Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it has won the Passenger Choice Awards for "Best Airline in Africa" for the second time in a row at the APEX 2014 EXPO held between 15 and 18 September 2014 in the Anaheim Convention Centre in California.
Only two months after launching its operations to Abuja, Emirates has announced it will upgrade the route's operating aircraft to a Boeing 777-200ER, starting from 1st October 2014.
South Africa is to develop its own regional aircraft dubbed SARA – South African Regional Aircraft – programme, led by the country's defence giant Denel.
Lockheed Martin is confident that its relaunched LM100J will see further sales in Africa following a successful relaunch of the civil variant of the popular Super Hercules military transporter.
A NIGERIAN Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet, serial number NAF-466, went missing on September 12 in the far northeast of the country. It was not until two days later on September 14 that the NAF revealed the aircraft had disappeared. There has been no word on the possible fate of the aircraft and its two-man crew.
Pretoria-based Airteam and Dubai-owned StandardAero of the USA have signed a partnership agreement to provide PT6 engine maintenance through a co-branded foothold in the Southern African region
Airbus Defence and Space is to sell off a number of its business divisions in order to focus on Space (launchers & satellites), military aircraft, missiles and the related systems and services.
The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) has contracted AAR to set up a dedicated rotary-wing operation to provide airlift for its Africa Command across four central African countries beginning next month.
As part of its continuing expansion in Africa, international trip support provider, UAS, has recruited a number of industry experts to provide flight and ground support in nine key countries across the continent: Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, and South Africa.
Emirates will be able to connect even more people and cargo with Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, with the start of a second service to the east African coastal city from 26th October.
Ethiopian Airlines is pledging to plant one tree for every passenger it flies as part of a new tree planting initiative launched on September 7th in Entoto, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian Airlines has announced that the Ethiopian Aviation Academy, the largest aviation academy in Africa has been recognised as an International Air Transport Association (IATA) Authorised Training Centre.
Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, today announced the launch of twice-weekly flights to Dar es Salaam to commence on 2 December 2014, marking the next stage of growth in the airline's regional strategy.
The Tanzanian capital becomes the third destination in Air Seychelles’ Indian Ocean and African network, after Mauritius and Johannesburg and the new route will be operated using a two-class Airbus A320 aircraft with 16 Business Class and 120 Economy Class seats.
Air Mauritius was voted Indian Ocean's Leading Airline 2014 by the World Travel Awards. Amédée Maingard Lounge, the airline's lounge at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, Mauritius, was also voted Indian Ocean's Leading Airline Lounge.
The Flight Safety Foundation has announced to its strong support for the use of deployable flight data recorders or triggered flight data transmission in all transport aircraft.
