Africa

Freetown International Airport is positioned as West African aviation hub following opening of new terminal.

Business travel in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is recovering more rapidly than in any other region.

Pilatus Centre South Africa has a long and enviable track record as the sole distributor for the Pilatus PC-12 NG and Pilatus PC-24 in southern Africa.

Network Airline Services (NAS) has recently been appointed as the cargo GSA for Badr Airlines, Sudan’s current largest airline, in the UK and Ireland.

IATA has said recovery in air travel demand is continuing in 2023, based on January traffic results.

IATA has released its 2022 Safety Report for global aviation showing a reduction in the number of fatal accidents and the fatality risk, compared to 2021 and to the five year average (2018-2022).

Norwegian is today flying emergency aid to drought-hit Ethiopia.

Ethiopian Aviation Academy has been upgraded to an aviation university.

Kenya Airways has launched its Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Policy and Public Awareness Campaign in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime (UNODC).

The Malawi Defence Force (MDF) has finally placed two Xian MA600 ‘Modern Ark’ medium transport aircraft into service.

Ethiopian Airports has been undertaking a massive expansion at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport since 2014. Now, work on the third and final phase of the project is near completion.

Airbus Defence and Space has announced an agreement for Angeo-1, the first very high performance Angolan Earth observation satellite.

Fastjet Zimbabwe has welcomed the arrival of an Embraer 120, 30-seater aircraft to its Harare base.

The Kenya Association of Air Operators (KAAO) Executive Committee has hosted the Cabinet Secretary State Department of Transport and Roads.

Qatar Airways is gearing for growth in Africa, establishing new routes and increasing frequencies on others.

Keith Mwanalushi looks at aviation protectionist policies in southern Africa to see if they are changing in support of cross-border acquisitions and partnerships between regional airlines.

Kenya Airways Cargo is celebrating the first anniversary of its successful implementation of Cargo Flash Infotech's next-generation 'nGen' Integrated Cargo Management System (ICMS).

Angolan aircraft operator Bestfly and Addis Ababa-headquartered flight support, charter, and aviation consultancy Krimson Aviation have formed a new Joint Venture, BFK Aviation.

Smiths Detection has launched the I-SCAN 6040 CTiX Model S.

If you can’t take your aircraft and components to the MRO shop for maintenance, why not bring the shop to your aircraft? Magnetic MRO thinks it has the answer.

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has named Embraer’s Phenom 300 the world’s best-selling light jet.

ACIA Aero Leasing is making an impact in areas that other lessors fear to tread.

Ethiopian Airlines is resuming direct flights between Abidjan and New York John F. Kennedy Airport as of 29 May 2023.

South Africa’s radical Mwari multi-role military aircraft has racked up its first sales, with more to come, says its manufacturer.

A series of strikes, or threatened action, has been rocking Nigeria’s aviation industry.