Africa

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has approved the A330-900 for ETOPS (Extended-range Twin engine aircraft Operations) ‘beyond 180 minutes’ diversion time.

Ethiopian Airlines will re-structure its U.S. network, opening new destination, adding frequencies and shifting gateways as of the summer of 2019.

Ethiopian Airlines inaugurated a state-of-the-art passenger terminal and its Skylight Hotel on January 27, 2019 in the presence of FDRE Prime Minister, Dr Abiy Ahmed, African Union Chairperson Moussa Faki, Ministers, high level government officials, Ethiopian Airlines Board Members, Group CEO Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde GebreMariam.

Yesterday, Ethiopian Airlines inaugurated its state-of-the-art passenger terminal and its Skylight Hotel, in the presence of FDRE Prime Minister H.E. Dr Abiy Ahmed, African Union Chairperson H.E. Mr Moussa Faki, Ministers, high level government officials, Ethiopian Airlines Board Members, Group CEO Ethiopian Airlines Mr Tewolde GebreMariam, Executive Management Members and invited guests.

Skyworld Aviation has assisted in the sale of an ERJ 170 and associated spares to new operator of the type Air Botswana.

Airports Council International (ACI) World has launched the first ACI Certificate in Smart Security which will introduce participants to the core concepts of this globally-established programme.

Etihad Airways is hosting a major recruitment drive globally, seeking individuals with ‘outstanding hospitality experience’ to join the airline.

Boeing has successfully completed the first test flight of its autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV) prototype in Virginia.

Airbus Helicopters delivered 356 rotorcraft and logged gross orders for 413 helicopters in 2018 (up from 350 gross orders in 2017).

The Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) has certified the increase in take-off/landing altitude of Ansat helicopter to 3,500 m.

Krimson, the Ethiopia-based aviation services company, has appointed Getahun Seifeselassie to the role of flight operations supervisor with immediate effect.

Cambridge Pixel, a developer of radar display, tracking and recording sub-systems, is supplying its IFF (identification friend or foe) secondary radar processing and plot extraction technology to Tellumat, as part of an upgrade of Secondary Surveillance Radars (SSR) for the South African Air Force (SAAF), at six airfield sites across the country.

South African Airways (SAA) advises customers that the airline has extended its flight cancellations to include operations on Wednesday between Johannesburg and Blantyre, Malawi.

The Ministry of Defence of Ivory Coast has signed a firm order for one C295 medium transport aircraft.

Gulf Air and Royal Air Maroc recently signed a Special Prorate Agreement (SPA) effective from 22 January 2019.

Dassault Aviation and Luxaviation announced today the acquisition by Dassault Aviation of the worldwide maintenance activities of ExecuJet, a Luxaviation subsidiary.

Green Africa Airways has appointed Joshua Koshy as its founding chief financial officer (CFO).

Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) has announced that South Africa's Mango Airlines has ordered its latest Split Scimitar Winglet technology for its Boeing Next Generation 737-800 fleet.

Gulfstream Aerospace has reaffirmed its commitment to sustainability by using sustainable alternative jet fuel (SAJF) to power a record- breaking flight by its class-leading super-midsize Gulfstream G280 aircraft.

The launch of Uganda Airlines has been delayed following a dispute between the start-up's interim board and its implementation team, reports ch-aviation.

Air Algérie will wet-lease a B737-800 from fellow Algerian carrier Tassili Airlines during the summer of 2019, reports ch-aviation.

Emirates has received three awards at the Business Traveller Africa Awards.

Airbus and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) have announced the top 10 African tech start-ups that will take part in the latest Airbus Bizlab #Africa4Future accelerator programme.

Acropolis Aviation of the UK has taken delivery of the first ACJ320neo, which features new-generation engines and Sharklets to deliver a leap forward in range and economy.

South African Airways (SAA) has appointed Vusi Pikoli to its leadership team.