For decades, Botswana has avoided social division and corruption, and has been widely praised as an “African tiger”, with a successful economy, an 85% literacy rate, and a Government rated 35th out of 176 countries in Transparency International's latest clean government rankings.
Boeing is building and delivering new jetliners that will reduce fuel use and emissions by up to 25 percent, reducing solid waste sent to landfills by almost 20 percent, and advancing promising environmental technologies through a first-ever collaboration with Brazil-based Embraer.
Moving maps are one of the most popular features of any inflight entertainment system and Gogo Business Aviation and Rockwell Collins bring Airshow moving maps to customers in the business aviation market.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) 73rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) adopted a resolution to accelerate the modernisation and transformation of the air cargo industry.
Airports Company South Africa has put a number of plans in place ahead of the storm expected to hit the Western Cape this evening (Tuesday 6 June) and tomorrow.
IATA has said African airlines are expected to post a $0.1 billion loss (in line with the $0.1 billion loss in 2016) which is equal to a loss of $1.50/passenger.
The Angolan Air Force is rebuilding its shattered helicopter fleet through a series of acquisitions of new and refurbished helicopters from Italy and Russia.
Air Cairo is betting big on a turnaround in fortunes for Egypt's long-suffering tourism industry. Martin Rivers talks to chairman and chief executive Yasser el Ramly.
STG Aerospace has won a new contract to supply Boeing with its next generation photoluminescent floor path marking system, saf-Tglo SuperSeal UltraLite (SSUL), for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Bombardier Business Aircraft has announced that the Global 7000 and Global 8000 aircraft programme's second flight test vehicle (FTV2) completed its initial flight.
Afriqiyah Airways will wet-lease a Dash 8-100 from Malta's Medavia to run its upcoming scheduled charter flights connecting Libya with Malta, reports ch-aviation.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced global passenger traffic data for April 2017 showing that demand rose by 10.7% compared to April 2016, with African airlines' leading all regions in growth with a 17.2% traffic increase in April, the fastest pace in more than five years.
The United States embassy in Zimbabwe has ordered all citizens and staff to stop flying in Air Zimbabwe aircraft due to safety concerns after the airline failed to meet critical European Union and international aviation safety standards.
Mauritania Airlines International is plotting slow, steady growth in a bid to avoid the fate of its predecessors. Martin Rivers and Vincent Chappard talk to Mohamed Radhy Ould Bennahi, chief executive of the third airline to fly Mauritania's flag in a decade.
Faced with intolerable challenges in its home market, Libya's Afriqiyah Airways is defying the odds to stay airborne and even set up a new subsidiary in Malta. Martin Rivers talked to chairman Abubaker Elfortia.
The Department of Environmental Affairs has notified Cape Town International Airport that it has authorised the proposed runway realignment and associated infrastructure planned for the airport.
