Secretary General of AFRAA, Dr. Elijah Chingosho has called on African governments and airlines to work together to rid the industry of the negative labels it has outside of the continent.
Ethiopian Airines and its Togo affiliate ASKY Airlines have become the first in the world to operate a two class cabin in their Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft.
Air traffic management and technology specialist Thales, has been selected by construction company Basil Read to supply and install air traffic management equipment and solutions for a new airport on St Helena Island.
Route development and network planners from more than 30 African airlines will be heading to Uganda in July as the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda and Entebbe International Airport has announced they are to jointly host the eighth Routes Africa.
The Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) announced earlier today that it had been advised by the Fuel Consortium that the fuel line between NATREF and OR Tambo International Airport was contaminated with off-specification Jet A-1 - rendering the fuel unfit for use by airlines - but this has not affected flights.
On Tuesday 13 November 2012, the Ethiopian Aviation Academy (EAA) graduated 255 trainees from its schools of aviation maintenance, marketing and cabin crew.
Boeing has finished defining in broad terms its newest single-aisle airplane, the 737 MAX, recently completing a major milestone in development known as 'Firm Concept'.
Markus Bucher has been elected as the new CEO and chairman of the executive board with effect from 1.1.2013. He will take over from Oscar J. Schwenk, who will remain as chairman of the board of directors with responsibility for the strategic management of the company.
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has confirmed that a chartered Boeing MD-82 aircraft - on a flight operated by Global Aviation carrying 120 passengers and seven crew members - aborted take-off at around 07h15 this morning at OR Tambo International Airport en route to Lilongwe, Malawi.
Aero Contractor - Nigeria's second largest domestic airline - has acquired two additional Boeing 737-400 aircraft, increasing its total fleet of aircraft to 12.
Fastjet, Africa's first pan-African low cost airline, launched ticket sales today in Tanzania, ahead of the airline's first commercial flight at the end of this month.
Airbus has become the first commercial aircraft manufacturer to deploy Radio-Frequency-Identification (RFID) part-marking to aircraft components on all its aircraft families.
Afriqiyah Airways has increased its A350 XWB fleet with a new firm order for four A350-900s and converted its original order for six A350-800s into six of the larger A350-900 model.
The European Union's controversial emissions trading scheme (ETS) has been frozen for Non-EU flights for one year, Connie Hedegaard, European commissioner for climate action, said today
South Africa is placing a lot of emphasis on space - it now forms part of its Department of Science and Technology's 10-year innovation plan and the country also has a national space strategy.
Kenya Airways recorded a net loss of Kenyan shillings (KSh) 4.79 billion ($55 million) in the first half of 2012, compared with a net profit of KSh2.03 billion in H1 2011.
All aircraft operated by domestic airlines in Nigeria are to be fitted with an Automated Flight Information Reporting System, as part of efforts to ensure air safety in the country, according to the Director-General of the regulatory Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr. Harold Demuren.
Tanzanian carrier Precision Air Services has today taken delivery of the first ATR 42-600 to go into scheduled commercial service during a ceremony at the ATR Delivery Center in Toulouse, France.
Last Sunday Airlink intoduced Sunday flights to complement its existing Monday to Friday weekly scheduled flights between Johannesburg and Nampula, Mozambique.
Low-cost South African Airline 1time has been granted provisional liquidation by the high court in Pretoria after a failed attempt to rescue the business.
