Evergreen Apple Nigeria will be presenting a new look and feel for the company at this year's European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE).
GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE, today announced delivery of a new leased Boeing 777-ER aircraft to Kenya Airways to expand the carrier's fleet. The aircraft comes from GECAS' existing order book with Boeing.
Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, has announced it will launch flights to Paris on 2 July 2014 and tickets are now on sale.
The debut AfBAA Expo, which took place from 23 – 26 April at the FRA Military Base at Marrakech Airport, demonstrated the potential for Business Aviation growth on the continent.
It is very early days for the Fly Blue Crane project and details of its planned operations are vague, although unlike most other start-ups the suggestion is it will avoid ‘The Golden Triangle’ domestic network linking Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg and will instead focus on serving regional markets both with point-to-point flights and direct links to the major cities.
Ethiopian Airlines has announced that the Ethiopian Aviation Academy has been voted the 2014 ”Airline Training Services Provider of the Year” by the African Airlines Association (AFRAA).
UAS International Trip Support, a provider of global trip support services for flight operators, VIPs, and government officials, is looking to achieve a UAS supervisor on the ground in every country in Africa.
Arik Air has begun exploring the possibility of introducing a direct service to India, following a recent visit from the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, His Excellency, Ajjampur Rangalah Ghanashyam to the airline's headquarters in Lagos.
Dassault Aviation is on schedule for the first flight of its Falcon 5X with the joining of the main centre fuselage subassemblies - a key milestone in the production program for this new large cabin twinjet.
Airbus has successfully performed certification testing to demonstrate the A350 XWB's ability to operate on wet runways. During these tests at Istres, France, the Qatar Airwys liveried flight-test aircraft, MSN004, travelled through troughs containing at least 22mm of water depth, at a variety of speeds, starting at 60kts, and successively increasing to around 140kts.
African Aerospace is launching the first ever AVIATION AFRICA 2015 a two day summit and exhibition. The event will take place in Dubai, UAE on 10-11 May 2015.
Emirates, a global connector of people and places, has renewed its support for the Seychelles by extending a Memorandum of Understanding which unites the two companies in jointly promoting the destination throughout the airline's network.
Reuters has reported that a service helicopter carrying workers to an oil rig off the coast of Ghana operated by Russia's Lukoil crashed into the ocean on Thursday, killing at least three people, a military spokesman said.
As part of the development of their respective networks and in order to offer customers a wider choice of destinations, British Airways and Corsair International have signed a commercial agreement allowing their customers with connecting flights at Orly airport to benefit from attractive tarifs.
Our data analysis shows that bi-directional O&D demand between Nigeria and India has seen an average annual growth of 25.3 per cent over the past ten years as traffic has more than trebled from around 46,000 passengers in 2004 to just under 150,000 in 2013.
Zambia's Ministry of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication has chosen Thales for the supply, delivery, installation, and commissioning of the country's air traffic management and radar surveillance system following an international competitive tender.
Ethiopian Airlines recently attended the inaugural London Coffee Stop Awards to present White Mulberries voted London's Best Coffee Shop with two return flights to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.
Arik Air, West and Central Africa's largest commercial carrier, has reinforced expansion plans for its regional West African services, with the introduction of a new schedule for flights between the UK and Ghana.
During H.E. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's state visit to Ethiopia, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Ethiopian Airlines and ICBC Financial Leasing.
Airbus Helicopters has partnered with International Aircraft Services (IAS) to provide the first maintenance centre in Western and Central Africa to be certified by a helicopter manufacturer.
Airbus Helicopters EC225 presence in the African oil and gas heli-lift market will expand following delivery of an additional workhorse rotorcraft to Angola's SonAir.
Boeing's Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) demonstrator recently completed its first flight to verify airworthiness, an important milestone toward providing a low-risk and cost-effective maritime surveillance solution designed for search and rescue, anti-piracy patrols and coastal and border security.
