Africa

Ethiopian Airlines and Geven-SkyTecno have inaugurated a state-of-the-art facility for the manufacturing of Insulation Blankets for Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Paramount Aerospace Industries has secured orders from multiple Air Forces for its revolutionary ‘Mwari.’
Defense

Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services has been crowned with 'Cargo Airline of The Year' and 'Best Cargo Arline - Africa' at the Air Cargo News Awards 2022.
Aerospace

Turkish Aerospace will participate in the Africa Aerospace and Defence fair, which will take place in South Africa on September 21-25, 2022.
Aerospace

By Mark Pilling
Aviation Africa Summit and Exhibition 2022 is the largest event of its kind in Africa and brings together government, civil aviation authorities, military Air Chiefs, and the entire supply chain from OEMs to flight planners; MRO providers to airlines.
Aerospace

Qatar Airways Group CEO, Akbar Al Baker addressed the attendees of the Aviation Africa Summit in Kigali, Rwanda, highlighting the airline’s present and future in Africa.
Aerospace

Boeing becomes the latest partner in AviAssist Safety Promotion Centre - Rwanda to promote access to continuous professional development and research.
Air Transport

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) and Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) signed an MoU at Aviation Africa to establish a framework of cooperation and facilitate collaboration between the two organisations on actions to enhance air transport safety in Africa.
Air Transport

Sabena Engineering is highlighting its sustainable maintenance, operational and engineering solutions at Aviation Africa.
Aerospace

AviAssist has launched a new product for Africa’s ground handling industry today at Aviation Africa 2022.
Maintenance & Training

Airbus is joining experts and key decision makers in the aviation industry at the Aviation Africa Summit and Exhibition taking place 12th and 13 September 2022.
Aerospace

Aviation Africa 2022 was officially opened in Kigali, Rwanda, today by Paul Kagame, the President of the Republic of Rwanda.
Aerospace

By Chloe Greenbank
Boeing has underlined that African aviation traffic has recovered at a strong pace in 2022 with pent-up demand and economic growth driven by higher global commodity prices allowing African airlines to recover their flight operations to 80% of pre-pandemic levels.
Aerospace

Kenya-based cargo airline Astral Aviation, has announced a strategic collaboration with US-based autonomous aircraft systems developer Reliable Robotics, with a goal of enhancing aviation safety and increasing air cargo connectivity in sub-Saharan Africa through the use of automated aircraft.
Air Transport

Gulfstream Aerospace has announced the second fully outfitted Gulfstream G700 production-test aircraft has flown, adding an additional testing platform for the most spacious cabin in business aviation.
Business Aviation

Akagera Aviation Flying Academy, based at Kigali International Airport, Rwanda, recently took delivery of one twin-engine DA42-VI and one single-engine DA40 NG Tundra version.
Maintenance & Training

Embraer will debut the E195-E2, the largest commercial aircraft Embraer has manufactured, at Aviation Africa 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda, next week.
Aerospace

ExecuJet South Africa, part of the Luxaviation Group, is celebrating charter fleet expansion and growing recognition of the company’s outstanding safety standards.
Air Transport

Ethiopian Aviation Academy (EAA) and UTD Aviation Solutions, a US based Aviator and ASA (Aviation Suppliers Association’s auditing process) company, have signed an MOU to promote the Academy jointly in the Americas.
Maintenance & Training

Minsters have met in Senegal ahead of the 54th Annual General Assembly (AGA) and Summit of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) which will take place in 11-13 December 2022.
Aerospace

Embraer has successfully completed the flight test of the certification campaign for the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS II).
Defense

Airlink will resume scheduled services between Johannesburg and Richards Bay from 19 September 2022.
Airports & Networks

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) and Air Senegal have announced the date of the 54th annual general assembly summit will now take place 11-13 December 2022.
Aerospace

Airlink has launched the first ever scheduled direct air service between Cape Town and Maputo.
Airports & Networks

Boeing has received an order from UPS for eight more 767 Freighters.
Air Transport