Africa

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.

Air Austral has announced the reopening of its route to Chennai as well as a gradual resumption of its regional network.

GE Aviation has recently joined the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) to further advance its ambition to be a net-zero company by 2050 and help the aviation industry decarbonise.

Ethiopian Airlines has announced the resumption of thrice weekly passenger flights to Bengaluru, India as of 27 March 2022.

Bestfly is expanding its fleet of Leonardo helicopters configured for offshore transport missions in Angola.

Air Seychelles made a big presence at the 28th edition of the International Mediterranean Tourism Market (IMTM) in Tel Aviv to strengthen its market in Israel.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is partnering with Africa’s largest aviation group, Ethiopian Airlines, to establish a second national airline – Air Congo.

Liebherr-Aerospace has signed a long-term collaboration agreement with Airbus to work jointly on the key design features of the landing gear that will meet Airbus’ future requirements.

SriLankan Airlines will boost the number of scheduled flights by 40% following the pandemic.

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IATA has said that air travel posted a strong rebound in February 2022 compared to January 2022, as Omicron-related impacts moderated outside of Asia.

Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), and the start-up AIKO S.r.l. have signed MoU to jointly develop advanced software for space systems.

Kenya Airways CEO Allan Kilavuka believes that the “future of aviation in Africa lies in consolidation.”

Airlink’s Embraer ERJ135 Regional Jet was welcomed with a water salute as it touched down at King Shaka International Airport in Durban on Tuesday.

Emirates will be operating twice daily flights on its flagship A380 aircraft to Mauritius from 1 July 2022 to meet the increase in demand for travel to the island nation.

Both new and existing African airlines are showing that it is possible to operate successfully and exploit new openings, despite longstanding difficulties including high visa costs, patchy infrastructure and poor regional connectivity.

RwandAir is celebrating five years of flying between Kigali and the Zimbabwean capital of Harare.

Kenya Airways is to receive a USD173.9 million bailout after the Kenyan National Assembly approved a USD1.2 billion supplementary budget for 2021/22, reports Bloomberg.

EgyptAir will resume its direct flights to Mumbai next May.

Kenya Airways and South African Airways (SAA) have announced a new lounge access agreement for their customers as part of the Strategic Framework Agreement (SPF) signed in November 2021.

GE Aviation recently achieved 400 million flight hours and 37 years of on time delivery of their navigation database to airlines globally.

Air Austral, the flag-carrier of the French region of Réunion, and France-based Corsair have begun talks to conclude a commercial cooperation agreement on their routes between France and the Indian Ocean. The question is what might the effect be on the Vanilla Alliance regional cooperation in the region?

VistaJet and Bombardier are celebrating the milestone delivery of Global 7500 aircraft.

Maggie Kaunda, acting managing director at the Zambia Airports Corporation, talks to Keith Mwanalushi about the opening of new airport infrastructure in the capital, Lusaka, and Ndola in the Copperbelt.