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Air Senegal has taken delivery of its first A330-900 from Airbus’ production line in Toulouse. The carrier is the first African airline to fly Airbus’ new generation wide-body aircraft featuring latest technology engines, new wings with enhanced aerodynamics and a curved wingtip-design, drawing best practices from the A350 XWB. Fitted with a three-class cabin comprising 32 Business class, 21 Premium …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for January 2019 showing traffic (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 6.5% compared to January 2018. This was the fastest growth in six months. January capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) rose 6.4%, and load factor inched up 0.1 percentage point to 79.6%. Significantly, African airlines saw January traffic …
Caverton, one of the key aviation and marine logistics players for the Nigerian oil and gas industry sector, aims to deliver AW139 Simulator training to pilots. This move is a key step forward in Caverton’s strategic move into flight simulation training services. The company chose to rely on Thales’s AW139-configured Reality H Full-Flight Simulator to accomplish this ambition. The simulator …
Jens Bjarnason has been appointed Managing Director of Cabo Verde Airlines. This is just as the airline completes the process for its privatization. Following the official announcement of the Government of Cape Verde, Loftleidir Cabo Verde’s firm offer for the acquisition of 51% of the shares of Cabo Verde Airlines has been accepted and the share acquisition agreement has been …
Ethiopian has announced that it has taken delivery of its first B737-800 freighter, the first of its kind in the Ethiopian Cargo fleet mix, on March 01, 2019. Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, remarked: “We are excited to have taken delivery of the newest freighter a few days after being crowned with ‘African Cargo Airline of the …
South African Airways (SAA) has enhanced connectivity for its customers travelling to, from and beyond the West Africa region following the successful completion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Africa World Airlines (AWA), the airline’s Ghanaian partners. The CEOs of SAA and AWA, Mr. Vuyani Jarana and Mr. John Quan, respectively, officially signed the MOU at the Ghana Ministry …
Air Arabia Egypt has started its new direct flights connecting Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt to Amman, the capital city of Jordan. The one-hour flight operates twice a week. Also, Air Arabia Egypt has launched a two-times weekly direct flight from Sohag in Egypt to Saudi Arabia’s capital city, Riyadh. Adel Al Ali, Group Chief Executive Officer, Air Arabia, says: “This …
Photo Caption: Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, Ethiopian GCEO (second from right) receiving the award, recently Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services has been crowned with ‘African Cargo Airline of the Year’ and ‘Air Cargo Brand of the Year in Africa’ Awards for the fourth year in a row at the STAT Times International Awards for Excellence in Air Cargo held from February 19 to …
Air Seychelles has announced that it will operate seasonal flights between Seychelles and the capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo as from July until October 2019. The twice weekly service will be operated by the airline’s Airbus A320 aircraft on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Charles Johnson, Chief Commercial Officer of Air Seychelles says: “We have reviewed the market and have identified that during …
Overland Airways, one of Nigeria’s leading scheduled and charter airlines, calls on governments across Africa to provide sustainable business operating environment for African airlines to flourish. Mrs. Aanu Benson, Chief Operating Officer, Overland Airways, says that as the operationalization of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) gradually takes off, it behooves on governments of African States to ensure the …
