African cargo airlines are showing improvements in performance despite a slowdown in South Africa according to the latest figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, announced it has signed a codeshare agreement with Alitalia, Italy's leading airline.
Boeing and South African Airways (SAA) and SkyNRG announced today they are collaborating to make sustainable aviation biofuel from a new type of tobacco plant.
fastjet's has announced that its inaugural flight between Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Harare in Zimbabwe took place on Tuesday, marking the launch of the low-cost airline's third international route in Africa, and the only direct air link between the two African capital cities.
The airline says forward bookings for the current twice-weekly flights are “well ahead of management expectations” and with the first flights from Zimbabwe already “operating to full capacity”, fastjet has quickly decided to boost the frequency of the link.
The total traffic for the four days is an increase of 36 per cent over the same period at the end of Eid Al Fitr in 2013, when 133,007 passengers took an Etihad Airways flight.
The Airbus A350 XWB, has just wrapped up its successful African debut, leaving at Johannesburg's O.R. Tambo International Airport this morning on its next test flight to Sydney, Australia.
Emirates has now connected Abuja, the Nigerian capital, to its worldwide network. Abuja is Emirates 26th destination in Africa and its 144th worldwide.
The Flight Safety Foundation has announced that Jon Beatty, former president and CEO of International Aero Engines, has been named as its new president and CEO.
Boeing has slightly adjusted the timing for ending C-17 Globemaster III production and closing its Long Beach, California C-17 final assembly facility after a successful two-decade production run of the world's premier airlifter.
RwandAir will operations between Entebbe, Uganda and Juba in South Sudan today, following the recently granted Fifth freedom traffic rights from Uganda to South Sudan by the Ugandan Civil Aviation Authority.
As Airbus and Boeing go head-to-head in negotiations for Emirates Airline’s outstanding order of 70 extra-widebodied aircraft, aviation intelligence expert OAG has revealed the critical importance of Emirates’ choice and how it could impact up to 88 per cent of the carrier’s flights.
Denel's unmanned aerial vehicle system, the Seeker 400, has successfully completed the second round of flights tests as part of its development process.
Boeing is forecasting continued strong growth in demand for commercial aviation pilots and maintenance technicians as the global fleet expands over the next 20 years.
Dutch MRO operator, Direct Maintenance, has a strong presence in East Africa and is aiming to increase its involvement with the launch of a new training course in Kenya to meet ongoing growth and development needs in Africa.
Air Seychelles will take delivery of its first Airbus A320 aircraft in December 2014, heralding significant enhancements to its international flight schedule at the same time.
