With a strong air cargo market exceeding pre-pandemic levels, Boeing forecasts continued long-term growth, saying “air cargo traffic will increase by an average of 4% per year through 2043.” According to Boeing in its “2024 World Air Cargo Forecast (WACF), the biennial overview and long-term outlook for the air cargo industry.” Darren Hulst, Boeing vice president of Commercial Marketing said: …
Euroairlines Group has signed an agreement with RwandAir to “improve the distribution of its more than 30 domestic and international routes.” Euroairlines says RwandAir will “benefit from the network of travel agencies, OTAs, aggregators and consolidators in more than 60 countries” that they will make available to them through their “IATA Q4-291 plate.” According to Euroairlines CEO, Antonio López-Lázaro, the …
Aircraft maker, ATR is refocusing its business and, in the process, has scrapped “the development of its Short Take-Off and Landing variant (STOL), the ATR 42-600S, reflecting the company’s commitment to aligning operations with evolving market dynamics.” ATR says “Following an extensive market review and in light of lingering tensions on its supply chain”, they have decided to “focus efforts …
Overland Airways, Nigeria’s longest serving domestic airline, has “successfully renewed its International Air Transport Association (IATA) Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certification for the 5th consecutive time.” The airline says it “achieved its IOSA certification in 2015 and has subsequently renewed it in 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, and again in 2024. Overland Airways was audited in eight (8) disciplines.” According to …
Bell Textron Inc has appointed Tim Evans as the new Managing Director for the Middle East and Africa. In this role, the company said Tim will “lead Bell’s growth across these dynamic markets, driving the expansion of its Commercial Business in this region.” Bell says Tim joined the company in 2006 and “has successfully led various regional sales and marketing …
Thanks to its agility and extensive flight network, Turkish Airlines has continued its growth uninterruptedly “increasing passenger capacity by 5.4% in the third quarter of 2024.” In the July-September period of 2024, Turkish Airlines’ says its “total revenues increased by 4.9% year-on-year to 6.6 billion USD, even with the high base effect from the same period in 2023. Passenger revenues, …
Pegasus has “received the Global Environmental Sustainability Airline of the Year Award at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit Asia and Sustainability Awards 2024.” The award was accepted by Ali Uzun, General Counsel and Sustainability Director at Pegasus Airlines on the airline’s behalf at the ceremony held in Hong Kong on 5 November 2024. Güliz Öztürk, CEO of Pegasus, said: “Working …
Ethiopian Airlines has received “Africa’s first Airbus A350-1000.” The airline celebrated this significant milestone in “a grand ceremony attended by government officials, ambassadors, diplomats, and esteemed representatives from Airbus and Thales.” According to ET, “The aircraft landed at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, basking in a warm welcome marked by a spectacular water cannon salute” that was accompanied by “a …
Nigerian airline, Ibom Air has “expanded its fleet with the addition of two Bombardier CRJ 900 next-generation aircraft, registered as 5N-CED and 5N-CEE.” The formal reception took place today in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, where the aircraft were received by His Excellency Pastor Umo Eno, the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State. Governor Umo Eno said:, “The addition of these …
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has updated that “the allied team and partners leading the charge for the search and recovery efforts of the ditched Sikorsky SK76 helicopter, registration 5N BQG, have located its wreckage.” The helicopter, operated by Eastwind Aviation and carrying eight individuals onboard, had ditched in the Atlantic Ocean near Bonny Finima on October 24, 2024. …
