Africa

Air Mauritius, the leading airline in the Indian Ocean, was today awarded the prestigious 4-Star professional quality rating by SKYTRAX.

Ethiopian Airlines has started daily flights from London Heathrow to Addis Ababa with the additional service departing London Heathrow on Tuesday evenings.

With effect 01 October 2014, South African Airways (SAA) will comply with new regulations relating to children who travel to and from South Africa. These new regulations were promulgated in terms of the South African Immigration Amendment Act of 2010 and define children as persons under the age of 18.

Arik Air, has expanded its network to include the Middle East and becoming the first airline to offer a commercial passenger service between Dubai and Nigerian capital Abuja.

Ethiopian Airlines has announced it has added an eighth Boeing 787 Dreamliner to its rapidly expanding fleet. The new aircraft was delivered on 26th June. This latest additional aircraft will support the increased frequency of flights between London Heathrow and Addis Ababa as the airline moves to a daily schedule from London Heathrow on July 8th.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has published a report setting out the considerable social and economic benefits of intra-African air service liberalisation.

Boeing has debuted its new 737 configuration studio, a new facility where airline customers can choose their jetliner interiors.

African low-cost carrier fastjet is confident it will be able to launch the international operations of a Zambian-registered fastjet entity before the

VIDEO: You find out more about the challenges of operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo in our video interview with Christophe Allard, CEO of Korongo Airlines, in which he also highlights the carrier’s strategy to develop more regional partnerships across Africa.

This month, Embraer Commercial Aviation celebrates another historic milestone in its E-Jets programme – the ten-year anniversary of the first aircraft deliveries.

An-124-100 and IL-76TD-90VD freighters from Volga-Dnepr Airlines' fleet were called into action to deliver more than 80 tons of oil and gas equipment to Cape Town in South Africa.

Smiths Detection has won a contract with the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) to supply a range of conventional X-ray systems for scanning cargo at Bole International Airport in the capital, Addis Ababa.

Four people were killed when a Fokker 50 cargo plane crashed into a building near Nairobi's international airport, early yesterday morning.

South African carrier Comair has been operating for over 70 years and has shown over the past two decades that you can successfully operate both a full service and budget operation in Africa, albeit under two very separate brands.

Denel Aerostructures has been awarded a fourth multi-million rand contract to manufacture and produce key parts on the Airbus 400M the world's most advanced military airlifter.

Air Seychelles has recommenced flights to Paris from its home base in the Seychelles after a gap of two and half years.

Lufthansa Consulting is contributing to the Aviation Outlook Africa 2014 conference and exhibition in Johannesburg, South Africa.

fastjet has announced that Angus Saunders is stepping down as chief financial officer and executive director of the board for personal reasons.

Dubai-based Empire Aviation Group (EAG) has added a Challenger 605 to its African-based fleet which now consists of six business jets.

Every month The HUB provides an update on the current schedules of three latest aircraft programmes, highlighting the routes the types are being

With an increasing number of airlines now operating the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, every month The HUB provides an update on the current Dreamliner flight

Although the Airbus A380 has now been in passenger service for more than six years there remains a lot of interest in the Super Jumbo and new routes

Every month The HUB provides an update on the current schedules of three latest aircraft programmes, highlighting the routes the types are being

The first Chinese passengers from Shenzhen arrived at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Saturday June 28. A welcoming ceremony was held at the airport to welcome the 263 passengers including the Executive Vice President of China Southern Airlines, Mr. Zhang Jiamin, the major tour operators and the Chinese press.

VIDEO: After fastjet’s announcement at Routes Africa that it will introduce flights between Dar es Salaam and Harare, David Chawota, chief executive officer of the Zimbabwe CAA is confident more air services will follow.