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Stephanie Wear believes Africa has amazing tourism potentials with its undeveloped, undiscovered tourism products. She is the Director of Economic and Air Service Development for the Tenerife Tourism Corporation which is one of the southernmost islands of Spain. Q: It is a common knowledge that Tenerife is associated with successes in tourism and leisure. How have you been able to get …
By Kizito Bongayi Disruptive innovation creates new markets by discovering new categories of customers partly by harnessing new technologies, and also through new business models and exploiting old technologies in new ways. Drones form part of this innovation, and bring aviation into the fourth industrial revolution, flying not only to transport but also to acquire information. The digitalized information enables …
While cybersecurity remains high on the agenda and is a spending priority for both airport and airline CIOs, faster progress towards implementation of concrete cyber prevention and management initiatives remains a challenge. This is according to the 2018 Air Transport Cybersecurity Insights, new research released by global IT provider SITA. The report shows that 89% of airline CIOs plan a …
Airports Company of South Africa and Wits University’s Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct, earlier this year launched a search for disruptive and innovative developers to come up with a suitable Single Sign On (SSO) access management system. The exercise has come to its conclusion and the two finalists were locked down to a hackathon set out to find a unique and …
Airbus Southern Africa has won the prestigious 2018 South African Civil Aviation Award for the best Aircraft Maintenance Organisation, in recognition of its transformation programme’s contribution to helicopter safety while at the same time, improving efficiency. Airbus Southern Africa, based at Grand Central Airport near Johannesburg, supports more than 350 light and medium Airbus helicopters in Southern and Eastern Africa. …
Caption: L-R: Mrs. Boma Ukwunna, ED, Cargo Services and Operations, SAHCO; Mr. Olaniyi Adigun, ED, Sales and Marketing SAHCO; Mr. Basil Agboarumi, MD/CEO, SAHCO; Capt. Roy Ilegbodu, MD, Arik Air; Mr. Ayodeji Ilesanmi, CFO, Arik Air; Mr. Murat Ozkan,VP, Operations & Customer Services, Arik Air. Skyway Aviation Handling Company Public Liability Company (SAHCO) has renewed its ground handling contract with Nigeria’s Arik …
Ethiopia has launched visa on arrival service for all African travelers effective November 1, 2018. The service was launched at a colorful ceremony held at the headquarters of the African Union Commission in the presence of the African Union Commission Chairperson, Ethiopian high government officials, African Ambassadors residing in Addis Ababa, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines Group, invited guests and media. …
Innovation was the core focus at Air Traffic Navigation Service (ATNS) AVI Awards Ceremony, where leaders in the aviation industry gathered at the Council for Science and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria, South Africa of recent. The AVI Awards has grown from strength to strength over the past four years, and this was clearly evident in the calibre of entries …
Maureva, a Mauritius-based specialist software development and service provision company in the air transport sector, continues its global expansion, driven by its business success. The company has announced the establishment of a representative office in Seoul effective February 2019, chaired by the company’s Head of Business Support, Jennifer Tsang, whose mission will be to assist customers in the region of …
The Lagos State government has disclosed that it will unveil the Lagos Tourism Master Plan, which is in alignment with the vision of the State to develop its tourism and economy. Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos State Governor, who was represented by Mr Steve Ayorinde, Commissioner for Tourism, Arts & Culture, Lagos State, made this disclosure at the recently held 14th …
