Africa

How aviation will help African countries improve their economies and cooperation between blocks of African nations will develop infrastructure will be the subject of a keynote address by Hon. Dzifa Aku Attivor, Minister of Transport, Ghana at the Aviation Africa summit which takes place in Dubai on May 10-11.
Maintenance & Training

The Boeing Company reported first-quarter revenue increased 8 percent to $22.1 billion on higher commercial deliveries.
Air Transport

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it has started new services to Tokyo Narita International Airport in April 21, 2015, in codeshare partnership with fellow Star Alliance member, All Nippon Airways, Japan's leading airline.
Airports & Networks

The 53rd Airports Council International (ACI) Africa Regional Conference & Exhibition, is now underway in Cassablanca, Morocco.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Ethiopian Airlines has been ranked the 6th most dependable airline in the world according to US travel site WanderBat.
Aerospace

Honeywell Aerospace has released version 1 of a new online weather service that will provide pilots with continuously updated, in-flight weather information.
Emerging Technologies

By Vincent Chappard
Company achievements ensure it is well positioned for full implementation of the LTTS.
Air Transport

MTU Maintenance is celebrating 15,000 completed engine shop visits since the foundation of the company 35 years ago.
MRO

Ethiopian Airlines and Portuguese airline TAP have signed a code-share agreement and will be soon introducing code-share services between Portugal and Ethiopia.
Air Transport

An Equatorial Congo Airlines (ECAir) Boeing 757-200 has been seized at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in a move slammed by the airline.
Air Transport

The manufacturers of the Eclipse 550 twin-engine light jet and the Kestrel K350 single-engine turboprop are coming together to form the One Aviation Corporation.
Aerospace

Malaysia Airlines will be the first carrier to implement global flight tracking using SITA OnAir's AIRCOM FlightTracker, starting this summer.
Emerging Technologies

Air Côte d'Ivoire has converted options on two Q400 NextGen airliners to a firm order.
Air Transport

South African Airways Technical (SAAT) has been shortlisted in the category for Best Line Maintenance Provider as part of the annual Aircraft Technology Engineering & Maintenance Awards (ATE&M Awards).
MRO

By Vincent Chappard
A new Boeing 787 of Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has landed on April 11, 2015 at Mohammed V airport in Casablanca (Morocco). With the official delivery of its second Dreamliner, RAM strengthens its fleet which now logs 54 aircraft.
Air Transport

Air Seychelles and Air France yesterday signed a MoU heralding a new era of commercial cooperation between the two carriers.
Airports & Networks

Comlux America has announced the successful installation and certification of the first FANS program on a Challenger 601 aircraft.
Business Aviation

Dassault Aviation has introduced a new iPad software application that allows pilots to readily access aircraft flight documentation on or offline.
Business Aviation

Emirates is set to increase its capacity the Seychelles, when it switches from the current Airbus 330-200 used on one of the two daily services to a larger Boeing 777-300ER from June 1, 2015.
Airports & Networks

Opportunities for South African defence and security products in South and Latin America are growing, and Denel is stepping up its marketing efforts in these key markets, says the Group CEO of Denel SOC, Riaz Saloojee, as the Denel Group prepares for its participation at the LAAD 2015 trade and exhibitions show in Rio de Janeiro.
Emerging Technologies

The £1 million refit is a continuation of the refurbishment started in 2006, and has seen all of the TAG management offices moved out of the terminal and into a separate building.
Airports & Networks

Proflight Zambia has completed the first step towards gaining the top safety accreditation standard in the international aviation industry.
Air Transport

fastjet operations in Tanzania carried a total of 56,808 passengers and achieved a load factor of 70%. This represents an increase of 66% in the number of passengers carried and a 3% increase in the load factor, compared with the same month last year.
Air Transport

Air Seychelles and Air France have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), heralding a new era of commercial cooperation between the two carriers.
Air Transport

SITA has announced that CEO Francesco Violante will step down in the second half of 2016 after 13 years in the position.
Maintenance & Training