Ethiopian Airlines has signed an agreement with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to develop Africa’s largest airport—the Bishoftu International Airport in Ethiopia.
Simaero has announced the relocation of a modern Embraer E190 Full-Flight Simulator from the China Southern Airlines training centre to its Johannesburg facility.
Zela Aviation has entered a strategic partnership with Nigerian airline XEJet, having been mandated to promote the availability of its Embraer E145 aircraft for ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance) lease.
Aviation specialist, Air Charter Service, has announced that Andreas Spies has become the new CEO of the company’s time critical services in EMEA and APAC.
Ethiopian Airlines marked the 2025 International Women’s Day, on March 8, with a series of events attended by government officials, guests and the airline’s executives.
BIRD Aerosystems, a provider in defence technology, has secured a contract to supply its Airborne Missile Protection System to an additional African Air Force.
The first batch of six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for the Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) has been handed over at the 1st Air Base in Salé as part of the North African country’s defence modernisation strategy.
The African air cargo industry is steadily expanding its capability by gathering more investments to improve its effectiveness. CEO of Magma Aviation, Peter Kerins, shares his insights about the ever-changing industry in Africa.
Babcock is a renowned name in the world of military flying training, with major contracts both in France and the UK. Now the international defence and aerospace company is set to create its own flight training academy at the former French Air Force base at Dijon-Longvic in eastern France. Alan Warnes reports.
IATA has released data for January 2025 global passenger demand with Willie Walsh, IATA’s director general, saying it is important for regulators to understand the majority of travellers do not want to pay automatically for services they don’t need.
The South African Airways (SAA) Board has appointed Professor John M. Lamola as its group chief executive officer following approval by the Minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy.
The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) is providing vital tracking, telemetry and command (TT&C) support for Intuitive Machines-2 (IM-2) lunar mission from its Hartebeesthoek ground station.
According to a report by the United Nations Tourism (UNWTO), Africa welcomed approximately 74 million visitors last year, surpassing the figures from the previous year.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is continuing to modernise, with its Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar currently studying several options. Because, as he said at the 2024 NAF Training, Operations and Safety Seminar on December 4 in Abuja: “We have to rise to the threats posed by insurgency, terrorism and bandits.”
