Honeywell is introducing Integral Health Monitoring (IHM) series proximity sensors that can detect when a sensor has been damaged or otherwise impacted. The patented proximity sensors can be designed into a range of aircraft systems such as thrust reverser actuation systems, flight controls, aircraft doors, cargo loading systems, evacuation slide locks and landing gear.
Kenya Airways (KQ) has been navigating through turbulent times in the past five years but now it has a new man at the top whose mission is to turn around the loss-making airline. Kaleyesus Bekele talks to new CEO, Sebastian Mikosz.
During the second quarter of 2017, Embraer delivered 35 jets to the commercial aviation market and 24 jets to the business aviation market, of which 16 were light jets and eight were large jets.
Airports Company South Africa Security staff at O.R. Tambo International Airport have handed a Seychelles-bound passenger to the SAPS after she attempted to clear a security checkpoint with two concealed bricks of cocaine on November 3.
The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Taleb Rifai has visited Madagascar to express the Organization's full support to the tourism sector.
Vector Aerospace has signed a new seven-year exclusive engine service agreement with Precision Air Services to support the Tanzanian airline's fleet of ATR regional turboprop aircraft.
South African Airlines (SAA) has been making good use of a system run by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) to better understand and predict weather in the region. Steve Nichols reports.
Vector Aerospace has signed a new seven-year exclusive engine service agreement with Precision Air Services to support the Tanzanian airline's fleet of ATR regional turboprop aircraft. Precision has been using the French MRO specialist for three years.
AfBAC EXPO, the African Business Aviation Association's first combined conference, exhibition and static display, has confirmed that the event which takes place later this month, is being supported by the South African Civil Aviation Authority, with its director of Civil Aviation, Poppy Khoza, giving a keynote address.
The Captain of Black Stars Football Club of Ghana, the country's national football team, Asamoah Gyan has obtained an air carrier license for the establishment of a commercial airline called Baby Jet Airlines, reports Chukwu Emeke
Addis Ababa Bole International Airport – Ethiopia's main hub – handles more than 300 daily departures and close to 10 million passengers per annum. But soon that won't be enough, which is why the facility is getting a $345 million upgrade. Kaleyesus Bekele reports on the reasons behind the move and the latest progress.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA)has released data for global air freight markets in September 2017 showing that demand (measured in freight tonne kilometers or FTKs), rose 9.2% compared to the same month in 2016. This was the slowest pace of growth seen in five months. However, it was still significantly higher than the five-year average growth rate of 4.4%.
Afrijet, a key business aviation player in both Gabon and the general region, is reacting to commercial opportunities by expanding into new fields of commercial flying.
Ethiopian B787-9 Dreamliner that joined the airline's youngest and most modern operating fleet on October 27, 2017 made its debut flight to India's capital and metropolitan city of Delhi.
Royal Air Maroc Cargo has launched a new service dedicated to the shipment of personal belongings from the USA and Canada to an extended number of countries in Africa, with special promotional rates for all bookings made until the 15th of November 2017.
The air transport industry has cybersecurity as a top priority with 95% of airlines and 96% of airports investing resources into major cybersecurity programs or pilots over the next three years.
Johannesburg-based South African regional operator, CemAir, is poised to be the host carrier for the Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) annual general assembly. But what is CemAir and where is its niche? Victoria Moores has been finding out.
