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.
Emirates has renewed its support to Mauritius by extending a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which outlines joint activities to promote the island destination.
Qatar Airways and Royal Air Maroc have announced the launch of a strategic joint business agreement on their services between the State of Qatar and the Kingdom of Morocco.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets, showing a modest 1.6% rise in volumes in March compared to a year ago, measured in Freight Tonne Kilometers (FTK).
fastjet operations in Tanzania carried a total of 68,088 passengers and achieved a load factor of 73%, the highest monthly passenger total recorded since the commencement of fastjet operations.
The Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) has confirmed the loss of a Karakorum K-8 light attack aircraft which crashed and caught fire during a training exercise ahead of prestigious aerial displays which were to be performed at this year's edition of the Zimbabwe InternationalTrade Fair (ZITF).
The Ugandan Police Service (UPS) says it will this month (May) take delivery of two new helicopters from the Polish subsidiary of Italian aircraft manufacturer Augusta-Westland in terms of an order made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in July last year. The helicopters have been undergoing final flights tests at the AW main assembly plant in Italy for the past month.
