Africa

The new passenger terminal at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport in Mauritius was inaugurated in an official ceremony on Friday.
Airports & Networks

African owners of operators of Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) equipment are reassured of continuity for MRO following the acquisition of HBC European MRO business by Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group.
MRO

Countries call for closer tourism and air transport policies at the UNWTO General Assembly being held in southern Africa.
Airports & Networks

African airlines experienced a 4.9% contraction in cargo movements in July year-on-year according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Air Transport

A corporate and VIP edition of Russia's Mi-171 helicopter has been certificated. Russian Helicopters received the certificate at the MAKS show in Moscow yesterday.
Business Aviation

Boeing projects the commercial aviation industry will need more than one million new pilots and technicians to support the expanding demand for new airplane deliveries over the next two decades, estimating a requirement for 16,500 pilots and 15,900 technicians across Africa.
Maintenance & Training

Aircell introduces in-flight calling and texting for personal Smartphones.
Emerging Technologies

Proflight Zambia has been pulling out all the stops to ensure that this week's UNWTO General Assembly puts Zambia on the international tourism map.
Air Transport

EAN has confirmed the date of the second Nigerian Business Aviation Conference, NBAC 2014.
Aerospace

Safair has been granted approval by the South Africa's Air Service Licensing Council to launch their own domestic scheduled operation, FlySafair.
Air Transport

In a little over five weeks time World Routes, the 19th World Route Development Forum takes place in Las Vegas and organisers of the event are expecting more senior industry figures to be in attendance than at any previous Routes event.
Aerospace

Panasonic Avionics has announced the enhancement of its exclusive eXTV global live television service with three robust channel offerings – CNBC, CNN International, and a Japanese-language channel, NHK World Premium.
Emerging Technologies

fastjet has announced that tickets for its new domestic route, from Dar es Salaam to Mbeya in Tanzania are on sale today.
Airports & Networks

Mozambique's national carrier, LAM, has announced an 8% rise in its revenues for the first half of its 2013 Financial Year, reports The Africa Aviation Tribune.
Air Transport

Chapman Freeborn Airchartering is pleased to announce that it has formed an exclusive partnership with Air Libya to place and operationally manage an Antonov An-26 aircraft in Libya.
Air Transport

Abdel Aziz Fadel Egypt's Minister of Civil Aviation conducted a tour of the country's Meteorology Authority today. The visit was to follow up on existing and ongoing projects to confirm easy flow of work, and to identify the time plan for the completion of these projects.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Hadid International Services – the Dubai headquartered flight support company - has stepped up its presence and support in Africa having added in-house staff to supervise activities in Ethiopia, Djibouti and Republic of Congo.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Ethiopian Cargo has announced the opening of a cargo hub in Lomé, Togo, in partnership with ASKY Airlines.
Aerospace

Beechcraft Corporation today announced the completion of the inaugural flight of its first production Beechcraft AT-6 light attack aircraft.
Defense

South African Airways (SAA) has signed a five year exclusive data link contract for ARINC's GLOBALink ACARS Services.
Emerging Technologies

Ghana's start-up airline Africa World has launched a new domestic service from capital Accra to the northern city of Tamale five times a week.
Airports & Networks

Today, Kenya's East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism Cabinet Secretary, Phyllis Kandie, welcomed Qatar Airways' decision to increase its frequency between Doha and Nairobi by adding four additional weekly flights to and from the capital city.
Airports & Networks

UK-based passenger aircraft seat manufacturer Acro Aircraft Seating has secured a contract to manufacture and install its Ultra R seats aboard Mango Airlines entire fleet of Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Interiors & Connectivity

Egypt Air has asked passengers to check-in four hours ahead of departure and to monitor their flight status through the airline's website during the current situation in the Cairo and other Egyptian cities.
Air Transport

Somaliland's Hargeisa's Egal airport is to reopen, this is a major step forward in better connecting Somaliland to the rest of the African continent and the world.
Airports & Networks