Africa

National Aviation Services (NAS) Ivoire has successfully completed its Regulated Agent third country validation process (RA3) for air cargo operations at the Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport in Abidjan.
MRO

WTM Africa is excited to announce that luxury experiential travel company andBeyond is the winner of the Reigniting Africa Travel & Tourism Awards.
Airports & Networks

Kenya Airways and South African Airways have struck an historic co-operation deal that could pave the way for the creation of a pan-African airline group.
Air Transport

Airlink has added another new route to its expanding intra-Africa with the launch of its Johannesburg-Entebbe service.
Airports & Networks

The Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA), has appointed Aaron Munetsi as its new chief executive officer, with effect from 27 September 2021.
Maintenance & Training

Ethiopian Airlines has signed an eight-year operating lease agreement with TrueNoord, the specialist regional aircraft lessor.
Air Transport

IATA has urged the Kenyan government to use all mechanisms at its disposal to encourage air travel, including reductions in COVID-19 test charges.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
SAA's fleet is comprised of just six Airbus aircraft.
Airports & Networks

Airbus has launched an extra-performing wing demonstrator project focused on accelerating and validating technologies that will improve and optimise wing aerodynamics and performance for any future aircraft.
Air Transport

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on the government of Ethiopia to continue its focus on maintaining efficient air connectivity amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Air Transport

UNWTO has signed an MoU with the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) to work more closely together and strengthen the relationship between the aviation and tourism sectors.
Airports & Networks

United Airlines has announced a new service between Lagos and Washington, D.C. will begin 29 November westbound and 1 December 2021 eastbound (subject to government approval).
Airports & Networks

Bestfly Cabo Verde has received its third ATR 72-600, from aircraft leasing company Elix Aviation, that will provide inter-island services in Cape Verde.
Air Transport

Two people died in Libya on Sunday after helicopters belonging to the Libyan National Army (LNA) collided 130 kilometres (80 miles) southeast of Libya's second city Benghazi
Defense

Aircraft chartering and sales company Zela Aviation has entered a strategic partnership with Tanzania’s Precision Air.
MRO

Ethiopian Airways has signed a partnership agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries for the opening of a B767-300 conversion line at Addis Ababa airport.
MRO

Kenya Airways has activated a campaign across the airline’s network allowing customers special ticket discounts of up to 30% off to destinations.
Airports & Networks

ACIA Aero Leasing (ACIA), a provider of regional aircraft leasing and lease management services which has multiple customers in the Middle East and Africa, announced today the acquisition of its first Embraer E190.
Air Transport

Kenya Airways has entered a unilateral intermodal interline agreement with one of the fastest growing multimodal mobility platforms in Europe Vipper.com.
Emerging Technologies

Lifetime aerospace enthusiast, Abdoulaziz Kountché, runs Drone Africa Service, providing vital missions for NGOs and also for Niger’s companies and authorities, writes Vincent Chappard.
Emerging Technologies

West Africa does not have many companies dedicated to providing aeromedical emergency services and those that do have had to contend with new challenges since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Aerospace

By Vincent Chappard
Air Seychelles has confirmed that the national flag carrier will reinstate commercial passenger services between Johannesburg and the Seychelles effective 26 September, 2021.
Airports & Networks

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA), Lufthansa Consulting and Kenya Airways staged a workshop on 14th September 2021 on African airlines consolidation to discuss the reasons for few partnerships and limited airline consolidation, the challenges and benefits of consolidation and measures for action by industry stakeholders to address the situation.
Air Transport

Aviation Africa summit and exhibition will return to Kigali Convention Centre, Rwanda, on 15-16 September, 2022.
Aerospace

RwandAir continues its recovery from the pandemic by adding additional routes to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from September.
Airports & Networks