Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services says it has started two weekly freighter flights connecting Xiamen with São Paulo and Santiago via Addis Ababa. The cargo and logistic service company also plans to commence two weekly freighter flights between Shenzhen and Liège as of February 17, 2023. Ethiopian will deploy B777 Freighter on the new cargo routes. Regarding the launch of …
By Hani El-Assaad The past year saw a resurgence in demand for air travel to, from and within Africa, with end-2022 capacity in all the sub-regions either exceeding or close to early January 2020 levels, bar Southern Africa, which ended the year 27%* below that high-tide line. As forecast, the recovery was led by domestic markets, but regional and long-haul …
Pratt & Whitney Canada and leading regional aircraft manufacturer, ATR have agreed to “collaborate to achieve 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) readiness in PW127 series engines by 2025, including the new PW127XT.” Mr. Anthony Rossi, Vice President Sales and Marketing of Pratt & Whitney Canada says the collaboration with ATR “will be underway throughout 2023 and 2024 and builds on …
The International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO forecasts that air passenger demand in 2023 will rapidly recover to pre-pandemic levels on most routes by the first quarter and that growth of around 3% on 2019 figures will be achieved by year end. “Assuring the safe, secure, and sustainable recovery of air services will be key to restoring aviation’s ability to act …
British Airways has announced a codeshare partnership with Airlink, improving connectivity between the UK, Europe, North America and more than 15 destinations in Southern Africa. With bases in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban in South Africa, Airlink is a premium regional airline with a wide-reaching network of cities in fourteen countries, including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Namibia The agreement …
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) Secretary General, Mr. Abdérahmane Berthé, met EgyptAir Holding Company Chairman – Eng. Yehia Zakaria at EgyptAir Headquarters in Cairo – Egypt for the year’s first edition of the “AFRAA Member Airline CEOs Leadership Dialogues”. The CEO Dialogues initiative, which hosted a total of 8 airline CEOs in 2022, is part of AFRAA’s strategy to communicate …
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Astral Aviation Ltd to expand the partnership between the two parties and enhance the cooperation between Abu Dhabi and Nairobi, further growing Etihad Cargo’s reach into the African market. Through the comprehensive MoU, Etihad Cargo’s customers will benefit from additional cargo capacity …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for global air freight markets showing that 2022 full-year demand for air cargo took a significant step back from 2021 levels but was close to 2019 performance. According to the foremost industry association, African Air cargo demand decreased by 1.4% which was still the second best performance of all regions after …
Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest aviation group in Africa, inaugurates a new aviation training center in the city of Hawassa. The new aviation training center in Hawassa will serve as the second campus for Ethiopian Aviation Academy and will currently be providing pilot trainee programs. The facility accommodates different types of classrooms, three training simulators, three aircraft parking and workshop …
