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By Tristan Brouard Africa’s aviation industry stands at a critical juncture. With a rapidly growing population, the continued liberalization of skies under initiatives like the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), and demand for improved regional connectivity, the continent holds immense promise. Yet, for most African airlines, the most fundamental question remains: how do we sustainably finance fleet growth? Traditional …
By Bakam Amin Baranzan Introduction Emerging as a transformative technology in Africa, drones offer cost-effective, efficient and seamless solutions for various industries. Be it delivering medical supplies to remote areas to surveying and mapping agricultural lands, the growing application of drone technology has been proven to be numerous and important. Integration of drones into the continent’s airspace provides both opportunities …
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By Monday Ukoha COVID 19 has changed the global air transport industry in many ways. Whereas the aviation industry is witnessing increased digitalistion across its length and breadth spurred by the recovery, staff shortages persist in several subsects of the industry and the Air Traffic Management sector has not been spared which has led to inefficiencies in air traffic management. …
Astral Aerial Solutions is a UAV technology company that provides drone solutions in various sectors and industries. In this exclusive interview with Aviation & Allied Business, Mr. Kush Gadhia, Chief Executive Officer, Astral Aeriel Solutions discussed drone technology, advantages, evolution, regulations, challenges and its uses in aviation and other sectors. Q: Your parent company Astral Aviation is engaged in …
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 …
Builds Global Partnerships, Capabilities For Future Sustainable Energy By Roland Ohaeri In an ambitious quest for clean and sustainable energy, Airbus says it is making progress in its research initiatives to explore the benefits of hydrogen, hybrid energy, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and energy from the moon to power sustainability in future aviation. Airbus’ current preoccupations in …
By Roland Ohaeri Unlocking Political Will Perhaps, the most outstanding outcome of the 7th AFI Week held in Abuja mid-May 2022 is the successful meeting of ICAO Secretary General, Juan Carlos Salazar, and high-level aviation leaders and regulators in Africa with President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, to emphasise on the need to provide political will to support aviation …
By Roland Ohaeri Alliance In The Offing The big question as to whether Africa could produce its own mega-carrier or an ‘African Airlines Alliance’, like the global alliances of SkyTeam, Oneworld and Star Alliance, appears to be getting a definite response as Kenya Airways signed a Strategic Partnership Framework with South African Airways late November 2021. The airlines describe …
Historically, the aviation industry in the ESAF Region was the envy of the world for almost 4 decades from the 1930s to1960s. The aviation growth and routes across the region from Ethiopia to East Africa, “Federation of Rhodesia” (now Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe), and South Africa became global templates. This story could also be told for the regional airline consolidation …
