Arik Air, West and Central Africa's largest carrier has continued its rapid growth with the airline's latest passenger figures revealing an 18.6% rise over the same period the previous year.
South African Airways (SAA) has released its 2012/13 Annual Financial Statements showing a cost savings in excess of R1 billion and a 14% increase in total income.
With just three months to go until Africa's first ever dedicated Business Aviation exhibition, AfBAA Expo, taking place in Marrakech 23–26 April 2014, the organisers - the African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA) and IEC - have announced the participation of leading aircraft Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) alongside a number of business aviation services.
The inaugural World Travel Market Africa, taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) from 2nd – 3rd May 2014 is attracting exhibitors from all categories of the leisure, luxury travel and meetings industries.
The drag-reducing benefit of flying in formation has been known for decades—far longer if you are a bird—but making it practical is the challenge. Geese join up in V formations when they migrate, but all are headed in the same direction; finding opportunities for formation flying within military and commercial air-transport networks crisscrossing the globe is harder.
Alexandre de Juniac Chairman and Managing Director of Air France-KLM and Andre Viljoen Chief Executive Officer of Air Mauritius have signed an agreement that reinforces and broadens the scope of the existing collaboration between the 2 airlines.
DHL Express has been awarded at the Frost and Sullivan awards for Market Penetration in Sub-Saharan Africa, which brings the total number of external honors won by DHL Express since January 2013 to over 20.
Barely a decade ago, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) demonstrated that driverless vehicles could navigate desert roads and negotiate city streets. Now car manufacturers from Audi to Toyota are promising that autonomous driving technology will make their vehicles safer by the middle of this decade.
Gulf Air has delivered a strong fiscal and operational performance for the first half of the year, ending June 2014, reducing its year-on-year losses by over 30% and building on the airline's positive 2013 strategic restructuring results that put the national carrier firmly on-track towards achieving long-term commercial sustainability.
Following the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan in December 2013, Astral Aviation has uplifted in excess of 1000 tons of relief and humanitarian shipments into Juba.
Royal Jordanian has inaugurated the e-freight system, in collaboration with CHAMP Cargosystems (CHAMP), a global IT provider serving the air cargo industry.
Ethiopian Airlines is to partner with African Mosaïque for its annual Pan-African fashion show and Gala event at Sheraton Addis on January 10, 2014 to benefit Ethiopian Children's Fund (ECF).
Boeing set a company record in 2013 for the most commercial airplanes delivered in a single year with 648, while the company's unfilled commercial orders stood at 5,080 at the end of the year - also a new company record.
Abu Dhabi is rolling out a whole new look at Arabian Travel Market (ATM) – the region's biggest travel and tourism fair which runs in Dubai from May 5-8 – in a bid to capture the increasing attention of GCC travel influencers and maintain growing visitor numbers from its neighbouring states.
Qantas International Chief Executive Officer Simon Hickey said the joint network with Emirates has delivered on its promise to boost inbound tourism for Australia and its regional cities in particular, with Emirates customers booking on Qantas Domestic services as part of their journey.
Boeing expects the worldwide market for commercial aircraft financing to remain strong as airlines continue to receive expected record levels of deliveries of new, fuel-efficient airplanes in 2014.
The helicopter safety team for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA GST) has teamed up with international aerospace event organisers Tangent Link to launch a new event for the offshore and onshore helicopter industry.
Textron, the corporate owner of Cessna aircraft has reached a deal to buy the GA and light jet manufacturer's competitor BeecH Holdings, the manufacturer of Beechcraft aircraft including the top selling King Air family
