Africa

Airbus has delivered EasyJet's first A320neo, which is also the airline's 300th A320 Family aircraft, at a ceremony in Toulouse involving Carolyn McCall, EasyJet CEO, Gaël Méheust, CFM international CEO, Tom Enders, Airbus CEO, and other senior executives.

South African Airways is showing its support for the youth of the country during Youth Month by hosting a Youth Careers Summit.

Libya Telecom (LT) will shortly roll out the installation of new navigation systems combining VHF Omni Directional Radio (VOR) and Direction Measuring Equipment (DME) to improve air traffic managementat four major airports. Oscar Nkala reports.

ExecuJet is announcing the addition of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) services at its African facilities in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Lagos.

A change has been implemented to where and when Small Unmanned Aircraft or SUAs (also known as Drones, UAVs, Quadcoptors, and model aircraft) can be flown on St Helena.

Boeing held its annual Ramadan volunteer activity in Egypt for the second consecutive year at the Al-Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital in Cairo.

Wilderness Holdings Limited has formally withdrawn its bid for Air Botswana saying the pull was a 'business decision' made after realising that it would not be 'in its best interests' to contesting for a partnership with the troubled national airline, report Oscar Nkala.

Etihad Airways will add four additional weekly flights on the popular Abu Dhabi – Malé route, taking frequency to the Maldives to 11 services a week from June next year.

Gabon's Afric Aviation has suspended operations for a period of six months effective immediately, reports ch-aviation.

Ethiopian Airlines has announced the inauguration of its state of the art Cargo Terminal-II during the Second ICAO Global Air Cargo Development Forum which Ethiopian is hosting from 27th to 29th June, 2017.

Air BP has taken over the management and operation of fuel services at Cape Town International Airport, South Africa.

Emirates will reinstate its second daily service to Lagos and resume operations to Nigeria's capital city, Abuja, with four weekly flights from 15 December 2017.

St Helena's government has selected South African carrier Airlink to provide scheduled air services to the island.

Airlines and airports are estimated to spend nearly US$33 billion on IT this year, according to the SITA 2017 Air Transport IT Trends Insights.

In a new round of the more than decade-long spat at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the Appellate Body (AB) has reversed a 28 November 2016 report which found that the Washington State tax subsidies that paid for Boeing's development and manufacture of the 777 X aircraft were “prohibited” under the Agreement Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (ASCM).

Russian Helicopters Holding is to present the Russain and international audience with a brand new utility helicopter Ka-62.

The E190 has this week received type certification from South Africa's Civil Aviation Authority. Airlink, southern Africa's largest privately owned regional airline, recently took delivery of its first E190 which will soon go into service. Airlink's E190 will make its public debut in South Africa at the Adrenaline Air Show, Wonderboom National Airport in Pretoria to be held 10-11 June.

SHG has announced that SA Airlink has been chosen as the preferred bidder for the provision of a scheduled commercial air service to St Helena.

Airports Council International (ACI) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have signed an MoU to work together on a wide range of aerodrome training services to benefit the 1,940 ACI Member Airports worldwide, and to support the 191 ICAO Member States.

Fastjet will transition to an Embraer Regional Jet fleet during the last quarter of the year parent firm Fastjet Plc has said in an FY16 earnings report, ch-aviation has published.

Ethiopian Airlines will host the ICAO Global Air Cargo Development Forum with the theme: “Action for the Sustainable Development of Air Cargo in Africa”, to be held at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) conference hall from 27-29 June 2017.

Eritrean Airlines has switched wet-lease capacity providers, reports ch-aviation.

Air Tanzania is supplementing its current all-turboprop fleet of one Dash 8-300 and two Dash 8-400s with a CRJ-100, reports ch-aviation.

The Burkinabe government has begun its search for a new buyer for recently nationalized carrier Air Burkina, reports ch-aviation.

AfBAA has appointed Dawit Lemma as director of memberships and events.