Africa

A team from Lufthansa Consulting is to travel to Khartoum in Sudan to have talks with the Sudanese government about the restructuring of state-owned Sudan Airways, reports Bloomberg.

As South Sudan prepares to announce its new sovereign airspace next week, we talk to Tom Perkins the CEO of NavPass about the collaboration between his company and the South Sudan CAA and discover how the implementation is happening in record time and will aid South Sudan’s ambitions to open up to air traffic.

RwandAir has partnered with TAL Aviation Italy to market and sell the airline's passenger air service as its general sales agent in Italy.

Airbus Helicopters is bringing the industry together to drive the deployment of biofuels, through the creation of a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) User Group dedicated to the rotary-wing community.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released April 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that air cargo demand continued to outperform pre-COVID levels (April 2019) with demand up 12%.

ACIA Aero Leasing Group CEO, Mick Mooney, believes that now is the perfect time for airlines across the continent to grasp the opportunities presenting themselves in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Based on the positive indicators of the epidemiological situation in the Kingdom of Morocco and the drop in the number of COVID-19 cases, the Moroccan authorities have taken new progressive measures to ease restrictions on the movement of travelers wishing to access the national territory.

AFRAA has released African airlines’ performance update as the Covid-19 pandemic continues.

United Airlines has inaugurated its nonstop daily service between its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and O.R. Tambo International Airport, with the arrival of the first flight into Johannesburg on June 5.

Nigeria has announced plans to significantly increase airport facilities throughout the country. Alan Dron reports.

SITA’s Air Transport IT Insights reveals a sharper focus on safety, automation, and efficiency.

Gulf Air will return to Alexandria and Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, this summer.

Flydubai has resumed flights to Eritrea’s capital Asmara with a weekly flight service.

The Cargo Agency Conference (CAC) is to give freight forwarders a stronger voice in the development of CAC resolutions.

Wego, an online travel marketplace in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has released its survey on travellers’ behaviours and MENA travel trends for Q1 2021.

ACIA Aero Leasing announced today that it had completed the mandate to deliver a fleet of three ATR 72-600 aircraft to support the commercial launch of Nigeria’s Green Africa, writes Vincent Chappard.

Emirates Executive Private Jet Safari has partnered with Roar Africa, a travel specialist to curate a unique journey, with an ethos rooted in humanity, targeting sustainability and conservation to four destinations in Africa.

ASECNA, NIGCOMSAT and Thales Alenia Space are working together to accelerate the development of SBAS (Satellite-Based Augmentation System) services for aviation in Africa.

ExecuJet MRO Services, the Lanseria-based corporate and VIP aircraft maintenance and repair business, has achieved US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification.

EgyptAir’s help has been enlisted to help dream become a reality. Alan Dron reports.

Etihad Airways is restarting services to Rabat on June 23, 2021.

Staff at Juba International Airport have conducted safety training as part of a programme to modernise South Sudan’s sovereign airspace.

Rolls-Royce has started testing the first elements of the most powerful hybrid-electric aero power and propulsion system in aerospace at a newly-renovated testbed.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged governments to make data-driven decisions to manage the risks of COVID-19 when reopening borders to international travel.

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has released the 2020 Africa air transport report.