Africa

RwandAir has resumed cargo flights to Guangzhou, China, after a suspension of passenger flights in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nigerian Air Force celebrated the maiden flight of its first A-29 Super Tucano this week. The armed variant of the military trainer carried out the mission by the Embraer profuction facility at Jacksonville Florida.

Ethiopian Airlines completed the flight and delivery of the second-round shipments of life saving medical supplies to fight COVID-19 donated by Jack Ma to all African countries.

Air Mauritius is entering voluntary administration following a total collapse in revenues due to the Covid-19 crisis.

Boeing has announced key organisation and leadership changes aimed at driving greater cross-company integration and continuous improvement. The changes are effective May 1.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for governments to work with the industry on confidence-boosting measures in the face of an anticipated slow recovery in demand for air travel.

Data acquired by Learnbonds.com shows that the paid ad impressions for the airline industry during the 15th week of this year dropped by 99% compared to a similar period in 2019.

A missile accidently fired from a Chadian military jet as it was preparing for takeoff hit a house near the base, killing at least five civilians.

Tunisia’s transport minister Anouar Maarouf has warned that Tunisair’s air transport industry is unlikely to recover before summer 2021, reports Romuald Touembou Ngueyap.

Embraer Defence & Security and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has announced the first of 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack, combat and reconnaissance aircraft for the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) successfully completed its inaugural flight at the production facility in Jacksonville, Florida.

‘FlightPlan’ will bring together leading aviation voices on 29 April 2020 to share insights, expertise and intelligence via panel sessions, debates, news updates and live Q&As.

Boeing will resume all commercial airline production in a phased approach at its Puget Sound-region facilities next week, after suspending operations last month in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following on from last weeks’ launch of X-1 Cares - as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic - the developer of the X-1FBO Management and Payment Processing System, GMSTEK, has launched X-1PAY, designed to drive efficiencies for FBOs and their customers.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is offering free access to online training courses for up to 5,000 aviation workers as part of its efforts to help the industry through the COVID-19 crisis.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) are jointly calling on governments to take urgent measures to facilitate crew change flights for seafarers.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released updated analysis showing that the COVID-19 crisis will see airline passenger revenues drop by $314 billion in 2020, a 55% decline compared to 2019.

Routes' latest update on how airlines and airports across the Middle East and Africa are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aeronautical engineers from Paramount Group, the African-based aerospace and technology company, have teamed up with emergency doctors at the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg, for the design and production of an innovative ‘intubox’ that will help protect frontline healthcare workers when treating patients, who are suffering from COVID-19.

South African Airways (SAA), has collaborated with the Government of Canada through the High Commission of Canada in South Africa, to assist Canadians who were stranded in South Africa to return home, after the lockdown was implemented in response to the outbreak of the coronavirus, which resulted in travel restrictions.

This week's Arabian Aerospace podcast looks at an innovative use of drone technology underway in Abu Dhabi.

While Africa remains the continent least-affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic, almost every nation now has confirmed cases of the disease and numbers are increasing. Health experts consider Africa as a whole to be a few weeks behind most of the rest of the world in terms of the spread of the disease.

Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services is adapting its operations to the evolving global demand for air cargo services following the COVID-19 pandemic.

For the first time in its history, the Cargo division of South African Airways, SAA Cargo, operated a passenger aircraft for a pure cargo uplift.

Airbus has said it is now revising its production rates downwards to adapt to the new Coronavirus market environment.

With MRO industry revenues directly related to aircraft utilisation, 2020’s total MRO spend will be less than half of the approximately $90bn forecasted, according to the leading aviation data and advisory company IBA.