This first delivery comes just five months after the Egyptian decision to acquire 24 Rafales (16 two-seaters and eight single-seaters) in order to equip its Air Force with a latest-generation multirole fighter capable of meeting the country's operational requirements and enabling Egypt, with full sovereignty, to secure its geostrategic position in the region.
Central Asian country, Kazakhstan has announced that it will expand its visa-free travel program to 19 countries across the world – allowing visitors to access the country for a period of 15 days without a visa.
EAN, the Lagos-based fully integrated business aviation company confirmed today that the third Nigerian Business Aviation Conference, NBAC 2016 will take place on 24-25th March 2016 in Lagos, Nigeria.
With the U.S. Congress refusal to prolong the authorisation of the Export-Import Bank which has expired on 30th June, the U.S. aerospace giants and their foreign clients have lost major support in financing new deliveries.
From December 17, 2015, the airline will launch the weekly link to Rotterdam - Europe’s largest cargo port, operating every Thursday, with immediate connections to Sao Vicente, Praia and Boa Vista.
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.
Despite being a high impact economic activity, a major job generator and key export sector, accounting for 6 percent of total world trade, tourism receives only 0.78 percent of the total Air for Trade disbursements and 0.097 percent of the total Official Development Assistance.
Ethiopian Airlines has ushered in the summer with the launch of flights from Addis Ababa to Dublin and Los Angeles effective June 19th and Addis Ababa to Manila on July 9.
Ethiopian Airlines is to support the third international conference on Financing for Development (EFD) that will be take place in Addis Ababa, from July 13-16 2015.
Airline ancillary revenue has continued to grow for the eighth consecutive year, according to IdeaWorksCompany, who tracked 63 airlines and researched financial filings made by 130 airlines all over the world.
Following the record breaking oceanic flight of 5 days and 5 nights (117 hours and 52 minutes) in a solar powered airplane, Solar Impulse will undergo maintenance repairs on the batteries due to damages brought about by over heating.
Fastjet operations in Tanzania carried a total of 65,216 passengers in June 2015, with a load factor of 69%. Compared with the same month of 2014, the number of passengers carried increased by 23%.
Palma Holding (Palma) and Ibdar Bank (Ibdar) has announced that they have acquired three additional BombardierQ400 NextGen aircraft under a joint venture established by the firms to undertake investments in the aircraft leasing sector. The newly acquired aircraft will be leased to Abu Dhabi-based, Falcon Aviation Services (“Falcon”).
South African Airways (SAA) has released a statement warning members of the public of a recruitment scam inviting interested parties to apply for enrolment to be trained as cabin crew staff with the airline.
Etihad Airways, in collaboration with the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), has launched two community outreach activities in Kenya with donations of blankets and school supplies to the Dream Children's Home, and the Children in Freedom organisation.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said that more jobs could be generated and additional economic growth could be achieved in Namibia if intra-African markets are opened up to allow for greater airline transport connectivity.
Airbus has begun production of its first A330neo, one year after the programme was originally launched, in its production facilities in Toulouse and Nantes.
Ethiopian Airlines has launched a new service to Manila, in the Philippines from July 09, 2015. Ethiopian will be offering the service thrice weekly to Manila.
