Africa

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.

Cabot Aviation has announced that a second former Kenya Airways B777-200ER has been delivered to Omni Air International.

Gulfstream has earned U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval to install the Future Air Navigation System (FANS) 1/A+ avionics update on GIV-SP aircraft.

Nigeria's civil aviation authority (NCAA) has received praise from the ICAO Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) that has just been concluded.

The MEBAA Show is expected to be the largest yet when it returns to Dubai World Central Airshow Site from 6-8 December this year.

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said it needs NGN25 billion (USD125.6 million) to fence 22 airports to high security standards.

In attempt to recover from its financial crisis, Kenya Airways will be operating more hours each day to increase network connectivity.

The plan to construct a $560 million terminal at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has been stopped by transport secretary James Macharia.

The Egyptian Airports Company has rejected the terms established by Russian security experts for the resumption of passenger flights to Egypt.

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.

A Camair-Co B737-700 was temporarily grounded at Charles De Gaulle Airport after French authorities carried out a Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft (SAFA) inspection.

Air Madagascar has asked aviation consultancy company Aerotask to find wet-lease contracts for one of its A340-300.

The aircraft will be the fourth 777 dedicated to its Gatwick operation that is configured in a three-class arrangement. Cape Town will be one of four long-haul destinations BA is launching from Gatwick this year, with flights to Costa Rica starting on April 27, 2016 daily flights to New York’s JFK beginning on May 1, 2016 and flights to Lima, Peru commencing on May 4, 2016.

The second African Ground Handling International Stakeholders' Conference has been organised to take place in June.

Ethiopian Airlines has been chosen as the Best Airline in Nigeria by the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agents (NANTA).

South African Airways (SAA) will be rolling out the offer of Samsung tablets on board as a way of improving in-flight entertainment to business class customers travelling on selected short haul regional flights.

Panasonic Avionics (Panasonic) has been selected to supply the Cabin Services System (CSS) on the new family of Boeing 777X aircraft.

Four British plane spotters have been fined for trespassing at Wilson airport in Nairobi.

Astra Aviation has opened a new flight support location at Harare International Airport, to become operational in January.