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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) wants Nigerian carriers to start enjoying the benefits of liberalization of African skies by flying into more African routes, thereby actualizing the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) launched in January 2018 by African Heads of State. Ms. Adefunke Adeyemi, Regional Director, Advocacy and Strategic Relations, Africa, IATA, made this call in Lagos, recently …
By Kayode Oyero Potential At the Aviation Day of the 14th Akwaaba African Travel Market held in Lagos, Nigeria from 9th to 11th September, 2018, aviation, tourism and business experts discussed how Africa can overcome the challenges in the aviation operating environment as well as leverage on the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) which was launched in January 2018 …
60 Years Of Interconnectivity Royal Air Maroc is one of Africa’s longest-serving airlines and one of the big five in Africa. It has significantly contributed to the growth of air travel in Africa, especially through its renewed efforts to connect other parts of the continent to North Africa. Royal Air Maroc is a mechanism to drive Moroccan government’s tourism and …
By Roland Ohaeri The Decisive Step The Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) was launched in January 2018 by African Union (AU) leaders to liberalize air services for operators within the continent, and thence redefine Africa’s approach to aviation and air transport development in Africa. To many, so far, the march towards liberalization of air transport in Africa has made …
Ethiopian Airlines has announced the resumption of its flight to Mogadishu, Somalia, effective 2 November 2018. Regarding the resumption of the Mogadishu flights, Mr. Tewolde Gebremariam, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, says: “It gives us a great pleasure to resume flights to Mogadishu, the capital Somalia after stopping the service over four decades ago. I wish to express my gratitude …
The 48th Annual General Assembly of the Airlines Association of Southern Africa will hold from 11th-14th October 2018 at the AVANI Victoria Falls Resort in Livingstone, Zambia. South African Airways (SAA) is host of this year’s Assembly themed, ‘Enabling African Airline Service Excellence’. The Assembly is expected to attract around 300 delegates, comprising leading airline industry executives and government policy …
Ethiopian Airlines has won the Aviation 100 “Africa Lease Deal of the Year 2018” award by Airline Economics Magazine during the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dubai 2018 conference gala dinner. The Aviation 100 awards recognize aviation’s most outstanding performers, as well as the most innovative and successful finance and leasing deals closed in the last 12 months. Winners of the …
South African Airways (SAA) has announced the appointment of Mr. Deon Fredericks from Telkom as SAA’s new Interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The appointment is effective from 15 October 2018 and he is on secondment from Telkom for a 12-month period. “We welcome the appointment of Mr. Fredericks to ensure that SAA’s strategic objective of transforming the business into a …
Ethiopian Airlines has been crowned “Best African Airline” at Arabian Travel Awards 2018, the second edition of Arabian Travel Awards, held recently in Dubai. The winners of the award were determined based on the votes of travellers. Regarding the award, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, remarks: “We are honored to have been voted the ‘Best African Airline’ at …
EgyptAir Maintenance and Engineering Company, one of the subsidiaries of EgyptAir Holding Company, recently signed a contract with the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) to establish a technical service center for airlines operating from and to the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, the capital of Ghana. This new cooperation marks the activation of the memorandum of understanding, signed between Egypt …
