The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is conducting the global roll-out of a civil aviation recovery Global Implementation Roadmap (GIR), providing an important enabling framework for countries as they begin to apply the Covid-19 pandemic restart and recovery measures in the ICAO Council’s Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART) recommendations and annexed ‘Take-off’ guidance document.
IATA and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) have jointly called on governments to follow the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART) guidelines to exempt crews from COVID-19 testing that is applied to air travellers.
With the resumption of commercial passenger services at the beginning of the month, a comprehensive set of new ground handling measures have been implemented at Seychelles International Airport.
In an effort to accelerate digitisation, regional low-cost carrier Jambojet has introduced a Progressive Web App (PWA) that will allow customers book tickets, check in and access their boarding pass on their smartphones.
Textron Aviation has been awarded a contract by ATI Engineering Services for two multi-mission Cessna Grand Caravan EX aircraft for the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) in support of the African Partnership Flight initiative.
The impact of Covid-19 on African civil aviation has laid bare the weakness of regional maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) capabilities, where encouraging signs in one arena are counterbalanced by stumbling performance elsewhere.
South Africa’s Comair, which operates a British Airways franchise and the Kulula Air has raised short-term financing to help the firm through the coming weeks.
Green Africa, Nigeria's Lagos-based value airline, has announced Kiran Koteshwar as the new Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective from September 2020.
Air connections are vital if Madagascar is going to attract foreign investment and develop its trade and tourism industry. Now, as Vincent Chappard reports, many airport regeneration programmes are taking place.
Rolls-Royce is introducing a new SelectCare option, SelectCare Repair, to complement its existing range of Care services for airlines that operate Trent 700 powered Airbus A330 aircraft.
With the recent COVID-19 outbreak it’s been particularly challenging for the aviation sector in many ways, including major aviation events being cancelled. So, it’s great news to hear that The MEBAA 2020 Show is set to go ahead in December.
Eutelsat Communications and Strong Roots Ethiopia Broadcasting Service plc have concluded a Master Service Agreement for a Ku capacity on a 36 MHz transponder on Eutelsat’s EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite.
National Aviation Services (NAS) is sponsoring a free e-learning course titled “COVID-19: Defeating the Crisis and Evolving as a Leader” on the online training platform www.Academy.aero.
In accordance with the recommendations of the ICAO Council Aviation Recovery Taskforce, together ICAO Global Aviation Training (GAT) and CAA International (CAAi), the aviation training arm of the UK Civil Aviation Authority, have launched new training to enable the safe and secure restart of air operations.
A new event is being launched by Routes which will provide an innovative platform for the aviation industry to rebuild air services in the post-pandemic era.
Air Mauritius, following their successful resumption of commercial flights on the Rodrigues route on the 1st of July, have from the beginning of this month, added a second daily flight to the Island.
Building upon the successful launch of its Travel Information Hub at the end of June, global airline network Star Alliance - which includes Ethiopan Airlines, South African Airways and EgyptAir - has unveiled a series of useful upgrades to help passengers plan multistop itineraries.
This is the time for operators to reflect and prepare for the post Covid-19 world, writes John Cauthen, aviation security director for MedAire and a member of the NBAA Security council.
A group of South African Express employees have engaged an equity funding platform, Uprise Africa, to assist in raising the capital needed to save SA Express.
