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Ethiopian Airlines-DHL and African Electronic Trade Group have partnered to transport historical parcels in the African Continental Free Trade Area. The partnership is meant to invoke the start of trading of the African Continental Free Trade Area market and the operations of the African E-Commerce Platform in the continent. The first batch of the goods arrived at Addis Ababa …
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has stepped up measures to ensure the safety of travelling passengers and other airport users across the nation. From the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Port Harcourt International Airport, to Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport and others within its network, the Authority is not leaving any …
As the year 2020 winds down, the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), is hopeful for recovery improvement following “what has been the most challenging year in the history of tourism.” WTO Secretary General, Zurab Pololikashvili, said almost overnight, the pandemic brought global tourism to a complete standstill, and millions of people missed chances to explore different places and embrace different cultures …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Kamil H. Al-Awadhi will be appointed IATA’s Regional Vice President for Africa and Middle East (AME), effective 1 March 2021. Al-Awadhi succeeds Muhammad Albakri who will become IATA’s Senior Vice-President for Customer, Financial, and Digital Services (CFDS), also effective 1 March 2021. As previously announced, Albakri will replace Aleks Popovich in …
Uganda Airlines has taken delivery of its first A330neo, the latest version of the most popular widebody airliner. It is the first Airbus aircraft delivered to Uganda Airlines, which was established in 2019. The A330neo is a true new-generation aircraft, building on the features of the popular A330 and using technology developed for the A350. Powered by the latest …
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has notified air travelers and other airport users that its network of airports across the country are fully prepared for the usual surge in passenger traffic that is the norm during the season. In preparation for the season and beyond, FAAN said it has beefed up security at all its airports, especially …
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said it has made further progress on its global aviation pandemic response initiatives this week, as civil aviation regulatory heads from around the world took part in the latest round of recovery coordination meetings hosted virtually by the agency’s Regional Offices. Speaking separately to all ICAO regions starting from 7 December until 18 …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) unveiled key design elements of the IATA Travel Pass. IATA Travel Pass is a mobile app to help travelers easily and securely manage their travel in line with any government requirements for COVID-19 testing or vaccine information. “Testing is the immediate solution to safely re-open borders and re-connect people. And eventually this is likely …
testFRWD (“tFRWD”), the startup providing the first do-it-yourself, mouthwash-based, COVID-19 testing solution, has partnered with the leading aviation-strategy firm, SimpliFlying to distribute tFRWD’s 99-percent accurate solution to the travel industry for passengers to properly self-test before departing on their travels. The solution will be distributed through SimpliFlying’s SimpliTested initiative, a program designed to rebuild air travel responsibly, and via tFRWD’s other partnerships. COVID-19 has …
The Yamoussoukro Decision (YD), Africa’s main hope for speedy aviation development and sustainability of increased contributions of the aviation industry to Africa’s economic development, was further repositioned for successful implementation last year with the designation of November 13 every year as the official YD Anniversary Day celebration. The second edition of the YD-Day celebration held 13 November 2020, jointly …
