Africa’s leading airline, Ethiopian Airlines will launch “a thrice weekly passenger services to Freetown, Sierra Leone via Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso starting from 31st of May 2024.” ET says this new route “marks yet another milestone in the airline’s extensive network expansion endeavor, connecting more African countries and providing travelers with convenient and efficient travel options.” The thrice weekly service will …
Euroairlines has “presented its new Cessna 421C Golden Eagle aircraft at Cuatro Vientos Airport in Madrid with which it will reach North Africa.” With a capacity of 6 passengers, the Cessna 421C, designed exclusively for passenger transport, Euroairlines says the new aircraft joins its fleet, “which already includes a Beechcraft Baron G58 with a capacity for four people and a …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says it is “expanding the transmission of its Turbulence Aware data for use within industry-leading aviation solutions by The Weather Company”, which serves many commercial airlines globally. IATA says with this enhancement, “Participating airlines can now access Eddy Dissipation Rate (EDR) turbulence data directly through Fusion and Pilotbrief tools by The Weather Company. IATA Turbulence Aware will be enabled as an …
Etihad Airways has “appointed Stanislas Brun to the role of Vice President Cargo.” The airline says; “Brun will be responsible for Etihad Cargo’s commercial operations including scheduled and charter flights, revenue management and network planning. Brun will report to Etihad Airways’ Chief Operating Officer, Mohammad Al Bulooki.” Mohammad Al Bulooki, Chief Operating Officer at Etihad Airways, said, “Etihad Cargo has …
Airbus and TotalEnergies have “signed a strategic partnership to address the challenges of decarbonising aviation through sustainable aviation fuels” in line with Airbus’ objective of achieving net carbon neutrality of aviation by 2050. The aircraft manufacture says “this partnership aims to contribute to the reduction of the sector’s CO2 emissions, in which Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) play a key role. …
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Terminals Malabo Airport Management (TMAM). AFRAA says that under the framework of the MoU, AFRAA and TMAM will focus on several areas of collaboration which includes; efforts to promotion of travel and tourism within Africa, data sharing and analytics, environmental sustainability, airport infrastructure development, training and …
Airports Council International (ACI) World released the “annual World Airport Traffic Forecasts (WATF) 2023–2052 dataset, showing the Top 20 markets for air travel demand among other key air traffic findings.” According to the data, “Passenger traffic in the Africa region is estimated to reach 219 million passengers in 2023 and 242 million passengers in 2024, the latter surpassing the 2019 level (106% …
United has announced that “Aircastle (a Marubeni & Mizuho Leasing Company), Air New Zealand, Embraer, Google, HIS, Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking, Safran Corporate Ventures, and Technip Energies are now among the 22 corporate partners that make up the airline’s The United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight Fund, a first-of-its kind effort to reduce emissions and drive production of sustainable aviation fuel …
AJW Group, leading independent aircraft component parts, repair, and supply chain solutions provider, has acquired a significant package of spare parts as an “entry into the Airbus 350 support market.” The package of over 2500 components marks a strategic move for AJW Group, positioning the company to provide support to A350 operators and airlines worldwide. The inventory for the new …
Delivered 735 Commercial Aircraft in 2023 Airbus has announced its full year report for 2023 showing that the aircraft manufacturer delivered 735 commercial airplanes, an 11% increase over the 661 aircraft it delivered in 2022. Airbus forecasts that it will deliver 800 aircraft in 2024. Airbus also posted a revenue of 65.4 billion Euros. A breakdown of the 735 commercial …
