Africa

Air Senegal was formally launched in Paris today as the new Senegalese national airline, signed a contract for a firm order of two ATR 72-600s at the Paris Air Show.
Air Transport

Embraer Defense & Security and its partner Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) were awarded a contract to deliver 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to the Nigerian Air Force.
Defense

Turkish Airlines will increase its services to Kinshasa from five flights a week to seven as of March 31, 2019.
Airports & Networks

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released performance figures for 2018 showing that global air connectivity continues to become more accessible and more efficient.
Air Transport

Turkish Airlines has announced it will increase its services from Marrakesh (RAK) to Istanbul from five flights to seven flights per week as of December 16, 2019.
Airports & Networks

Ethiopian Airlines' controversial decision to continue operations to its Chinese destinations has been criticised by some other African airlines. Today the Addis-based carrier responded to explain why it has made this decision.
Air Transport

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) supports the wearing of face coverings for passengers and masks for crew while on board aircraft as a critical part of a layered approach to biosecurity to be implemented temporarily when people return to traveling by air.
Air Transport

Europe’s leading medical diagnostic services provider, SYNLAB, with its network of facilities in Nigeria, Ghana, Morocco and Egypt is partnering with IATA to incorporate SYNLAB’s extensive lab network into IATA Travel Pass.
Air Transport

Satellogic, a specialist in sub-meter resolution satellite imagery collection, has entered a new partnership with GeoTerraImage, the geospatial solutions provider in southern Africa, to provide high-resolution satellite imagery to the African Space industry.
Space

Kenya Airways and Usaid’s Routes partnered to create awareness of the continued fight against illegal wildlife trade.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG), has announced that it has now transported over 10 million COVID vaccines, supporting global efforts in the fight against COVID-19.
Air Transport

South African based defence solutions provider, Denel, yesterday announced a series of far reaching steps it intends to take to ensure the company's sustainability.
Defense

AFRAA has released African airlines’ performance updates showing the African continent continues to witness a significant increase in number of Covid 19 cases.
Aerospace

Emirates Airlines is restoring its services across Africa.
Airports & Networks

Embraer’s “start-up” business dedicated to accelerating the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) ecosystem, Eve, has signed an MoU with Kenya Airways through its subsidiary Fahari Aviation.
Air Transport

By Vincent Chappard
National Aviation Services has signed an agreement to partner with global healthcare company, Abbott, to drive the implementation of Covid-19 rapid testing solutions at major airports and trans border lounges across the African continent and the Middle East.
Air Transport

By David Casey
The Nigerian airline’s first route will launch on Aug. 12.
Airports & Networks

Sharm El-Sheikh International Airport has received the first EgyptAir flight coming from Moscow, with 297 Russian tourists on board.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
African airlines' traffic in July was just 43% of pre-COVID-19 levels.
Airports & Networks

By Vincent Chappard
Qatar Airways enhanced its presence in Southern Africa with the launch of a new linked service between Doha and Lusaka, Zambia and Harare, Zimbabwe.
Air Transport

Silk Way West Airlines has signed an interline agreement with Kenya’s Astral Aviation. . In line with the agreement, Al Maktoum International Airport of the UAE, also known as Dubai World Central (DWC), will function as the key transit point.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Peaford, Chuck Grieve
Cape Town’s international airport is preparing for the post-Covid revival with Mark Maclean at the helm. The former operations manager who led the team through the redevelopment of the airport explains the plans to Robin Rabec and how the pandemic put its growth on halt.
MRO

AeroCRS, which focusing on solutions for the travel industry, has partnered with Verloop.io to augment South Africa’s Lift Airline’s customer experience.
Emerging Technologies

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has concluded its 2021 fuel programme for the period 2021-2022 under the framework of the AFRAA fuel project.
Aerospace

Air Tanzania has taken delivery of the last new-build DHC-8-Q400 to roll off the De Havilland Aircraft of Canada production line, reports ch-aviation.
Air Transport