With a little help from Air France, Congo Airways is mapping out a safer future for the Democratic Republic of the Congo's notoriously deadly skies. Martin Rivers spoke to deputy chief executive Jerome Maillet about the one-year-old flag-carrier's progress.
How African airlines will manage international demand for reduced air transport emissions and how they can adapt practices to gain greater access to international finance are among the key topics for debate at the Aviation Africa 2017 summit in Kigali, Rwanda on February 22-23.
Egypt's Minister for Civil Aviation, Sharif Fathi, has announced EgyptAir will defer the delivery of new aircraft following recent changes to the country's currency exchange system, reports ch-aviation.
Ethiopian Airlines has launched a newly redesigned ShebaMiles Frequent Flyer Program web page to improve customers' online experience in terms of ease of use, data quality and better control on account management through enhanced self-service options.
Boeing is promoting Pat Goggin to be president of its Defense, Space & Security Development organisation, succeeding Jim O'Neill who will retire next year.
South Africa's largest airport operator is on a mission and its CEO explains to Keith Mwanalushi the implications of doing business outside its borders and his response to how airports should deal with the growing threat of terrorism.
Royal Air Maroc could become a strategic partner to the Senegalese government's start-up carrier Air Sénégal after the two countries pledged to expedite talks between the two sides, reports ch-aviation.
Trident Aviation has tentatively ended CRJ-200 operations following the return of its only airframe of the type, 5Y-WWA, to owner Air Nostrum, reports ch-aviation.
The Regional Council of the French Indian Ocean possession of La Réunion has confirmed previously speculative plans to develop a regional Low Cost Carrier (LCC), reports ch-aviation.
Ethiopian Airlines and the Ethiopian Tourism Organisation have outlined their current achievements and future plans for Ethiopia as a major African tourism destination during a press conference held at World Travel Market on Tuesday 8th November 2016.
Co-operation between Boeing and South Africa's Paramount Group seems to have revitalized the African company's advanced high-performance reconnaissance light aircraft (AHRLAC) programme. Jon Lake reports.
Ahead of the first African of the first African Business Aviation Conference, (AfBAC 2016) to be held in Cape Town 17-18 November, Rady Fahmy, chief executive officer of AfBAA, has confirmed delegate registrations have topped that of any previous AfBAA event, with more than 150 delegates registered ahead of next week's inaugural meeting.
Victoria Moores caught up with African Airlines Association (AFRAA) secretary general, Elijah Chingosho, ahead of this year's annual general assembly (AGA), which will be held on November 20-22 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Here's how the conversation went:
Destinations around the world welcomed 956 million international tourists between January and September 2016, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. This is 34 million more than in the same period of 2015, a four percent increase.
Over the past year major global airline brands such as Ethiopian Airlines, Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines, plus local southern African operators Air Namibia and Proflight Zambia, have already inaugurated flights from Durban, South Africa. These services have delivered important regional, continental and notably key intercontinental connectivity, complementing the existing transit options with Comair (British Airways franchise) and South African Airways via Johannesburg and Emirates Airline via Dubai.
Ghana's new airline Goldstar Air will operate services to Baltimore Washington International Airport from early of 2017, if it gets its operator certificate.
The Nigerian government said it has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to release a total of USD300 million in unremitted revenue to foreign airlines, reports ch-aviation.
