businesses and boost intra-Africa trade on the continent.
UAS International Trip Support, a provider of global trip support services for flight operators, VIPs, and government officials, is looking to achieve a UAS supervisor on the ground in every country in Africa.
Gulf Air was recognised threefold during the recent GITEX Technology Week 2014, a renowned IT expo that was held in Dubai, winning the GITEX 2014 Cloud Award for 'Best Big Data Solution', the ACN Arab Technology Award for Harnessing Innovation of the Year and the Global Enterprise Connect (GEC) Award for Best Company/Organization for Green IT initiatives.
Education is essential to innovation and helping the next generation to pursue its dreams and ideas and contribute to society, Boeing chairman and chief executive officer Jim McNerney said at a top-level summit in Abu Dhabi.
Dubai Helishow 2014, organised by The Domus Group, saw sustained interest and activities by the exhibitors and visitors on the second day, focusing on the homeland security products and services aimed at protecting a Nation's citizens from external or internal threats.
African Aerospace is launching the first ever AVIATION AFRICA 2015 a two day summit and exhibition. The event will take place in Dubai, UAE on 10-11 May 2015.
Ethiopian Airlines recently attended the inaugural London Coffee Stop Awards to present White Mulberries voted London's Best Coffee Shop with two return flights to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.
During H.E. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's state visit to Ethiopia, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Ethiopian Airlines and ICBC Financial Leasing.
Whilst providing an update on the newly opened Hamad International Airport (HIA) and Qatar Airways' expansion plans, on the opening day of Arabian Travel Market (ATM) at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre (5-8 May), the airline's CEO HE Akbar Al Baker revealed the airline will receive the first of its 13 Airbus A380-800s early next month.
Airbus Helicopters EC225 presence in the African oil and gas heli-lift market will expand following delivery of an additional workhorse rotorcraft to Angola's SonAir.
On the first day of ITB Berlin, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker and the airline's new country manager for Germany and Austria, Günter Saurwein, introduced the airline's new luxury First Class seats that will form part of the tri-class configuration on the airline's new A380-800.
In 2013, Pegasus Airlines increased its sales revenue by 25% Year-on-Year (YoY) to 2.4 billion Turkish Lira and its gross profit to over 450 million Turkish Lira translating to an increase of 41% YoY.
Senior defence personnel from Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the GCC Secretariat, as well as from international partners such as the United States, France, Sweden, Italy, Sweden, Netherlands, and NATO are set to make the 4th edition of Middle East Missile and Air Defense Symposium (MEMAD 2014) a major success
