Africa

Douala International airport in Cameroon is to close for three weeks in March of next year for runway upgrade works, ch-aviation reports.

Air Zimbabwe has been protected from creditors for the next three years by the Zimbabwean parliament, ch-aviation reports.

Botswana's Minister of transport and communications has fired the entire board of Air Botswana, and the general manager (GM) has agreed to resign, ch-aviation reports.

Air Algérie plans to have its new hybrid air-taxi/charter subsidiary launching at the end of 2016, ch-aviation reports.

Proflight Zambia marks International Civil Aviation Day by encouraging travellers to “think local” and support their domestic carrier.

Boeing and BOC Aviation have announced an order for 22 737s, building on the leasing company's original order.

Jambojet, a subsidiary of Kenya Airways, has reported a successful turnaround April to September, recording a Sh57 million (USD 550,000) profit.

Kenya Airways has leased a Boeing 737-800 Next Generation from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the 500th aircraft of its type of the manufacturing line.

The 47th AFRAA AGA has nominated Mbuvi Ngunze, CEo of Kenya Airways, as chairman of the executive committee.

Fatima Beyina-Moussa, CEO of ECAir and president of AFRAA, spoke at the AFRAA AGA and summit to highlight ECAir's commitment to encouraging stronger collaboration with other African airlines.

Republic of Congo's president affirms commitment to developing aviation in the country.

Boeing projects a demand for 38,050 new airplanes over the next 20 years, an increase of 3.5 percent from last year's forecast. Boeing released its annual Current Market Outlook (CMO) today, estimating the total value of those new airplanes at $5.6 trillion.

Etihad Airways has appointed Toyin Alaran as its new general manager for Uganda, following the launch of its new services between Entebbe and Abu Dhabi on 1 May 2015.

For anyone who has ever dreamed about designing their very own football jersey, Qatar Airways is now giving them the chance to do so.

TAG Aviation has announced that it has unified all of its maintenance centres under the name 'TAG Aviation Maintenance Services'.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced global passenger traffic results for October showing continued strong demand growth for both domestic and international traffic compared to the year-ago period with African airlines' traffic climbing 6.7% in October.

The US Export-Import Bank has been reauthorized to open for a further five years, after closing earlier this year.

Tecnam has reinforced its commitment to environmentally friendly General Aviation by confirming that EASA has approved the use of MOGAS for all Tecnam P2010 aircraft.

EDM announced today that the second Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer (CEET) it has manufactured for Ethiopian Airlines passed its Factory Acceptance Test (FAT).

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for global air freight markets showing that air cargo volumes measured by freight tonne kilometers rose just 0.5% in October compared to a year ago.

Ethiopian Airlines has finalised installation of Boeing 777 Flight Simulator manufactured by CAE ahead of its schedule and is now ready for training.

IATA projects that passenger numbers are expected to reach seven billion by 2034 with a 3.8 per cent average annual growth in demand (2014 baseline year). That is more than double the 3.3 billion who flew in 2014 and exactly twice as many as the 3.5 billion expected in 2015.

The new fastJet service will not only support local demand to/from Dar es Salaam but also provide new connection opportunities to the low-cost carrier’s international flights into Tanzania, significantly offering an alternate link to Johannesburg to support growing leisure demand from South African holidaymakers.

The Airports Company South Africa and Aviation Co-ordination Services (ACS) have renewed SITA, the global air transport IT company, as the common-use technology provider for Airports Company South Africa, extending the coverage to nine airports.

Gabon led the way and now Tanzania is following suit, using specially trained dogs to sniff out the bad guys in the fight against illegal wildlife poaching. Steven Knight reports.