Helicopters and light jets have been used recently to fight African armyworms and locusts in Zambia and other countries in southern Africa. Humphrey Nkonde reports.
Air transport liberalization within the East African Community (EAC) could earn the region 202.1 million U.S. dollars in gross domestic product (GDP) annually, reports Hillar Muheebwa
Dodoma Airport has opened a 24-hour domestic and international flights operation, just months after embarking on a 12 billion/- renovation plan, reports Algeria Business Info.
South African Airways (SAA) has appointed Phumeza Nhantsi as its new chief financial officer. Nhantsi had been acting as SAA's Interim CFO since November 2015
Buy your airline ticket along with your weekly groceries? South African low-cost carrier (LCC) Mango continues to go down the supermarket route as it faces up to challenging economic conditions. Alan Dron reports.
Zambia's Mahogany Air has again outlined plans to resume commercial passenger operations, nearly three years after they were first suspended, reports ch-aviation.
Acunis, a provider of turn-key intralogistics solutions for air cargo terminals, will present its solutions for the air cargo terminal segment at the Dubai Airport Show from May 15 to 17.
Ethiopian Airlines is considering entering the markets of both Botswana, in Southern Africa, as well as Chad, in Central Africa, as a means of expanding its growing continental feeder hub network, reports ch-aviation.
Arik Air has received an injection of NGN1.5 billion (USD4.7 million) from the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) since being taken over by the state-owned body, reports ch-aviation.
The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) was established in 1944, a year before national carrier Ethiopian Airlines. Kaleyesus Bekele looks back over the history of the organisation and talks to its director general about the current challenges and opportunities.
Air Partner, the aviation services group, was recently appointed to charter a return flight from Cape Town to St Helena, after the cancellation of two RMS voyages left a number of passengers stranded.
The African Business Aviation Association, AfBAA, has strengthened its commitment to educating the African business aviation sector by signing two significant MoUs, with leading international aviation training organisations.
The Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organisation (JAA TO), the leading non-profit aviation training organisation providing top-level training courses in multiple fields of aviation safety, and AviAssist, Africa's only independent and also non-profit organisation dedicated solely to the safety improvements in African aviation, have announced a partnership to further expand the AviAssist Safety Promotion Centre (ASPC) in Rwanda.
Zambia Airports Corporation Limited (ZACL) recorded a positive growth for the first quarter of 2017; Passenger numbers increased by 5% when compared to the same period last year. A total of 351,942 general passenger movements were recorded in the first quarter of 2016.
Dassault Aviation's all-new Falcon 5X has made its first flight, allowing the ultra-wide body twinjet to embark on a limited number of preliminary flight tests before the commencement of the full-fledged flight test campaign, scheduled to begin next year.
The Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) and Emirates Airline have renewed aglobal marketing agreement that will see the Dubai-based airline raise the tourism destination profile of the Indian Ocean island archipelagelo. Oscar Nkala reports.
ExecuJet is celebrating the start of a successful year in Africa, with significant increases in activity during Q1 at its South African and Nigerian FBOs.
