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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 …
L-R: Mrs. Aduke Atiba, Executive Director, Landover Company Limited, presenting the 2018 IATA Best Performer in Nigeria Award to Ms. Adeola Alade, a graduate of Landover Aviation Business School (LABS), at the School in Lagos, recently Landover Aviation Business School (LABS), a leading aviation training school in West Africa, has produced the student with the best performance in Nigeria in …
By Frederic Lamarche Airports are often considered as a source of anxiousness or discomfort. To improve efficiency, eliminate traveller stress and significantly revamp the service offered, they need to review their understanding of customer experience concerns and to deliver new solutions. There is a myriad of factors affecting customer experience: multiple touch points, multiple controls, long queuing, uncomfortable crowding, misdirected …
By Roland Ohaeri Airports’ New Exciting Challenges The airports industry in Africa faces perhaps its most tasking but promising moment in history. African airports, alongside other aviation sectors are transiting into a liberalized air transport market, which will unleash a new level of competition and demand upgrade in overall airport service quality as passengers and users get more discerning. Unlike …
Ground handling in West Africa is essential to support expected increase in cargo traffic. Mr. Basil Agboarumi, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO), speaks of tremendous investments and the recent public offer issued by the company in the efforts to maintain excellent ground handling services. He emphasizes on the need for speed, safety and excellence …
“Africa has turned the page to the next chapter in aviation development,” says Mr. Ali Tounsi, Secretary General, of ACI-Africa, who, in this exclusive interview with Aviation & Allied Business outlines what African airports require to excel in a liberalized air transport market. Q: Would you say African airports are ready for the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) and …
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 …
