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By Oscar Obierefu The African Cockpit Is Going Digital Walk into any flight school briefing room in Lagos, Pretoria, Nairobi or Accra today and you will still see whiteboards, paper charts and POH binders. But look at the students’ hands and you see the real revolution: smartphones, tablets, YouTube playlists, CBT apps and WhatsApp study groups. Across Africa, mobile internet …
The global flight training market in 2025 was largely defined by contrasts. Initial pilot (ab initio) and MPL (Multi-crew Pilot License) training expanded as airlines invested in future pilot pipelines. Type rating activity, on the other hand, faced headwinds from aircraft delivery delays and market adjustments. For training organizations, 2025 required balancing immediate constraints with long-term positioning. The year showed that airlines were no longer simply reacting to staffing gaps but building structured …
By Dina Abd Elghany On the night of 1 July 2002, at 23:35:32 CEST, a tragic mid-air collision occurred over the city of Überlingen in southern Germany between two aircraft: Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 (a Tupolev Tu-154M operated by a regional Russian airline based in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia) and a DHL International Aviation flight (Flight 611), a Boeing …
By Daniel Obaba Daniel Obaba is a Canada-based Nigerian high school student living in Canada. Now in his finals, he hopes to study Aerospace Engineering in the university. Over the past few years, Daniel has built a strong passion for aviation, engineering, and research, while also growing as a student-leader and athlete. Air transportation is a major source of transportation …
TAAG recognises and values the strategic contribution of Human Capital to the airline growth, development and sustainability, as well as collaboratively reinforcing team spirit and a sense of belonging among employees, promoting a People-centred organisational culture. Attracting, educating, and retaining the next generation of aviation professionals is a high priority for TAAG and a key indicator for the current strategic …
By Andy Smith Global travel is booming again while at the same time border threats are increasing. This dual problem is putting government border agencies under tremendous pressure: they need to maintain national security while providing smooth and efficient travel flows. Yet outdated manual and analogue systems cannot keep up. This is where modern border tech comes in. Today’s …
By Seton Serge Hodonou How can Africa ensure that aviation training becomes a catalyst – not a constraint – for sustainable air transport development? Air Traffic Control Officers, safety inspectors, engineers, pilots, and airport operators all rely on one critical enabler: quality aviation training. And yet, across the African continent, training remains a structural weakness in the aviation system. …
By Monday Ukoha Regional Collaboration Is Driving Safety Improvements Aviation safety in Africa has continued to improve due in part and largely to many cooperative efforts at international and regional levels. In 2024, according to the International Air Transport Association, IATA, Africa has had no jet hull loss in the past seven years. In Abuja in July 2025, aviation experts …
By Dina Abd Elghany We have been told that the machine now thinks, feels, decides, and interacts; that the pulse of human insight and intuition can be reduced to code; that experience and a lifetime of learning and perseverance can be downloaded like an app or a program. And that the trust-offered to the heavens, the earth, and the mountains, …
By Seton Serge Hodonou Why is Africa facing an air traffic control officer shortage at the very moment it needs them most? Air Traffic Control Officers (ATCOs) are the unseen guardians of our skies – orchestrating safe, efficient, and orderly traffic flow across airspaces. Across Africa, however, this critical function is under increasing strain due to a growing shortage of …
