Africa

Tunis Airport is to close 14th-16th October in order to repair works of the airport's intersecting runways.
Air Transport

Comair has announced it will be acquiring two pre-owned B737-400's in order to retire its existing fleet of two B737-300's.
Air Transport

Aspen Medical International (AMI) will this week begin operating a Beechcraft Corporation 1900C (B1900C) from James Spriggs Payne Airport, Monrovia, Liberia.
Aerospace

Boeing's new military tanker developed alongside the U.S. Air Force has successfully completed its first flight. of The KC-46A tanker aircraft took off from Paine Field at 1:24 p.m. (PST) in Seattle and landed four hours later at the nearby Boeing Field
Defense

Airbus has started the assembly of its first A350-100 with the fuselage as the first component to be built.
Air Transport

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has announced the launch of its new centralised online information area for aircraft tracking developments.
Air Transport

By Richard Maslen
Durban will be Turkish Airlines’ third destination in South Africa after Johannesburg and Cape Town. The airline first introduced flights into the country with a three times weekly joint operation to Johannesburg and onward to Cape Town from its Istanbul Ataturk International Airport hub in September 2007 but has grown to offer a daily service on the route, currently flown using an Airbus A330.
Airports & Networks

In partnership with Eastern Airways, Bristow Africa is in the final stages of launching a new jet charter service between Lagos and the Port Harcourt Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base using Bristow-branded Embraer 135 aircraft.
Aerospace

EgyptAir Cargo reported 150 per cent profits this year when compared to 2014, and honoured cargo agents and exporters after they achieved the highest aircraft sales.
Air Transport

Africa is to get its own business aircraft show following a deal signed today by the continent's business aviation association, AfBAA and Times Aerospace publisher of African Aerospace.
Aerospace

By Richard Maslen
Durban will be Turkish Airlines’ third destination in South Africa after Johannesburg and Cape Town. The airline first introduced flights into the country with a three times weekly joint operation to Johannesburg and onward to Cape Town from its Istanbul Ataturk International Airport hub in September 2007 but has grown to offer a daily service on the route, currently flown using an Airbus A330.
Airports & Networks

Airports Council International (ACI) and Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) have partnered up in a new initiative to help reduce aviation noise.
Air Transport

South African Airways (SAA) has entered into a partnership with Samsung Electronics South Africa to upgrade the in-flight entertainment offered to business class customers travelling on regional flights.
Airports & Networks

Air Seychelles has officially welcomed a new Airbus A320 aircraft into its international fleet.
Airports & Networks

Emirates is expecting more than 300,000 passengers to travel out of the UAE in September and the upcoming Eid Al Adha period as travellers head home or abroad for short holidays.
Airports & Networks

BBA Aviation is to expand its signature flight support by acquiring Landmark Aviation from the Carlyle Group.
Air Transport

By Richard Maslen
WATCH the World Routes Strategy Summit on stage interview between our Head of Content & Industry Relations, Michael Miller and Nico Bezuidenhout, Chief Executive Officer, Mango and up until very recently also acting Chief Executive Officer, South African Airways.
Airports & Networks

One new start-up airline featured in the listings at the World Routes Forum in Durban, South Africa this week – and it is set to begin operations in West Africa.
Airports & Networks

EgyptAir is to add an extra daily flight to Dubai during winter schedule from October.
Air Transport

As another successful World Routes draws to a close on the African continent, the Province of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa, has officially handed the event over to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, China for 2016.
Airports & Networks

Turkish Airlines has continued its march into Africa with the announcement that it will begin flights directly into Durban, South Africa from its Istanbul base.
Airports & Networks

Directors and representatives of the airlines of the Indian Ocean have signed the agreement establishing the Vanilla Alliance on September 21 in Antananarivo.
Aerospace

By Richard Maslen
The new three-times weekly Lusaka – Durban link will see Proflight Zambia complement the existing operations of South African Airways Express on the international city pair and will open up an alternative schedule for travellers from Zambia to enjoy the sea, sporting and cultural events, shopping and business prospects across tha KwaZulu-Natal province.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Speaking to Routesonline on the sidelines of the World Routes network development forum, Makona confirmed that the resumption of long-haul flights from Harare is the main development target for the carrier and it seeks to work with the local tourism authority to put Zimbabwe back on the international route map.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
In correspondence with Routesonline during the forum, founder and chief executive officer, Alpha Diallo confirmed that the carrier “will fly in West Africa” but its proposed network and “cities are not finalised yet”. The start-up is understood to be based at Gbessia International Airport in Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea.
Airports & Networks