Africa

By Alan Peaford
Ethiopian Airlines plans to be back in the air with the Boeing 737 Max on February 1 just short of three years since the fatal accident that led to the global grounding of the type.
Air Transport

Thabile Mathe has joined ACI Africa as director for facilitation, technology and innovation, on secondment from Airports Company South Africa (ACSA).
Maintenance & Training

Moment has signed an agreement with Air Côte d'Ivoire to provide a premium cabin experience, relying on the deployment of the portable entertainment system (W-IFE), Flymingo Box.
Emerging Technologies

EgyptAir Training Academy (ETA) has renewed its approval of training Sudanese pilots, cabin crew, engineers and dispatchers at ETA premises.
Maintenance & Training

Emirates has said it progressed in its recovery path in 2021, rebuilding its passenger network to 128 cities by December including a new route to Miami launched in July.
Aerospace

By Alan Dron
A further demonstration of Africa’s position in the vanguard of new-technology aerial solutions has come with plans for an urban air mobility scheme in Kenya.
Aerospace

Ghana’s Ministry of Defence has suspended negotiations with Czech aircraft builder Aero Vodochody for the acquisition of six L-39 NG light attack/trainer aircraft while a rival US bid was evaluated.
Maintenance & Training

A wholly-owned Airbus subsidiary, Airbus Atlantic, a global player in the aerostructures field, was officially established on 1st January 2022.
Aerospace

By Alan Peaford
The final Newsround on the year focuses on the future with CFM chief executive Gael Méheust giving his outlook for the airline world in 2022.
Aerospace

By Alan Dron
Uncertainty surrounds the future of Cabo Verde Airlines after the African archipelago’s government decided to renationalise the carrier.
Air Transport

OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, has confirmed its successful deployment of 36 satellites by Arianespace from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Space

Boeing has ordered 19 767 Freighters from UPS highlighting the 767 Freighter's operational efficiency and payload capability to serve its global customers.
Air Transport

Ethiopian Airlines has received IATA’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) certification as an airline and ground handling in December 2021.
Aerospace

IATA has clarified that the aircraft cabin remains a very low risk environment for contracting COVID-19.
Air Transport

Kenya Airways and ITA Airways, Italy’s new flag carrier, have announced a codeshare agreement.
Airports & Networks

Indra’s growth in Africa continues apace as it dominates the region’s air traffic management (ATM) solutions. Marcelle Nethersole found out more from the company’s Guillermo Rosello.
Airports & Networks

Gulfstream Aerospace has announced the all-new Gulfstream G700 has made ‘great strides’ in its flight-test programme.
Business Aviation

Oman Air will continue to strengthen strategic codeshare partnership agreements to maximise its post-pandemic growth trajectory.
Air Transport

The air transport industry must take sustainability into its transformation, this is according to Sebastien Fabre, CEO, SITA for aircraft.
Air Transport

By Chuck Grieve
It’s no secret that African airlines bleed cash to maintain their fleets. Has the struggle to recover from Covid created an opportunity to change that with new MRO capability in west Africa? Chuck Grieve reports.
MRO

Greenpoint Technologies has delivered the world’s first V-VIP Boeing 787-9 interior completion to an undisclosed client.
Interiors & Connectivity

BAE Systems has received a $493 million contract modification from Lockheed Martin to upgrade the electronic warfare (EW) system for the F-35 Lightning II.
Defense

DPO Group has partnered with Amadeus to offer mobile money payments for international airline customers across Africa.
Emerging Technologies

Kenya Airways has started flights from Juba to Khartoum.
Airports & Networks

Flydubai will restart flights to Hargeisa in Somaliland from 18 December, following a temporary suspension of flights for operational reasons.
Airports & Networks