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By Boni Dibate, Director, CANSO-Africa The trend of aviation development globally, including air traffic management (ATM), makes it vital for partners to re-double efforts to improve ATM in Africa. In terms of aviation professionals, facilities and policies, Africa’s ATM thrust needs to be realigned to serve the region in line with available and emerging global standards. The Civil Air Navigation …
By Roland Ohaeri Lingering Challenge Africa’s major challenge over the years has been the paucity of funding and lack of conducive operating environment for aviation development, though other challenges persist. There are efforts to create a friendlier operating environment in Africa which appear to be slowly gaining traction currently. These steps mainly include the establishment of the Single African Air …
Several big and small African airlines have come and gone over the last five decades due to the challenging operating environment in Africa. But interestingly, Air Mauritius has continued to push forward in providing vital flight services connecting the Indian Ocean and mainland Africa, as well as other continents. Air Mauritius was created in 1967 with the primary aim “to …
By Kayode Oyero As a way of showing its support for increased women’s participation in aviation, Overland Airways, one of Nigeria’s leading scheduled and charter airlines, is hosting the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Women In Aviation Leadership Diploma (WALD) Programme. The programme, the first in West Africa, is designed and organised by IATA Training in partnership with IATA member …
By Babajide Olatunde-Agbeja Aviation Insurance is one of the fastest growing sectors in the Insurance market in Africa. Many new airlines join annually but unfortunately, others also exit because of the very high cost of running an airline aircraft. Many operators jump in without adequate or thorough financial study and within a few months of operation, the high cost associated …
Photo caption: L-R: Mr. Mobolaji Durojaiye, Business Manager, Landover Aviation Business School (LABS); Mrs. Aduke Atiba, Executive Director, Landover Company Limited; Miss Deborah Oni, 2019 IATA Best Performer in Nigeria and graduate of LABS; Mrs. Aderonke Emmanuel-James, Manager, Corporate Services, Landover Company Limited; and Mr. Tunde Adeniyi, Business Manager, Operations, Landover Company Limited, at the presentation ceremony of the 2019 …
By Roland Ohaeri Sustained Optimism The aircraft market in Africa may be growing slowly in line with the slow growth of airlines on the continent. But the potential for more aircraft to be demanded in Africa as the economy and the air transport industry emerge, for aircraft sellers, is worth waiting and positioning for. Air traffic growth and demand for …
By Dennis Eickmeyer Over the past decades the aviation industry has set one record after the other: traffic figures, ultra long-haul flights, passenger figures and cargo transported. Even though consolidations and airline bankruptcies are happening in certain markets, the overall trend is expected to remain at a stable level during the next couple of years and the question of MRO …
Photo Caption: Mr. Danie du Toit, Group Chief Executive Officer, Denel Story by Roland Ohaeri One of the most exciting potentials in Africa’s aviation industry is the capability to manufacture commercial aircraft to operate among African airlines and connect scores of Africa’s existing and emerging city-pairs, while also serving in other regions around the globe. Currently, the continent manufactures aircraft …
By Lars Magnusson & Thomas Gaal In 2017 in an earlier ASCM blog, we introduced the topic “The Internet of Supply Chains (IoSC), a Model in the Cloud” in an earlier blog. Digital readiness as a supply chain network participant, be it shipper, consignee, trucker, airport or handling agent doesn’t have a clear definition or destination any more than trying …
