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The quest for increased women participation in aviation is not just for gender equality, but more to bolster aviation professionals critical for industry sustainability. Queen Ndlovu, CEO, QP Drone Tech, and MD, South Africa Flying Labs, here gives deeper insights and exciting success story in this regard. Q: How would you describe the level of women in leadership position …
As the ICAO 41st Triennial Assembly holding from September 27 to October 7 draws closer, Africa needs to take a common position on issues of concern to the region. Mr. Levers Mabaso, Representative of South Africa on the Council of ICAO, Coordinator of the AFI Group explains further, in this exclusive interview with Aviation & Allied Business Journal. Q: …
Mr. Rodger Foster, Airlink CEO In this exclusive interview with Aviation & Allied Business Journal on the sidelines of IATA AGA in Doha, reviews the challenges facing African Airlines Q: You are here at the 78 IATA AGM, what’s your impression of the recovery in the industry, especially for the African airlines and for Airlink? A: This is a …
Murat Destek, General Manager Summa Airport, Niger in this exclusive interview with Aviation & Allied Business Journal highlights the intricacies in private airports investments and developments in Africa. Q: Summa Airports is providing airports facilities in Africa, how would you describe the agreements for your airport projects in Dakar and Niamey, respectively, and how have these worked so far? …
Mr. Estanislao Esono Anguesomo is the Permanent Representative of Equatorial Guinea on the ICAO Council. Interestingly, he is the Chairman of the ICAO Council’s Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART) spearheading recovery strategies for the global aviation industry. In this exclusive interview with Aviation & Allied Business Journal, he discusses Africa’s participation and achievements in key areas including recovery efforts, environment, …
As aviation recovery builds up following the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, African DGCAs and their regional and global partners are regrouping to strive for aviation oversight system development in Africa. The 7th Africa and Indian Ocean (AFI) Week in Abuja, Nigeria, outlined these tremendous efforts to strengthen safety, security, training and ecological responsiveness. And Mr. Juan Carlos Salazar, ICAO …
The air cargo sector bucks the trend as COVID-19-related uncertainty creates apprehension in the aviation industry. Yet Africa remains at the dismal 2% of global air cargo figures. Glyn Hughes, Director General of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), explains how Africa can achieve substantial and sustainable air cargo increase, in this fresh exclusive interview with Aviation & Allied Business …
As Africa looks to increased recovery from the pandemic, Mr. Randy Heisey, Managing Director, Africa and Middle East, Boeing,assures of Boeing’s readiness to strengthen partnership with airlines in Africa. He says Boeing sees long-term commercial airplane fleet growing to 1,560in Africa by 2040, and Boeing has adopted flexible strategy to increase support to Africa, as he also makes heartwarming revelations …
John Kelly is Rolls-Royce Senior Vice-President Civil Aerospace for Africa, Middle East & Europe. He weighs the trend of recovery in the African market and the alluring opportunities as the continent strives towards sustainable aviation development, in this exclusive interview withAviation & Allied Business Journal. Q: As the year 2021 rounds off, how does the industry compare with the …
Mr. Andreas Christodoulides, CEO, Zela Aviation, sees new opportunities in the cargo market as well as the executive aircraft and helicopter market even as recovery is slow. He speaks of efficient solutions to meet the demand in the industry, in this exclusive interview with Aviation & Allied Business Journal. Q: The industry is on a recovery mode given the …
