Africa

Dassault Falcon has launched a new customer service app for mobile and tablet users that puts the global resources of the Falcon customer service network at users' fingertips.

fastjet has announced that tickets for its first international route, between Tanzania and South Africa, will go on sale this week.

Arik Air is to play a key role in Nigeria's Centenary Celebrations as an associate sponsor of the Centenary Pageant.

African low-cost carrier, fastjet, will open reservations this week for its first international flights. The carrier confirms that tickets for its new

Boeing continues to make progress on the first 787-9 Dreamliner, which also has become the first 787 to don the new Boeing Commercial Airplanes livery. The airplane has just rolled out of the paint hangar.

Air Mauritius held its Annual Meeting of shareholders at the Grand Baie International Conference Centre on the 25th of July 2013 under the chairmanship of Appalsamy (Dass) Thomas.

IATA has announced the theme of September's Aviation Day Africa conference will be aviation safety, infrastructure and capacity building, and routes to unlocking Africa's potential.

Boeing has announced that it has completed the firm configuration of the 737 MAX 8.

Rugby giants Chris Robshaw, Bryan Habana and Jean De Villiers have undertaken one of the biggest challenges of their careers – taking on the might of British Airways' largest aircraft, the Airbus A380.

Switzerland-based Vertis Aviation has announced that a Bombardier Global 6000 will be added to its growing portfolio of marketed aircraft from 1st August 2013.

SITA has been awarded Aviation IT Service Provider of the Year by AFRAA, the African Airlines Association.

The deputy minister of transport, Sindisiwe Chikunga, yesterday visited the Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS)'s Operations Centre in Johannesburg and thereafter celebrated with board members, executive managers and staff, the company's significant milestones - achieved over the past 20 years.

South African Airways (SAA) has taken delivery of its first two A320s out of a total of 20 A320 Family aircraft ordered from Airbus in 2010. The development is set to deliver cost efficiencies and allow SAA to expand its Sub-Sahara regional route network and boost revenue in the rapidly growing market.

Air Seychelles has announced an expansion of its codeshare partnership with Etihad Airways for travel to Kuwait over Abu Dhabi.

South African Airways has been declared as the most on-time airline in the world. This follows the release of the June 2013 Airline and Airport On-time Performance Report by FlightStats the global flight and airport information service.

Travelport has unveiled its investment plans for east Africa, in response to projected 7% growth in the region's GDP.

Eurocopter has expanded its partnership with South Africa's Denel Aviation on helicopter repair and maintenance.

Air Namibia has announced an increase in the frequency of flights between Windhoek and Luanda, to meet the rising demand for seats on this route.

In celebration of Nelson Mandela on Mandela Day, Virgin Galactic and Galactic Unite have announced a new initiative, inspired by the great man himself.

It was clear from the passionate, and sometimes humorous, debate at this year’s two-day Routes Africa Strategy Summit in Uganda that attitudes towards

Kenya Airways has decided to increase its Nairobi-Jeddah service from September 3 to November 10, Routes Online has reported.

Boeing and Panasonic Avionics Corp. are preparing to open a new market for Panasonic's secure, satellite-based, in-flight broadband service known as eXConnect.

Air Uganda and its partners within the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED)-backed Celestair Group are looking to link their East and West

Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it has become the strategic partner of the new Malawian Air with 49% equity shareholding. The remaining 51% of the shares will be held by the Malawian Government and Malawian private investors.

Zodiac Aerospace has announced that Equatorial Congo Airlines (LC), the Brazzaville-based Congolese operator, has selected Zodiac Inflight Innovations' Rave Inflight Entertainment (IFE) System to be installed on its two B757-200 aircraft.