Africa

The first of the “black boxes” from the crashed EgyptAir flight 804 has been recovered, Egyptian officials said tonight.

South African authorities have reported substantial progress in the investigation into complaints against Emirates.

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has announced that its CS100 aircraft has been awarded Type Validation by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Investigators looking into the missing EgyptAir flight have received further radar data of the aircrafts manoeuvres, but have said the cockpit voice recorder will only emit a signal until June 24.

Airports Council International (ACI) has announced that global passenger traffic has seen moderate growth, and air freight volumes are slowly increasing.

Bell Helicopter has announced the successful demonstration of the Bell 412EPI across Nepal, showing its suitability for the higher areas of Africa such as Kenya and Ethiopia.

Canada's businesses and government have been urged to invest in Africa, as the continent's potential continues to grow.

Ghana looks towards establishing a new national carrier with help from a strategic partner.

Nigerian airports have the potential to be self-sufficient if run properly, former director of Engineering Services, Mohammed Sadiq, has said.

Nouvelair Tunisie has chosen Hitit Computer Services to provide the airline with several airline IT services.

Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) is facing a Sh35.4 million (USD350,000) claim made by Relief and Mission Logistics over unpaid concession fees and damages.

Ethiopian Airlines has signed a contract with Tourvest Inflight Retail Services to operate the inflight duty free programme and provide technical support.

Chukwu Emeke looks at the financial issues threatening Nigeria's airline business.

For the year ended 31 March 2016, the Group and the Company recorded profits of Eur 16.5 million and Eur 15.4 million respectively as compared to losses of Eur 23.6 million and Eur 23.7 million for the previous year.

The first direct flight of Air Austral from Dzaoudzi airport (Mayotte) to Paris-CDG took off on June 10, 2016.

International trip support company Success Aviation Services recently made an announcement that it has added, and will now provide supervisory ground handling services throughout Guinea-Conakry.

TAAG Angola has signed a contract with Network Airline Management for the provision of a B747-400(F) on flights to Liège,

Nile Air has outlined its proposed A321-200 operational timetable after receiving an A321 last month.

Air Cairo has wet-leased a B737-800 from AMC Aviation on a six-month contract.

Air Austral has started looking at the establishment of a new low-cost subsidiary.

Royal Air Maroc will be sponsoring the African Nations Cup UK, which begins later this week.

Governor, Lisa Phillips, has spoken out to address the delayed public opening of St Helena Airport.

Panasonic Avionics has announced it will now offer worldwide satellite tracking to its Global Communications Services and FlightLink customers.

Air Mauritius will fly to Guangzhou as from July 12, 2016.

Fastjet has appointed the former CEO of Mango Airlines to its board following shareholder Stelios Haji-Ioannou requesting the carrier reconsider its chairman.