Africa

Private aviation safety risk management company WYVERN, which does work in the Middle East and Africa, has been acquired by investment group Venturous Capital.

SITA has signed a partnership agreement with Alstef Group, an established baggage handling specialist, to launch Swift Drop, a new self-bag drop solution.

MRO in West Africa has received a major boost following an agreement between Jordan’s Joramco – the major independent MRO provider across the Middle East and Africa region- and Ghana’s Aerojet.

EgyptAir Training Academy has welcomed a delegation from Siemens to its Cairo base as part of a move towards greater collaboration.

Air Austral has won "Best Overall Airline" Award in Africa at the APEX Passenger Choice Awards 2022.

Ethiopian Airlines has won the 2022 APEX Regional Passenger Choice Awards for ‘Best Entertainment’ and ‘Best Cabin Service’ in Africa.

Members of AFRAA joined together on Monday for the Member Airline CEOs Leadership Dialogues session.

RwandAir is preparing to host leaders from around the world attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).

According to the African Airlines Association, relaxed COVID-19 entry rules should lead to growing air traffic this summer.

The carrier returned to two African capitals over the weekend.

Gulfstream Aerospace is investing more than $55 million and hiring for more than 200 new positions at its Wisconsin facility to meet customer demand and growth in its fleet.

Fahari Aviation, a subsidiary Kenya Airways, has today launched the first drone enclosure facility in Kenya.

Stelia Aerospace, a producer of premium passenger seats, and AERQ, a provider for digital cabin solutions, are collaborating to integrate AERQ’s OLED based Cabin Digital Signage displays for airlines.

IATA has said that air travel resumed its strong recovery trend in April, despite the war in Ukraine and travel restrictions in China. This was driven primarily by international demand.

SITA has signed an exclusive agreement with UKi Media & Events to trace and repatriate lost items at this year’s Passenger Terminal Expo, being held in Paris from 15-17 June.

Etihad Cargo will provide additional capacity to key destinations in the summer months across Asia, Africa and Europe.

IATA has released April 2022 data for global air cargo markets showing a drop in demand and contraction in capacity.

Vision-Box has unveiled its latest solution built upon a new generation of biometric technology set to transform the travel experience: Seamless Kiosk - The New Generation of Biometric Technology.

UAS International Trip Support (UAS) honoured the winners of its Outstanding Suppliers Awards 2020-2021 at a ceremony during the recent EBACE Show in Geneva.

Satair, an Airbus Services company, has created a “one stop shop” for aircraft Ground Support Equipment and Tools, gathering 70,000 part numbers from 1,600 original equipment manufacturers across the globe.

The Rolls-Royce has said its Pearl 10X engine development programme is making good progress and has successfully cumulated more than 1,000 testing hours, both on the Advance 2 demonstrator and the Pearl 10X engine configuration.

Specialist regional aircraft lessor TrueNoord has successfully remarketed two Bombardier CRJ900 ER NextGen aircraft to South African operator CemAir.

Industry leaders from BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce are among the pioneers of change from across the aerospace sector to be announced as the first speakers for the Aerospace Global Forum (AGF).

South African airline Comair had all its aircraft grounded on Sunday by South Africa's civil aviation regulator over unresolved safety issues.

Emirates and Airlink have officially activated their codeshare partnership.