Africa

Nigeria's Air Peace will add an undisclosed number of ERJ-145s to its current fleet of four B737-300s, five B737-500s, and one Do328-300, reports ch-aviation.
Airports & Networks

Honeywell has met the performance standard for transponders required by the European Aviation Safety Agency to make air traffic management safer and more efficient.
Emerging Technologies

Etihad Airways is increasing capacity between its Abu Dhabi hub and key markets of Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Casablanca and Rabat to cater to the peak June – September travel period, while additional services to Dammam will be year-round.
Airports & Networks

Precision Air is to keep Sabena technics for the component support of its entire fleet of ATRs.
MRO

Ethiopian Airlines won Skytrax World Airline Award for The Best Airlines in Africa at the Paris Air Show this week.
Aerospace

AAR has secured an extension of its contract supporting Air Austral's fleet of B737NG aircraft, which began in 2009.
Air Transport

Boeing has raised its forecast for new airplane demand, projecting the need for 41,030 new airplanes over the next 20 years valued at $6.1 trillion dollars.
Aerospace

GE Aviation and its joint venture companies, led by CFM International, announced more than $31 billion (USD) in orders and commitments at this week's Paris Air Show.
MRO

FlightSafety International, that has a training centre in South Africa, has signed an agreement with Flight Simulation Technique Centre (FSTC) for the purchase of a full flight simulator for the Bombardier Q400 aircraft.
Maintenance & Training

NAC, Piper Aircraft's sales representative in Africa, is collaborating with the American manufacturer to exhibit the company's flagship M600 across Africa.
Business Aviation

ATR is finalising the evaluation for the launch of a version of the ATR 42-600 with enhanced Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL) capabilities. The regional turboprop aircraft manufacturer is ready to offer this new version, the ATR 42-600S, to its current and potential customers.
Air Transport

Boeing and Mauritania Airlines today announced an order for one 737 MAX 8 airplane at the 2017 Paris Air Show.
Air Transport

Rolls-Royce has won a major order from Ethiopian Airlines to provide Trent XWB engines for ten new Airbus A350-900 aircraft with TotalCare service support, further increasing our order book for new engines. In addition, the order includes TotalCare for 14 of the aircraft already in service or on order.
MRO

Locally owned and based Aviation Management Services (Cayman) (AMS) has completed the Stage 3 audit and registration for a large operator in the MENA region.
Business Aviation

AFI KLM E&M have won the component support contract for Air Mauritius's new Airbus A350s.
MRO

CAE and Ethiopian Airlines signed a five-year agreement where CAE will market third-party pilot training capacity in Ethiopian Airlines' training centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Air Transport

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released new data showing that the air transport sector in South Africa provides immense value to the people and economy of the country supporting some 490,000 jobs including tourism-related employment and contributing US$12 billion or 3.5% to the country's GDP.
Aerospace

Honeywell and NASA have completed a two-year test to determine the most effective way to show pilots flying supersonic jets where people on the ground may hear sonic booms, potentially eliminating one of the primary barriers to the broad adoption of supersonic flight.
Emerging Technologies

According to the latest Market Outlook, Embraer projects a steady market demand for 6,400 new jets in the 70-130+ seat capacity category (2,280 units in the 70-90 seat segment and 4,120 units in the 90-130+ seat segment), worth USD 300 billion, by 2036.
Business Aviation

Organisers of the Farnborough International Airshow detailed their plans for the forthcoming show which will take place from 16th – 22nd July 2018 at the Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre.
Aerospace

Boeing has raised its forecast for new airplane demand, projecting the need for 41,030 new airplanes over the next 20 years valued at $6.1 trillion dollars.
Air Transport

Royal Air Maroc has selected a five-year, TrueChoiceTM Overhaul agreement for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of the CF34-10E engines powering its four Embraer E190 aircraft.
MRO

Boeing has launched Boeing AnalytX, bringing together the work of more than 800 analytics experts across the company, who are focused on transforming data into actionable insights and customer solutions.
Emerging Technologies

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released new data showing that the air transport sector in Kenya supports some 620,000 jobs including tourism-related employment, while contributing US$3.2 billion or 5.1% of the East African nation's GDP.
Aerospace

The President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, dispatched his Minister for Foreign Affairs, Agapito Mba Mokuy, to Spain last week to resolve legal obstacles affecting CEIBA Intercontinental and its operations in Europe, reports ch-aviation.
Aerospace