Swaziland is to become home to a Southern African aviation safety organization covering the whole of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
The AviAssist Foundation – regional affiliate of the Flight Safety Foundation – is to hold the 4th edition of the Safety in African Aviation Conference at the LeMigo Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda on 19-20 November 2015.
Air France has announced the resumption of its service to Freetown in Sierra Leone, following a period of cancellation after the airline took a recommendation from the French government over concern about the outbreak of Ebola in the country.
Germany-based general aviation and air ambulance specialist operator FAI rent-a-jet has announced the induction of an eighth Learjet 60 (S/N 281) into its fleet.
The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) is set to make an announcement regarding the flying of remotely piloted aircraft systems, popularly known as drones or unmanned aircraft systems.
Preparations are in full swing as Bahrain Airport Company (BAC), the managing body and operator of Bahrain International Airport (BIA), is gearing up to host the first edition of Routes Middle East and Africa 2015 (Routes MEA 2015) in Bahrain this month.
South African Airways (SAA) has a specific and important role to play as an enabler for tourism and a driver of economic growth through trade, said its acting chief executive Nico Bezuidenhout.
Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it has started serving Sao Paulo, a city in the fifth continent in its route network, with a non-stop flight from Addis Ababa since April 25, 2015.
Visa facilitation, open skies and the need to adapt the market requirements in the promotion of intra-regional tourism in the MENA region were all discussed at the 2015 UNWTO and ATM Ministerial Forum on Intra-Arab tourism.
Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir, has selected Rockwell Collins' ARINC common use passenger processing systems (CUPPS) and related technologies to support the airline's strong passenger growth.
With the 2012 three-year Africa Strategic Improvement Action Plan coming to an end in 2015, where are we, what have we learned and what still needs to be done? The panel aims to harvest five safety ideas worth spreading throughout Africa for continued improvement of aviation safety.
How can regional airlines grow in Africa? That is a question that was put to panelists at the first Aviation Africa conference and exhibition in Dubai today.
The Aviation Africa 2015 two-day summit and exhibition has opened in Dubai. The event is being attended by and held under patronage of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, chairman of Dubai Airports, chairman and chief executive of Emirates Airline and Group.
Canada's FLYHT Aerospace Solutions has announced it has signed a contract for its Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRSTM) 228 on a fleet of four A320 aircraft. For an unnamed African airline.
Harris Corporation has been selected to modernise critical air traffic control (ATC) communications at three international airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA) has announced that six of its members will make up its sizeable and dedicated African Pavilion (Stand A065) at EBACE 2015 during May 19-21 in Geneva.
