Africa

AJW Group has announced the promotion of Tom De Geytere to Chief Sales Officer to support its fast-growing business.
Maintenance & Training

By Sam Lesbirel
Introducing the world’s most comprehensive air service development training programme, specifically tailored for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Airports & Networks

Links between Africa and the Middle East are being reinforced through the location of the 2018 Aviation Africa event, which will take place at the Intercontinental Hotel City Stars in Cairo, April 17-18.
Aerospace

Zimbabwean Minister for Information Communication Technology, Supa Mandiwanzira, has been taken to court by a fellow shareholder of local start-up carrier Rainbow Airlines citing breach of contract, reports ch-aviation.
Aerospace

Air Seychelles announced last week the suspension of flights to Madagascar following an outbreak of pneumonic and pulmonary plague on the Indian Ocean island, reports ch-aviation.
Airports & Networks

Ethiopian Airlines has initiated talks with the government of Djibouti over a possible partnership with Air Djibouti, reports ch-aviation.
Aerospace

Ethiopian Immigration and Nationality Affairs main Department in collaboration with Ethiopian Airlines Group has launched E-Visa service for African and international participants of Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions.
Emerging Technologies

SITA is providing its world-class passenger and baggage processing technology as well as its airport management solutions to Ghana's new Terminal 3 at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, helping cement the airport's position as a vital regional hub.
Airports & Networks

Inmarsat has announced that its Jet ConneX business aviation inflight Wi-Fi service has received a Supplement Type Certificate (STC) for the popular Gulfstream G550 aircraft.
Business Aviation

A cargo aircraft has crashed into the sea off Ivory Coast shortly after taking off from Abidjan's international airport.
Air Transport

The third H160 prototype (PT3) has performed its maiden flight. With its cabin interior configuration similar to that of a serial aircraft, will contribute to certification activities and flight testing to ensure the aircraft's level of maturity ahead of entry into service in 2019.
Aerospace

Today began an exciting new chapter in St Helena's history when the first ever commercial flight from South Africa touched down at St Helena Airport at 1.59pm.
Airports & Networks

Airlines in the region will face a potentially crippling shortage of skills and failure to hit employee transformation targets if governments do not fix basic and tertiary education, warned the Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA).
Maintenance & Training

The Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority and the AviAssist Foundation has announced a partnership to establish the AviAssist Safety Promotion Centre (ASPC) Rwanda.
Aerospace

Comair Limited has announced that it has been officially certified by the Top Employers Institute for its exceptional employee offerings.
Aerospace

EgyptAir has received its ninth and final Boeing 737-800NGs on a lease deal from Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) and valued at $864 million. All nine were handed over during in the course of the past year.
Air Transport

By Routes News
Rwanda, a small landlocked country in east-central Africa, has put its troubled past behind it and is now looking to enhance transport links in the region, helped by its national carrier, RwandAir.
Airports & Networks

Boeing and CDB Aviation have finalised an order for 42 737 MAX 8s, 10 737 MAX 10s and eight 787-9 Dreamliners.
Air Transport

Embraer is to establish a new training centre at O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg.
Airports & Networks

By Vincent Chappard
Air Madagascar and Air Austral signed a strategic partnership agreement in Ambohitsorohitra Palace, Antananarivo, on 9 October 2017.
Air Transport

Cape Town International Airport has clinched the award for Africa's leading airport at the 2017 World Travel Awards Africa.
Aerospace

New routes and fresh optimism have prompted robust growth in Africa's international flight arrivals this year according to the latest data from ForwardKeys, which predicts future global travel patterns by analysing more than 17 million booking transactions a day.

Air Transport

Bombardier has launched the new Smart Services offering, its most competitive cost-per-flight hour service.
Emerging Technologies

Gulfstream Aerospace has announced that during rigorous flight-testing its long-range Gulfstream G500 and Gulfstream G600 offer better performance than originally thought.
Business Aviation

Ethiopian Aviation Academy graduated 262 aviation professionals at a graduation ceremony held at the academy's Commercial and Cabin Crew Training center October 7, 2017.
Maintenance & Training