Angola has steadily become one of Africa's most prominent business aviation hubs and that is down to one couple – Nuno and Alcinda Pereira, the founding partners of Bestfly Flight Support. Marcella Nethersole reports.
The Cameroonian armed forces have been in bitter conflict with Boko Haram (now Islamic State's west Africa province) since 2014 in a bid to prevent the terrorists from expanding their foothold in the country's northern territory. Erwan de Cherisey reports.
There has been a lot of talk about the challenges facing African aviation over the years – but rarely solutions. Now the team from OAG, the specialist in aviation information and analytical services, has put forward its proposal to get the industry to meet its potential.
Ideas around ballooning in Ethiopia were all just hot air until a Dutch company backed a local venture in 2012. Now the new company is hoping to hit the heights. Kaleyesus Bekele reports from Addis Ababa.
An EgyptAir mechanic has been suspected of planting a bomb on the Metrojet passenger aircraft that crashed over Egypt last October, Reuters has reported.
Fastjet has finally launched its second airline, in Zimbabwe, and was on track to begin in Zambia. Victoria Moores spoke with CEO, Ed Winter, to find out what's coming next.
Ryanair will launch flights from the city from November 1, 2016 with a twice daily link to the Spanish capital, Madrid, a daily service to Brussels Charleroi and London Stansted, a four times weekly link to Berlin and twice weekly flights to Fez, Malta and Warsaw Modlin.
The Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Academy has graduated 14 pilots, 53 aviation technicians, 38 marketing agents and 38 cabin crew this week, reported the Aviation Tribune.
Travelport has announced a new multi-year, global full content agreement with Jambojet Limited. Jambojet is also connecting to Travelport's Universal API technology and is the first carrier in Sub-Saharan Africa to do so.
As part of its on-going commitment towards global education, Etihad Airways has helped to renovate three schools in the remote areas of Kakamega County in western Kenya to create a brighter future for underprivileged children.
