Africa

ExecuJet, part of the Luxaviation Group, has won the Aviation Customer Services and the People Development Awards at the 2018 South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) Industry Awards.
Aerospace

Kenya is set to become the first country in the world to adopt TIACA’s new Cargo Service Quality (CSQ) tool nationwide, in a bid to improve standards at all airports across the country.
Emerging Technologies

Ethiopian Airlines and the European Union Delegation to Ethiopia have signed a letter of intent to establish Ethio-European International Business School (EEIBS).
Maintenance & Training

In Nigeria, an airline that suffers a crash invariably collapses. Dana Air’s chief operating officer explains to Alan Dron how the company’s qualities have allowed it to buck that trend.
Air Transport

By David Casey
Global airline alliance oneworld is to secure new connections to Africa in mid-2020 after signing up its first full member on the continent.
Airports & Networks

Ethiopian Airlines was recently crowned Company of the Year by All Africa Business Leaders Award (AABLA) on 29 November 2018 in Sandton, Johannesburg.
Aerospace

Jon Lake reports on a vital helicopter rescue mission near the Somali border with Kenya.
Defense

The Aviation Africa Summit and Exhibition taking place on 17-18 April 2018 in Cairo, Egypt opens next week to a record audience of aviation industry professionals.
Aerospace

The new C-27J Spartan baseline configuration— characterised by a brand new avionics system, new cockpit control panels and LED aircraft lights—completed its first flight yesterday at Leonardo’s Aircraft Division Turin plant.
Defense

By Vincent Chappard
Aigle Azur, the number 2 French airline, and Air Caraïbes, an airline based in the Antilles specializing in the Caribbean, announce the signing of a strategic code-sharing agreement for numerous destinations in their respective networks.
Airports & Networks

Air Djibouti is set to begin scheduled flights to the Yemeni city of Aden, one of the few foreign airlines to do so, reports ch-aviation.
Aerospace

Airbus has said it is working on two projects together to modernise the future of primary flight display.
Emerging Technologies

University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers from the Industrial Computational Fluid Dynamics (InCFD) Research Group have made their mark in the field of international aircraft design, specifically the Airbus A320.
Aerospace

YallaFly airlines is a new private air charter airline which is in its formative stages. It said it has been organised to take full advantage of a specific gap in the mid-haul international travel market. The gap exists in private charter services between North Africa, Europe, USA and Near East.
Business Aviation

Nouvelair, a Tunisian private company operating charter and scheduled flights, will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2019. Deputy general manager, Chokri Zarrad, shared his ambition for the company with Vincent Chappard.
Air Transport

Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has launched a partnership with the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) that will support the association with philanthropic donations and volunteering support from its employees at all nine airports.
Airports & Networks

Ethiopian Airlines has announced that its operations between Addis Ababa and Istanbul, which had been originally planned for December 5, 2018, has been postponed to March 4, 2019 due to the delay in the issuance of operating permit and landing slots by the concerned Turkish Aviation Authorities.
Airports & Networks

The Board of Airports Company South Africa has appointed Bongiwe Mbomvu as acting chief executive officer.
Maintenance & Training

Many believe that Africa will be the big growth market for the global defence industry, thanks to burgeoning security requirements and vast oil and natural gas reserves. Jon Lake takes a look at the situation.
Defense

Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it has won 2018 Best Airlines in Africa Award for the seventh year in a row from African Airlines Association (AFRAA).
Aerospace

While heated debate continues over the commercial and political value of Africa’s Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), one global civil aviation expert will use the Aviation Africa Summit and Exhibition in Kigali on 27 & 28 February 2019 to outline essential plans for another single sky – one focusing on search and rescue (SAR).
Aerospace

Despite the Angolan Government disbanding a consortium that planned to set up a feeder airline for national carrier TAAG, one of the main movers behind it believes that the project will still go ahead. Alan Dron reports.
Air Transport

Rwanda Airports Company (RAC) has received an Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) SOC Ltd-sponsored 2018 Albert Taylor On-the-Job Training Instructor (OJTI) Award.
Aerospace

Kenyan Treasury Secretary, Henry Rotich, has revealed the previously undisclosed acquisition of two or three Alenia C-27J Spartan tactical transport aircraft and an undisclosed number of Agusta Westland AW139 helicopters (thought to be four). Jon Lake reports.
Defense

Airports Company South Africa has received the ‘State-owned Company’ award at the recently held Integrated Reporting Awards ceremony in Monte Casino.
Airports & Networks