Africa

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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).

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).

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.

Adefunke Adeyemi has been elected as the new Secretary General of the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC).

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

RwandAir has celebrated five years of flying between Kigali and Brussels.

Ethiopian Airlines Group and Boeing have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) enabling them to transform Ethiopia as an aviation hub.

Kenya Airways In-Flight catering facility, in collaboration with NAS Servair (NAS), has won Best Partnership as part of The Sustainable Flight Challenge (TSFC).

The long-expected pilot shortage has now begun to hit home, with airlines around the world cancelling flights due to a lack of crews, particularly in those countries experiencing a strong bounce-back in air travel demand after Covid-19.

Boeing has said it will fly the newest and largest members of its 737 MAX and 777X aircraft families at the Farnborough International Airshow this month.

IATA has released May 2022 data for global air cargo markets showing that the easing of Omicron restrictions in China helped to alleviate supply chain constraints and contributed a performance improvement in May.

IATA has announced passenger data for May 2022 showing that the recovery in air travel accelerated heading into the busy Northern Hemisphere summer travel season.

Kenya Airways has held its 46th Annual General Meeting (AGM) attended by its shareholders virtually.

ExecuJet Africa, part of the Luxaviation Group, is expanding its charter fleet with a new Beechcraft King Air 260.

Emirates said it expects a busy summer and is set to operate as scheduled over the peak travel season.

Innovative air-conditioning (PCA) technology for aircraft at the gate has been introduced by ITW GSE, a leading global supplier of power, air, cable and hoses.

Boeing has released its annual Sustainability Report, which includes employee safety and well-being; global aerospace safety; equity, diversity and inclusion.

SITA’s 2022 Passenger IT Insights research highlights pent-up demand for both business and leisure travel emerging from the pandemic.

A new report, produced for the World Travel Market (WTM) by ForwardKeys, reveals that in Q3 of the year, global air travel is set to reach 65% of where it was before the pandemic in 2019.