Africa

Boeing's 2022 Pilot and Technician Outlook (PTO) forecasts demand for 2.1 million new aviation personnel over the next 20 years.
Maintenance & Training

By Alan Peaford
Africa has a growing need for modern utility aircraft. And yesterday at the world’s largest general aviation event, the AirVenture show in Oshkosh USA, the latest model has been unveiled.
Aerospace

By Chloe Greenbank
Recent work at Berbera International Airport in Somaliland has included a full refurbishment of the terminal building and the control tower, as well as investment in aviation security, ground-handling, firefighting vehicles, and connection of the airport to the city grid.
Airports & Networks

Three Nigerian Air Force L-39ZAs, which have been at Aero Vodochody for two years were flown back to Kano air base, home to the 403 Flying Training School (TFS) last week.
Defense

Airbus has joined the world’s largest clean hydrogen infrastructure investment fund, managed by Hy24.
Aerospace

By Alan Peaford
As airlines carry out their recovery strategies to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, is it right that the most vulnerable of employees – new pilots – should bear the brunt of the costs?
Maintenance & Training

By Alan Peaford
Kenya Airways (KQ) has a solid strategy for emergence from the Covid pandemic that focuses around resizing, collaboration, and buying into the drive for sustainability.
Air Transport

Kenya Airways and Virgin Atlantic have announced an interline agreement.
Airports & Networks

Aircraft leasing company Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has agreed an MoU to place the first two E190F passenger-to-freight conversions with Astral Aviation, based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Air Transport

On Wednesday, The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended Dana Airlines’ Air Transport Licence (ATL) and Air Operator Certificate (AOC) indefinitely.
Aerospace

Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner - after Concorde, has presented the refined design of Overture at the Farnborough Airshow.
Air Transport

ATR has finalised the sale of another ATR 72-600 to Gabonese airline Afrijet, to be delivered before the end of the year.
Air Transport

Airbus has successfully delivered its first full-size wing prototype or ‘demonstrator’ through its Wing of Tomorrow programme to help mature next-generation wing technologies.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Ethiopian Airlines has signed a proposal for two Dash 8-400 Freighter – Large Cargo Door (F-LCD) conversion kits from De Havilland Aircraft at the Farnborough Airshow today.
Air Transport

ExxonMobil is now the sole aviation lubricants supplier for Ethiopian Airlines’ growing fleet.
MRO

The Algerian Air Force has received its first two Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical transport aircraft, becoming the continent’s second operator in the process.
Defense

Kenya Airways and South African Airways (SAA) have signed a codeshare agreement.
Air Transport

Air Lease Corporation have announced long-term lease placements for six new Airbus A220-300 aircraft with TAAG Angola Airlines.
Air Transport

Airbus and CFM International are teaming up to flight test CFM’s open fan engine architecture.
Emerging Technologies

It’s a positive start at the Farnborough International Airshow, which started today, as Boeing forecasts a demand for 41,000 new aircraft by 2041.
Air Transport

By Anuradha Deenapanray
Stakeholders, decision-makers, regulators and service providers, who gathered for the first face-to-face Airports Council International (ACI) Africa regional conference since the outbreak of the pandemic, pleaded for a full implementation of the single African air transport market (SAATM).
Aerospace

Rolls-Royce Defence business has designed, built, and run an innovative small engine concept in under 18 months that will change how products and technologies are developed for the UK’s Future Combat Air Strategy (FCAS).
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

F-35 owners and operators will soon benefit from lower ownership costs and increased efficiency and sustainability as Honeywell and Aeronamic sign a licensed service centre agreement to create a depot in the Netherlands.
Defense

Adefunke Adeyemi has been elected as the new Secretary General of the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

A novel aircraft maintenance project management app, eWork, has reduced maintenance completion and turnaround times by a quarter.
Emerging Technologies