Africa

Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services has repositioned its operations from Mexico City Airport to the brand-new Felipe Ángeles International Airport.

While sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is now widely recognised as being key to decarbonising aviation in the near and long term, Africa is trailing behind in the greener vapour trails of its global counterparts when it comes to accessing SAF and its benefits.

IATA data for July 2023 global air cargo markets shows a continuing trend of recovering growth rates since February.

Airlines are either being cancelled or diverted from Gabon following the overthrow of President Ali Bongo and his elected government in a coup d'état.

The main gateway to Guinea-Conakry, Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport is undergoing major expansion and modernization work to increase its capacity to 3 million passengers per year.

The top air cargo service provider in Africa, Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services, is building Africa’s largest e-commerce hub at a cost of $50 million at its facility in Addis Ababa.

Flydubai is to launch flights to Mombasa from 17 January 2024.

Etihad Cargo will offer customers and partners more belly hold cargo capacity across the carrier's global network from this September.

AFCAC said Qatar will support African countries with “targeted technical assistance and capacity building” for their aviation sectors.

South African defence company Paramount is integrating weapons systems on the Mwari turboprop-powered light attack and surveillance aircraft for its launch customer.

Fastjet Zimbabwe has increased flight frequencies from Bulawayo’s JM Nkomo International Airport to Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport.

Sharjah Airport concluded its summer events with the “Back to School” campaign, by welcoming students and families returning to the UAE.

AFRAA and IATA are to collaborate on creating a brighter future for the African aviation industry.

Ethiopian Airlines will increase its weekly passenger flights to Seoul, Republic of Korea, to six, effective October 28, 2023.

Eswatini has ended more than two decades without a national carrier with a new airline beginning operation.

A high-profile induction ceremony in Ouagadougou saw the Burkina Faso air force, l’Armée de l'Air Burkinabé, officially presented with a range of aircraft types new to its fleet, though most have actually been in service for some years.

International communication advisory firm, Irvine Partners, has been appointed as the dedicated PR agency for Airbus across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Ethiopian Airlines Group and Addis-Africa International Convention and Exhibition Centre (AAICEC) have signed an equity investment agreement.

Several airlines are currently completely or partially grounded and operations of others are strained.

Africa’s 54 nations have been talking about liberalizing their air links since 1988.

Flights have been suspended at the Libyan capital Tripoli’s Mitiga International Airport after violent clashes between two armed groups.

Fireblade Aviation has hosted a successful Girls in Aviation Day (GIAD) event in partnership with the Netherlands Airport Consultants (NACO).

After a decade of presence in Morocco, Sabca which is part of the Belgian Orizio Group, has inaugurated a new 16,000-sq-m factory in the industrial zone of Nouaceur that houses a Pilatus PC-12 aerostructure assembly line. It carried out the celebration during the first Aerospace African Forum held in Casablanca.

Ethiopian Airlines will commence a thrice weekly services to/from London-Gatwick starting from November 21, 2023.

Prospective airline, Fly Etosha, founded by Captain William Ekandjo, formerly of now-defunct national airline Air Namibia, said in April that it planned to be operational by June – although anyone who has ever tried to set up an airline will tell you that those timetables usually slip.