What are the world's longest scheduled air routes by distance and block time? As Emirates Airline reveals plans to launch a Dubai - Panama City route in February 2016, Routesonline investigates.
Satellite operator Yahsat, has announced the completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) on its Al Yah 3 satellite, which is now on course to provide Ka-band broadband coverage for Africa.
ExecuJet Aviation Group said today it is expecting high demand for its first Bombardier Global 6000 ultra-long-range business jet in Africa, which has joined its managed and charter fleet in Johannesburg.
This winter, fastjet will add additional capacity on routes to Johannesburg, South Africa; Harare, Zimbabwe and its recently launched service to Lilongwe, Malawi this winter, as well as increasing its domestic offering to Kilimanjaro and Mwanza.
French authorities have today stepped up the search operation in the vicinity of Reunion following the discovery of debris suspected to have come from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Flights were initially intended to commence operation in February, but this was delayed, and now the airline is planning to launch on September 2, 2015 from the Namibian capital.
Qatar Airways celebrated 10 years of successful service to Johannesburg and Cape Town in South Africa last week, hosting trade receptions and inaugurating a new office in Cape Town, whilst revealing details of its enhanced services to South Africa as part of its expanding global operations.
Air Djibouti, which went bankrupt in 2002, recommenced flights on Monday with a cargo plane carrying six tons from Djibouti to Somalia, to Hargeisa, in Somaliland.
French aircraft manufacturer LH Aviation says it has temporarily suspended the construction of its new factory plant in Morocco due to 'significant disagreements' with local business partner Mohsin Karim Bennani, who is also the president and principal shareholder of the new North Afican subsidiary, LH Aviation Maroc, writes Oscar Nkala.
Boeing and CFM International have announced that they successfully initiated flight testing of the LEAP-1B engine on April 29 on a modified 747 flying testbed at GE Aviation Flight Test Operations in Victorville, California.
Celebrating its 83rd anniversary, EgyptAir has announced offering its customers special rates for flights from Egypt to worldwide starting EGP 300, and from Africa, Europe, Middle East, the Far East and North America to Egypt starting USD 30 excluding any taxes and surcharges.
Flyafrica group chief executive Adrian Hamilton-Manns has said the Namibian subsidiary will initially operate services from Windhoek to Johannesburg three times a week before increasing this to a daily service.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing a slowdown in growth for air cargo demand in June., however, Africa see a growth.
Flights to Amman, Beirut, Chittagong, Doha, Kathmandu, Kuwait and Muscat will become available from DWC from October 25, 2015, while flights to these destinations from Dubai International will also remain available.
Senior representatives of South African Airways, the Western Cape provincial government, the City of Cape Town, and public and private sector tourism operators and promoters, and the conference and transport industry met last week in Cape Town to discuss further strengthening cooperation in marketing Cape Town and the Western Cape as a premier South African destination.
