Africa

IATA has said that the IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS) will focus on building resilience to further strengthen air cargo’s post-pandemic prospects.

The Bell 505 has made its mark in the Middle East and Africa region, performing a wide variety of missions. Now Bell Textron has announced the 400th Bell 505 delivery to European customer.

IATA has launched AVSEC Insight, an online platform that identifies potential security risks and threats to their operations.

Starlite Aviation, which delivers a broad spectrum of Africa centric aviation services, including aircrew training, is working closely with UK and Czech based training specialists to launch a tactical mission training facility.

Cape Verde and VINCI Airports have signed a concession contract for seven airports across the country.

Boeing will represent the aviation sector in a global alliance, jointly established by the US Government and World Economic Forum to accelerate clean technologies and reduce carbon emissions.

Ethiopian Airlines has partnered with the online booking platform GetYourGuide to offer passengers an unforgettable travel experience.

Is South Africa’s Rooivalk attack helicopter heading for Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province? Sam Basch reports.

IATA has announced passenger data for June 2022 showing that the recovery in air travel remains strong.

Global communications company, Viasat, has launched its first real-time Earth (RTE) facility in Africa, located in Accra, Ghana.

L3Harris Commercial Aviation Solutions look to the future with its broad range of next-generation avionics, flight data analytics, full-flight simulators, pilot training and regional-based inventory and logistics services.

IATA has released data for global air cargo markets showing healthy and stable performance.

Emirates is reducing the number of weekly flights to Lagos, Nigeria from 11 to seven.

The Aviation Africa Summit returns to Kigali in September. But what’s in store for the continent’s premier aviation event?

African carriers generate most of their revenues in weaker home currencies but incur their input costs, often including fuel, in US dollars and euros. Kamil Alawadhi, IATA’s regional vice president, Africa & Middle East offers his opinion.

A South African flying school has teamed up with two businessmen to help disadvantaged youngsters take the first steps towards a career as pilots.

Airlink will launch the first direct flights between Cape Town and Maputo from 31 August 2022.

Angolan operator BestFly is adding four new AW169 helicopters to its growing fleet following funding from the Angolan Bank of Investments (BAI).

Keith Mwanalushi looks at African low-cost carrier (LCC) cargo operations following the recent launch of freight services at Jambojet in Kenya.

Ethiopian Airlines has upsized four of its A350-900 on order to the largest variant of the A350 Family, the A350-1000, becoming Africa’s first customer for the aircraft.

Dassault Aviation’s Fixed Based Operation (FBO) at Geneva International Airport has been voted the top FBO at the Swiss facility in a survey of European business aircraft operators performed by Business Air News.

South Africa’s Mwari combat platform is being given a new role – hunting down high-flying uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs).

SITA has launched SITA eVisa and SITA Electronic Travel Authorisation to meet the growing demand from governments for digital visa systems to stimulate national economies after COVID-19.

Network Airline Management, with the use of its managed fleet of B747F, has successfully carried a shipment for the World Rally Championship (WRC) from Nairobi, Kenya to Liege, Belgium.

South Africa has launched a new $5.79 million project on behalf of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) dedicated to monitoring space weather globally, and specifically for the entire African region.