Boeing has said that production on the 737 programme will increase to 47 airplanes per month in 2017, the highest rate ever for the best-selling airliner in history.
The second day of World Travel Market 2013 (Tuesday 5 November) was well attended, with the WTM & UNWTO Ministers' Summit the highlight of an impressive line-up of events, seminars and presentations.
The Gombe State Government in Nigeria is to upgrade facilities at the Gombe airport to international standard, Alhaji Shehu Ahmed, Commissioner of Works and Infrastructure said.
As auditors question the viability of LCC Fastjet, African Airlines Association secretary general Elijah Chingosho has warned that the low-cost airline sector in Africa faces fundamental issues that threaten to block access to cheap flights for much of the continent's population.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has upgraded its global outlook for the airline industry to a $12.7 billion profit in 2013 on $711 billion in revenues, director general Tony Tyler said at the IATA AGM in Cape Town today - however the figures showed that Africa is still the worst financial performer by region.
Reunion-based carrier Air Austral, the Mayotte Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and a private Mayotte-based Ylang Invest corporation are to create an airline in the French colony of Mayotte in the Comoros islands.
Kenya Airways has expanded the scope of its code share agreement with fellow Sky Team member China Southern Airlines as it works towards deepening its global presence.
IATA's World Air Transport Summit in Cape Town, South Africa kicked-off with strong calls for African governments to take full advantage of aviation as a catalyst for growth and development.
Nigeria's aviation minister Princess Stella Oduah has said on national television that the go ahead has been given for a national flag carrier which will be called either National-One or Nigeria-One.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) opened its 69th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Cape Town, South Africa today.
Boeing has begun final assembly of the first 787-9 Dreamliner. The newest member of the 787 family began taking shape on schedule May 30 in Everett, near Seattle, when Boeing started joining large sections of the super-efficient jet.
Eclipse Aerospace and South Africa's National Airways Corporation (NAC) are celebrating type certificate validation from the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) for the Eclipse Twin-Engine Jet.
Rolls-Royce's Trent XWB engines have run for the first time on the A350 XWB (MSN1) following the start-up of the auxiliary power unit (APU), as part of the preparations for the aircraft's maiden flight.
Ethiopian Airlines has celebrated 40 years of uninterrupted service to London Heathrow and the launch of their new Boeing-787 Dreamliner last night with the UK travel trade at Kensington Roof Gardens in London.
