Aerospace

The Ghanaian government has plans to review the allocation of the 5th Freedom traffic rights granted to foreign carriers, reports ch-aviation.
Aerospace

AirKenya has acquired a Eurocopter AS350 B3 helicopter from Airbus Helicopters with 5Y-HNB having arrived in East Africa this week, reports ch-aviation.
Aerospace

The Chief Executive of Air Zimbabwe has spoken before a parliamentary committee, outlining a restructuring plan, which will see the loss of top management positions, reports ch-aviation.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Lockheed Martin laser power record; biofuels and contrails; DARPA Gremlins make progress; UTM for Japan; Mesmer seduces drones.
Aerospace

Boris Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, has praised Ethiopian's fast growth during his visit to the Ethiopian Aviation Academy and state-of-the-art flight simulators at Ethiopian Headquarters on March 16, 2017.
Aerospace

Ethiopian Airlines is marking St. Patrick's Day (today) with a green livery on its A350 aircraft.
Aerospace

Meki Batu Farmers Association, under Oromia Cooperative and Promotion Agency, has thanked Ethiopian Group chief executive officer, Tewolde GebreMariam, for his support and commitment in creating business opportunities for farmers association in Oromia region.
Aerospace

Ethiopian Airlines, has won 'Cargo Airline Award for Network Development' at the tenth anniversary of the Brussels Airport Aviation Awards held on March 9, 2017.
Aerospace

By Byron Callan
Unusual factors may unfold related to assessment of Trump’s 2018 Defense budget that could lead to peak Pentagon spending.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
The Vahana autonomous air taxi, the vertical-takeoff CityAirbus and the Pop.Up modular ground/air concept vehicle are all visible evidence of Airbus’s intensifying studies of urban air transportation.
Aerospace

New vertical-takeoff-and-landing drone has twin rotor systems to provide full-authority control in rotary-wing mode, and a swept wing to provide speed and range in fixed-wing mode.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
If recent comments are any indication, engine-makers are more willing to consider each other’s core architecture, and all see the services end of their business evolving in a decade.
Air Transport

The first ever African Airshow would create awareness within Africa and the Global Aviation Industry about the investment opportunities in Ghana, said Cecelia Abena Dapaah, minister of aviation.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
After 20 years in development, Leonardo is beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel for its AW609 commercial tiltrotor.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Supersonic laminar flow; laser strike protection; drone-carrying Land Rover; Airlander design changes; and the NLR’s composite engine pylon.
Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
Dedicated unmanned air traffic management systems must be developed quickly to meet rising demand for UAV operations.
Connected Aerospace

Oman Air supported the recently concluded ITP (International Travel Partnership) Global Conference held in Muscat from 18-20th October.
Aerospace

Emirates Airline, the Airbus Foundation and the NGO Welthungerhilfe joined forces to bring emergency shelter items from Hamburg, Germany, to the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Dubai, UAE.
Aerospace

German independent aviation consultancy InAvia Aviation Consultants has submitted an Expression of Interest for Air Botswana.
Aerospace

By Antoine Gelain
The takeover and criticisms of it show modern capitalism at its best and worst.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
UK startup Windhorse is designing a one-way drone to deliver food and medicine to disaster areas while keeping relief aircraft safe from hostile action and preventing technology falling into enemy hands.
Aerospace

Vector Aerospace, an independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services that has facilities in South Africa, has recently received approval from the European and United States airworthiness authorities for its ADS-B solutions offered for Part 27 and Part 29 rotorcraft.
Aerospace

Etihad Aviation Group's (EAG) treasury team has won four key accolades at the 2017 Adam Smith Awards presented by Treasury Today magazine.
Aerospace

IATA's air data traffic report reveals African carriers' saw freight demand increase by 24.3% in January 2017 compared to the same month last year, helped by very strong growth on the trade lanes to and from Asia.
Aerospace

Work has started to create a new airport at Karbala, southern Iraq, with facilities also due to be improved at nearby Najaf. Alan Dron reports.
Aerospace