Africa

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced it is expanding its activities to prevent payment fraud in the air travel industry.

Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of the first of its three Boeing 787-8s under a sale-and-leaseback deal with AWAS.

Camair-Co has been ordered to suspend flights to Europe by the Cameroonian Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA).

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has seized NGN10 billion (USD35,430) worth of assets from Afrijet Airlines.

DHL has delivered a black rhino to Tanzania as part of a conservation project run by the George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust.

Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 aircraft, opening a new chapter for the East African carrier, which also becomes the first African A350 XWB operator.

Proflight Zambia has asserted the tourism is key to Zambia's economic prosperity.

Sabre has exclusively shown its Sabre Red Workspace to travel consultants and suppliers across the airline, hotel, rail, cruise and car rental industries.

Airbus Helicopters Southern Africa (AHZA) has delivered a H125 rotorcraft to Namibia's Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism.

The Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) has appointed Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) CEO, Thabani Mthiyane, to its executive committee.

Cape Town Airport has been announced as the winner of the Routes Africa edition of the Routes 2016 Marketing Awards.

Inmarsat has announced that it's advanced Global Xpress (GX) Aviation in-flight connectivity service has received EASA certification for the A320 aircraft family.

The sixth flight to depart from St Helena has taken off successfully.

The Tenerife Government hopes its favourable tax regime will attract additional airlines to open new bases on the island in the coming years. The island’s Tenerife South Airport has recently welcomed new operational bases from LCCs Norwegian, Iberia Express and Vueling and revealed talks will shortly take place with two other operators.

A partnership between British security firm Restrata and Egyptian security company Falcon Group International has already won the approval of both the British Ambassador to Egypt and the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen travel links between the two countries.

Rwandan pilots will be able to be trained at the Egyptian Aviation Academy for single-engine aircraft.

Fastjet has said that it needs to raise further funds in order to have a sufficient working capital at its Annual General Meeting.

Civair has announced plans to establish a subsidiary in Madagascar with its own Air Operators Certificate (AOC).

Afric Aviation has started scheduled operations in Oyem, Gabon.

Cape Town Airport was announced the overall winner of the Routes Africa edition of the Routes 2016 Marketing Awards last night at a ceremony in Finca Punta del Lomo, Tenerife.

Despite a long wait and numerous promises, Dr Elijah Chingosho, secretary general of African airline group, the African Airlines Association (AFRAA), revealed during Routes Africa that he personally believed that the latest timescale of an at least partial liberalisation of African skies remained an unrealistic target.

Cape Town International Airport in South Africa has been rewarded for its network development initiatives after being announced as the overall winner of the Routes Africa edition of the Routes 2016 Marketing Awards which were formally announced last night during the Networking Evening event which took place at Finca Punta del Lomo, a rural complex built on a banana plantation in Tenerife, Canary Islands.

The number of international passengers making indirect flights to African destinations is as big as the international markets of five of the world’s key airports. Speaking at the Routes Africa 2016 event in Tenerife, Canary Islands on the importance of data in winning new routes, ASM senior vice president Tony Griffin said about 90 million international passengers flew to the continent in 2015.

Cost, quality and skills are three of the key factors ensuring the effective use of data for business success. Presenting a Routes Talk entitled 'The Lack of Data in Africa' at Routes Africa in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Sabre senior management consultant Gad Wavomba said while good data does cost money, the return on investment makes it worthwhile.

Since Zimbabwe hosted delegates at Routes Africa in June 2014, what was then a building site at Victoria Falls International Airport has now turned into a brand new modern facility ready to host global visitors.