Africa

Air Austral has signed a wide-ranging contract with AFI KLM for two Boeing 787 aircraft due to enter the fleet this spring.

Etihad Airways is introducing three additional passenger flights per week between Johannesburg and Abu Dhabi during the months of July until September (inclusive) to cater for the increased demand.

Congo Airways has taken delivery of its maiden Dash 8-400 - 9Q-DKV - following a delivery flight from Addis Ababa where it had been undergoing maintenance with Ethiopian Airlines, reports ch-aviation.

Boeing engineers and designers have developed a self-cleaning lavatory prototype that uses ultraviolet (UV) light to kill 99.99 percent of germs.

Egyptair has been fined USD140,000 by the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) for violating a US trade embargo against Sudan between 2010 and 2011, reports ch-aviation.

ACI has launched its first Airport Excellence (APEX) in Security pilot security review at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, Mauritius.

Execujet has announced that it extending Line Maintenance capability for EASA aircraft at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

The third Nigerian Business Aviation Conference demonstrated the country's business aviation progression, and the improvement still needed to match more established regions.

A webinar has been used to bring together supplier management representatives from Boeing Defense, Space & Security and Tunisian aerospace manufacturers.

Tanzania and Kuwait have signed a bilateral air services agreement (BASA) in order to boost the both countries' tourism sectors.

A man has died after a light aircraft crashed in a sugarcane plantation in South Africa.

There are now almost 390 Boeing 787 Dreamliners flying to destinations around the world and there remains a ‘buzz’ around the modern generation airline programme with the positive impact of what the manufacturer describes as a “game-changing airplane” being used in airline marketing to highlight the equipment.

Manufacturing will be done at the Ratier Figeac plant in Morocco's Nouaceur Aeropole Industrial Zone.

Debris found off the coast of Mozambique has been confirmed as “almost certainly” belonging to MH370.

In partnership with the Tunisian Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA), the USAID-financed Business Reform & Competitiveness Project (BRCP) sponsored a pioneering webinar to bring together Supplier Management representatives from Boeing Defense, Space & Security and Tunisian aerospace manufacturers.

SITA has announced that Barbara Dalibard has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective of July, replacing Francesco Violante, who plans to step down after 13 years in the role.

The Aircraft Interiors Expo begins next week in Hamburg, showcasing new technologies and designs for cabin interior.

The African coastline is to be searched for debris from MH370 after multiple pieces have been found on the coast of Mozambique and South Africa.

The hijacking of an EgyptAir Airbus A320 en route between Alexandria and Cairo has once again brought the safety of air transportation in Egypt to the attention. Although this incident proved not be terrorism related, questions have been raised as to how the hijacker was able to embark on the plane wearing what appeared to be a suicide vest with explosives.

An aircraft was forced to land in Plettenberg Bay, causing the NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew to be activated.

Mid Africa Aviation has filed plans tp begin scheduled passenger services out of Banjul, Gambia.

Stakeholder Stelios Haji-Ioannou's feud with Fastjet has continued, as he gives the carrier until Thursday to address outstanding queries or risk the end of the commercial partnership.

The hostage crisis on the hijacked EgyptAir flight MS181 is over, The hijacker has been arrested.

Cabot Aviation, a division of Air Partner plc and an aircraft remarketing agent, announced that the second former Kenya Airways B777-200ER has been delivered to Omni Air International, a US based airline providing global passenger ACMI, wet lease and charter programmes.

EgyptAir Holding Company chairman, Sharif Fathi, has said the company has eighteen aircraft that are surplus and will be sold off in the following months.