Both Boeing and Airbus have released their long term forecasts of passenger and cargo traffic, amidst the Paris Air Show this week, as well as regional-jet manufacturers, Bombardier and Embraer.
Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it has - for the fifth year in a row - won the 2015 Airline Reliability Performance Award from Bombardier Aerospace on May 26 at the Sheraton Arabellapark Hotel in Munich, Germany.
Mali's Minister of Defence,Tieman Coulibaly, signed a contract with Embraer today for six A-29 Super Tucano light attack and advanced training turboprops at the Paris Air Show.
EgyptAir has recently visited the New Suez Canal project, due to be opened in August. The delegation was headed by Capt. Sameh El-Hefny, Chairman and CEO of EGYPTAIR Holding Co. and Capt. Ahmed Adel, the vice president, in addition to CEOs and a group of the senior managers of the company.
Ibdar Bank (Ibdar, the Bahrain based Islamic wholesale investment bank, together with Dubai-based Palma Holding received the African Aviation Awards' “Aircraft Finance Deal of the Year” for their successful structuring of a 12-year agreement for acquiring four brand new Bombardier Q400 Next Gen aircrafts and leasing them to the Ethiopian Airlines.
The Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation, CANSO is cautiously optimistic that Africa is experiencing a greater willingness among States and industry partners to make real progress on the challenges facing aviation and air traffic management (ATM), the organisation's director general said in South Africa yesterday.
ASKY, the pan African airline, has announced that it has reached the milestone of two million passengers transported on its flights since commencing operations in 2010.
South African Airways (SAA) has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate Required Navigation Procedures – Authorisation Required (RNP AR) procedures in the United States (U.S.) with their long-haul Airbus A330 fleet. SAA becomes the first A330 operator to receive this approval in the U.S.
Ghana is one of the fastest-growing African countries, both economically and in terms of tourism. It has a growing economy thanks to oil and cocoa, a growing touristic potential and a population that is known for its friendliness and hospitality. Its GDP continues to grow steadily, trade relations are booming and the number of foreign visitors and tourists increases year-on-year.
ECAir has highlighted its plans to play a part in implementing a real strategy of cooperation between African airlines at the 71st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is combined with the World Air Transport Summit, taking place 7-9 June at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Miami, USA.
Proflight Zambia has extended the lease on its flagship 50-seat CRJ-100 jet aircraft under new terms that will see the airline's local staff taking full control of the plane's operation.
fastjet operations in Tanzania carried a total of 65,118 passengers in May 2015, with a load factor of 70%. Compared with the same month of 2014, the number of passengers carried increased by 52%.
Ethiopian Airlines has announced that Ethiopian Airlines chief executive officer Tewolde Gebremariam was awarded the 2015 International Grand Prix special award on Wednesday June 3, 2015 in a ceremony held in Milan.
As two new airports are underway in Djibouti, Air Djibouti, the Republic of Djibouti's new national carrier, is on schedule to begin cargo operations later this year and will add passenger services in 2016.
Tunisia's Minister of Transport, Mahmoud Ben Romdhane made a visit to Toulouse today to witness Tunisia's national airline, Tunisair, taking delivery of its first A330-200
The budget carrier has seen a strong start to the year with its Tanzania business reporting a 52 per cent rise in passenger numbers in May 2015 compared to the same month last year. Over a rolling 12 month period to the end of May 2015, the airline carried 716,350 passengers, up 76 per cent on the previous 12 months.
The Star Alliance member will initially introduce a four times weekly service between Frankfurt and Nairobi from October 27, 2015, growing to a five times weekly service from December 11, 2015 through to the end of January 2016 flown by an Airbus A340-300.
The first Routes Middle East and Africa event was held in Bahrain on the May 31 – June 2, 2015 and one Middle East exhibitor, Oman Airports, was looking to build direct routes with African carriers and partner with Oman Air to enhance the Muscat hub connectivity.
The recent formation and launch of Air Arabia Jordan is unlikely to be the last incarnation of the Air Arabia brand and group chief executive officer, Adel Ali, suggested that there are many market opportunities for the airline group to expand beyond its existing operations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, Morocco and the Kingdom of Jordan.
Development of a new airline company in Gabon is underway following an announcement by the country's National Civil Aviation Authority (ANAC) that it has issued an air operator certificate (AOC) to a new Gabonese airline company, Tropical Air Gabon. It will operate from Libreville, but there are no details yet about planned routes or fleet.
Cessna Aircraft Company has announced that the Citation Latitude business jet has achieved type certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
