Africa

Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, has announced, subject to regulatory approval, it will relaunch flights to Paris

Shell, one of the world's leading aviation fuel suppliers, showcased its advanced aviation solutions at the 13th annual World Travel & Tourism Council Global Summit, which took place in Abu Dhabi at the Jumeirah Etihad Towers from April 8-10.

Egyptair Training Center has joined the newly-established African Aviation Training Organization (AATO), which was launched in Nairobi in April in the presence of ICAO secretary general Raymond Benjamin.

Air Mauritius has signed a codeshare agreement with Virgin Australia, effective 10 December 2013, which enables it to expand its reach in Australia beyond the hub in Perth.

Mozambique airline LAM's family assistance team again called on families of the deceased to discuss and address their needs and to update them on the procedures for collecting ante-mortem information, including DNA samples so that they are prepared for when these are requested by the Namibian authorities who are responsible for identifying the remains of the deceased.

Fly-SAX, Kenya's safari and private charter airline, has announced that it is enhancing its interaction with customers through the launch of a newly-developed and modernised website.

Lanseria International Airport has launched another airport enhancement aimed at passenger convenience.

African low-cost carrier, fastjet celebrated the first anniversary of its inauguration at the end of last month by announcing the launch date for its

Namibian air crash investigators assisted by civil aviation authorities from Mozambique, Angola, Brazil and the US National Transportation Safety Board are currently gathering in Namibia to investigate Friday's crash of a LAM Mozambique regional jet where all 33 on board lost their lives.

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fastjet has announced that it has appointed four new Directors to the board of its subsidiary, fastjet Airlines, in Tanzania.

Mongu this week becomes the tenth domestic destination in Proflight Zambia's expanding schedule of routes.

Emirates has announced several management changes in its commercial operations team within Africa.

Ethiopian Airlines has selected Rockwell Collins to provide the full suite of avionics equipment for its new and growing fleet of Boeing 777s, which currently includes 10 aircraft.

An intrepid aeronautical engineer trained by Denel Dynamics will spend the next three months in the Antarctic as part of South Africa's Summer Relief Team.

The Angolan government received an award from AFRAA as a “Supplier of the Year” in a special presentation at the association's general assembly near Mombasa this morning.

Africa is stunting its own growth by not allowing business to develop as it would in other parts of its world, the African airlines annual assembly was told today.

IATA chief executive Tony Tyler said we could be entering Africa's century of flight.

The instability in the management of African airlines and a regular changing of government ministers is holding back African success. Inati Ntshanga, SA Express chief executive said at the AFRAA general assembly near Mombasa today, that the association's board of 12 airline CEOs had seen a 50% change of membership over the past year.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today announced the appointment of Raphael Kuuchi as the Association's Vice President for Africa from 17 February 2014.

Ethiopian Airlines was named African airline of the year at the AFRAA conference in Diani, Kenya today.

AFRAA has teamed up with Australia's Aviation Compliance Solutions (ACS), an IATA IOSA approved auditing firm, in a bid to develop IOSA auditors from within the continent and reduce costs which will make it more affordable for airlines to obtain and maintain IOSA registration.

Africa has the potential to be a significant force in aviation on the back of robust economic growth forecasts, said the secretary general of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) but the continent's airlines are facing challenges from outside with unfair advantages being offered by African governments to foreign airlines.