Africa

Air Seychelles has reported its fourth year of profitability in a row, with net profits of USD2.1 million in 2015, on revenues of USD 105.4 million.

Aireon and South Africa's Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) announced today that they have signed a Regional Commercialisation Agreement to jointly develop the uses of space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data throughout the Southern part of the African continent.

Sudan Airways has resumed A320-200 operations after US sanctions embargoing the carrier from acquiring new Western-manufactured aircraft.

Fly Blue Crane will inaugurate international operations on 13th May, with scheduled return flights between Cape Town and Windhoek International.

Gulfstream Aerospace has announced the Gulfstream G500 has completed flutter testing.

A new agreement between Morocco and Eurocontrol came into force yesterday, following the signing of a comprehensive agreement at the Marrakech Airshow last week.

South African government-owned regional carrier, South African Express has suspended operations following a decision by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) to suspend its AOC citing safety concerns.,

A new agreement between Morocco and Eurocontrol came into force May 1 following the signing of a comprehensive agreement at the Marrakech Airshow last week.

Embraer Commercial Aviation has released its market outlook for Africa, forecasting the delivery of 240 jets in the next 20 years.

Air Côte D'Ivoire, the national airline of Ivory Coast based in Abidjan, has signed a firm order for two A320neo and two A320 aircraft, becoming the first African airline to order the A320neo.

Embraer Commercial Aviation released today, during the Marrakech Air Show, in Morocco, its market outlook for Africa, which forecasts that the region will take delivery of 240 new jets in the 70 to 130-seat segment over the next 20 years.

All Kenya Airways flights will be grounded tomorrow as pilots plan to stage an industrial strike to force out the airline's chief executive, Mbuvi Ngunze.

Satcom Direct (SD) has introduced the SD WiFi Hub, which acts as both a router and a wireless access point in a small package.

Air Mauritius expands its network by opening direct routes to Maputo and Dar es Salaam as from May 4 and 6 2016 respectively.

South African Airways is celebrating a decade as a Star Alliance member, having joined the network in 2006.

Astral Aviation's CEO, Sanjeev Gadhia, has advocated the use of commercial UAV's and discusses the new air service regulations for drones.

Ethiopian Airlines has been voted as Best Cargo Airline of the Year from Africa at the Air Cargo News awards.

Strata Manufacturing is showcasing the UAE's aerospace ambitions at Hannover Messe this week.

Emirates has extended its individual global marketing agreements with Mauritius and the Seychelles, continuing to promote both countries' tourist markets.

EgyptAir is showcasing at the three-day Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2016 exhibition, at Dubai World Trade Centre.

Airports Council International (ACI) has announced the findings of a white paper analysing the influence of customer service quality on airports' non-aeronautical revenue.

Fastjet is celebrating flying two million passengers across Africa, 15 months after reaching the carrier's first million passengers last January.

Proflight Zambia's Secretary, Chitalu Kabalika, has said investment and innovation in the tourism sector is key to competitiveness and putting Zambia on the tourism map.

Skywise Airline is considering selling off a stake, after six companies expressed interest.

The airline industry is celebrating its best ever performance for successfully handling baggage according to a report issued by SITA this morning.