Africa

Burkina Faso is again relying on international carriers for its air transport following an engine fire on Air Burkina’s only operational Embraer E195 aircraft last week.

Drone operations are now under way in the Seychelles helping to clamp down on illegal fishing activities.

In March, Dassault test pilots pushed the Falcon 6X beyond its maximum operating speed of Mach .90.

Rosteс State Corporation has developed a method for measuring the parameters of radio-transparent materials used in the production of high-speed aircraft.

ALSIM has announced its second sale at AERO Friedrichshafen 2022, an ALSIM ALSR20 simulator to Cirrus South Africa, based in Lanseria, South Africa.

Three G1 Aviation ultralight aircraft were formally handed over to the Mauritanian Air Force by the European Union (EU) at Nouakchott Air Base in February.

Boeing has released first quarter 2022 results showing commercial aircraft revenue of $4.2 billion decreased slightly, primarily due to timing of wide-body deliveries, partially offset by higher 737 deliveries.

Boeing Global Services has entered a new agreement with Spirit AeroSystems to combine aftermarket resources, expanding the MRO footprint in support of nacelle and flight control repairs for the 737 MAX fleet.

Fokker Services, an independent aerospace service provider, has launched a nose-to-tail component maintenance programme for Boeing 737NG aircraft.

After some 20 years without a national carrier, Nigeria is scheduled to remedy that situation this summer.

Engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney and IT provider SITA have signed an agreement for full flight data retrieval and processing in support of predictive maintenance of aircraft engines.

French airline Corsair will resume its seasonal services to Bamako from Paris Orly this summer.

Ethiopian Airlines is adding a new non-stop service between Lomé, Togo, and Washington.

The Kenya government is bailing out Kenya Airways for a second time as the airline struggles to keep afloat.

From tiny beginnings Trans Nation Airways (TNA), a private charter flight company based in Addis Ababa, now has ambitions to become the operator of choice throughout east Africa.

Juan Carlos Salazar, secretary general of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), met with regional stakeholders in Nairobi in December to discuss way to accelerate the recovery of African air connectivity.

The Kingdom of Eswatini Government and Airlink, the joint shareholders, have mutually agreed to dissolve their joint venture airline business, Eswatini Airlink.

After the commissioning of Lagos and Abuja airports in December 2021, French company RESA will install the same systems in Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu in Nigeria in 2022.

With the recent purchase of three Diamond Aircraft flight training devices, Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) is now operating a fleet of five state-of-the art simulators.

Gulfstream Aerospace has delivered the first Gulfstream G600 to be outfitted at its Dallas, Texas, facility.

Embraer delivered a total of 14 jets in the first quarter of 2022, of which six were commercial aircraft and eight were executive jets (six light and two large).

Kenyan low-cost carrier Jambojet has selected Laminaar Aviation Infotech’s ARMS Flight Planning System for its flight operations.

Air Austral will resume flights to Chennai, India, on May 6 2022 with two weekly frequencies on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Bombardiers’ newest business jet, the Challenger 3500 aircraft, has been honoured with the distinction “Red Dot: Best of the Best” in the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2022.

CemAir, the Johannesburg based airline, has chosen APG as its offline GSA in France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, India, Australia and New Zealand.