Africa

Aviation Africa 2017 takes place at the Radisson Blu Hotel & Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda on 22-23 February 2017. The sold out conference and exhibition will be one of Africa's largest Aviation events offering the opportunity for the international aerospace industry to network with Africa.
Aerospace

Around 35,000 annual road deaths, difficulties encountered in accessing the nation's oil refineries, plus 10,000 annual deaths resulting from problems getting to hospital, all point to a helicopter boost in Nigeria. However, operational safety is a big concern. Chukwu Emeke reports.
Aerospace

Arabsat and ONT has announced the signing an agreement to launch a Tunisian broadcast platform on Arabsat Badr-4 at 26°E.
Emerging Technologies

SAA Cargo will continue its partnership with the STAT Media Group, organisers of the Air Cargo Africa Conference and Exhibition. The Conference takes place at Emperor's Palace in Kempton Park from 21to 23 February 2017.
Aerospace

Having assumed control of the airline late last week, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) said Arik Air requires over NGN10 billion naira (USD31.7 million at the official bank rate) for it to resume full and uninterrupted operations, reports ch-aviation.
Airports & Networks

South African Airways (SAA) retained its IATA Environmental Assessment Programme (IEnvA), the comprehensive airline environmental management programme, Stage 2 status.
Air Transport

Kenya will soon be flying drones after it approved the policy procedures and regulations for remotely piloted aircraft systems.
Defense

Jon Lake looks at Saab's offerings to African maritime aircraft market and concludes that it is still the cheaper, 'lower end' solutions that are expected to be most in demand.
Defense

Ethiopian Airlines has been ranked 11th worldwide in flight on-time performance for the month of January 2017, according to FlightStats, the leading provider of real-time global flight data to companies and individuals across the travel ecosystem.
Air Transport

MOMook, intelligent business and training management software developer, has announced signing a contract with a new client from North Africa – Algiers Aviation Training School (ATS). A two-year agreement was signed in the beginning of February.
Maintenance & Training

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has confirmed Turkish Airlines will resume scheduled passenger flights to Libya following the signing of an agreement between the two countries' governments last week, reports ch-aviation.
Airports & Networks

The Botswana government has begun the process of privatising loss-making national carrier Air Botswana, reports ch-aviation.
Air Transport

British travellers wishing to visit the resort of to Sharm El Sheikh can continue to fly with Pegasus Airlines from London Stansted via Istanbul, a route launched in September 2014.
Airports & Networks

Badr Airlines is the latest in a growing list of carriers to join the African Airlines Association (AFRAA). Alan Peaford found about the airline and its ambitions.
Air Transport

Lockheed Martin has officially introduced the world to the latest member of the C-130J Super Hercules family: the LM-100J commercial freighter.
Defense

Airlander has announced that the structural damage sustained to the Flight Deck during its second Test Flight last August has now been repaired.
Aerospace

Tunisia's Syphax Airlines is moving towards resuming commercial operations after a restructuring program that was submitted to the Tunisian judicial authorities, was recently approved, reports ch-aviation.
Air Transport

Nigeria's state-owned Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken control of Arik Air given the privately-owned carrier's growing inability to settle wage arrears and other debts, reports ch-aviation.
Air Transport

Comoros' AB Aviation has reached an agreement with the Comorian civil aviation authority concerning the settlement of outstanding duties with plans to resume commercial operations, reports ch-aviation.
Aerospace

Afriqiyah Airways' plans to use its Maltese subsidiary, PanAfriqiyah to operate European flights for and on behalf of the Libyan carrier have been put on hold, reports ch-aviation.
Air Transport

Lindi-Lee Kirkman, International Air Transport Association (IATA) manager for safety and flight operations in Africa, looks at the issue of unifying the continent's airspace to determine if it is a dream or reality.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA) has teamed up with EAN Aviation, organisers of the annual Nigerian Business Aviation Conference, NBAC, to merge the two respected meetings into one powerful event.
Aerospace

GE Aviation has unveiled its new utility plant showcasing its huge front façade replicating a jet engine looking to the sky.
MRO

The Ninety-nine female Pilots Organisation visited EgyptairTraining Academy during the fifth annual meeting of the Arab sector of the Ninety-Ninth International Organisation of Female Pilots, which was held in Cairo.
Aerospace

South African Airways has confirmed it will suspend its thrice weekly Johannesburg O.R. Tambo-Abuja service for the duration of runway works at the Nigerian capital, reports ch-aviation.
Airports & Networks