Africa

Lomé aspires to become regional hub with a new state-of-the-art passenger terminal, as Kaleyesus Bekele discovers.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that it expects the global airline industry to make a net profit in 2017 of $29.8 billion. On forecast total revenues of $736 billion, that represents a 4.1% net profit margin.

During the MEBAA Show this week, at DWC, Airshow Site, Ali Ahmed Alnaqbi, founding chairman of the Middle East & North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA), announced the dates and new location for the 2017 MEBAA Show Morocco.

Airbus Corporate Jets has won another commitment for an ACJ320neo, highlighting the continuing success of its new aircraft family.

EgyptAir has received the IATA Platinum Award at the 204th board of governors meeting held recently in Montreal.

Boeing is to build a 702 satellite, called GiSAT, with a new digital payload offering twice the capacity of previous digital payload designs to support Sub Saharan communications.

Vector Aerospace will be highlighting its local capabilities at this year's Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition (AAD 2016), taking place at AFB Waterkloof, Centurion, South Africa, this week.

RwandAir and Lufthansa Technik have signed an agreement for the German MRO specialist to provide comprehensive technical support of the Kigali-based carrier's Airbus A330 fleet.

Victoria Moores looks at the facts behind the human tragedy of the LAM Mozambique Embraer 190 air crash as the final accident report is published.

ATR is attending the UN Climate Change Conference COP22, in Marrakech, Morocco, from November 7-18, 2016.

Cape Verde's unique geography, landscape and demographics should be a blessing for state-owned Transportes Aéreos de Cabo Verde, (TACV). But, as Martin Rivers reports, the flag-carrier is struggling to turn potential into profits.

In an exclusive interview, the International Civil Aviation Organization's president of the council, Dr Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, explains to Keith Mwanalushi how ICAO is responding to air transport challenges throughout Africa.

For the seventh consecutive year, Embraer has been listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI World Universe 2016/2017).

RUAG Aviation has announced the extension of the EASA Part 145 Maintenance Organisation approvals to include line and base maintenance for the Gulfstream G550 at its facilities in Munich.

Swahili Aviation Aersoapce, LLC and NMC-Wollard International, have completed sales of four Model 60 Tow Tractors to McEnso, Accra, Ghana, to be used for its Defence Force.

Recognising that many African economies are growing and noting that some African air forces need, or may soon need, new fighters, Saab is quietly promoting the Gripen. Jon Lake reports.

World Routes is the only route development forum operating on a global scale, providing a meeting place for airlines, airports, tourism authorities and governments that want to plan new air services.

Gulfstream Aerospace has announced that the fifth Gulfstream G500 test aircraft has completed its first flight on August 5.

Egypt and China have signed a MoU to expand their air services agreement.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced global passenger traffic results for July showing an acceleration in demand growth over the previous five months.

A small archipelago off the coast of west Africa is about to become a battlefield as two newcomers try to grab a slice of the local market from the national carrier. Alan Dron reports.

Durban's importance as a tourism and business centre has been reinforced with an announcement that Air Nambia will start services to the South African city from Botswana and Namibia at the end of next month.

State-owned Tunisair is to shed around 1,000 jobs as part of a national austerity plan and a bid to make the airline more competitive

Four years after retiring, industry veteran Peter Hill is back in the driving seat of another flag-carrier – TAAG Angola – embarking on his biggest challenge to date at a parastatal beset by corruption and economic vulnerability. He talks to Martin Rivers.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in July 2016, showing decline in African cargo traffic.