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ATR continues to strengthen flight safety awareness with the reference safety organisation in Africa. ATR signed a partnership agreement with AviAssist, the independent non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting African aviation safety. Through this partnership, ATR continues to strengthen flight safety awareness and accident prevention actions. Commenting on the signature of this partnership agreement, Tom Kok, Director of AviAssist declared: “We …
South African Airways (SAA) has enhanced connectivity for its customers travelling to, from and beyond the West Africa region following the successful completion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Africa World Airlines (AWA), the airline’s Ghanaian partners. The CEOs of SAA and AWA, Mr. Vuyani Jarana and Mr. John Quan, respectively, officially signed the MOU at the Ghana Ministry …
Air Arabia Egypt has started its new direct flights connecting Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt to Amman, the capital city of Jordan. The one-hour flight operates twice a week. Also, Air Arabia Egypt has launched a two-times weekly direct flight from Sohag in Egypt to Saudi Arabia’s capital city, Riyadh. Adel Al Ali, Group Chief Executive Officer, Air Arabia, says: “This …
Photo Caption: Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, Ethiopian GCEO (second from right) receiving the award, recently Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services has been crowned with ‘African Cargo Airline of the Year’ and ‘Air Cargo Brand of the Year in Africa’ Awards for the fourth year in a row at the STAT Times International Awards for Excellence in Air Cargo held from February 19 to …
Air Seychelles has announced that it will operate seasonal flights between Seychelles and the capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo as from July until October 2019. The twice weekly service will be operated by the airline’s Airbus A320 aircraft on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Charles Johnson, Chief Commercial Officer of Air Seychelles says: “We have reviewed the market and have identified that during …
The Airbus Foundation, together with its partners – The Little Engineer and Dare to Dream – has launched the Airbus Little Engineer robotics programme in Botswana. The goal of the initiative is to encourage learners to understand and embrace technology, and ignite passion that could grow into an exciting career in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). …
Overland Airways, one of Nigeria’s leading scheduled and charter airlines, calls on governments across Africa to provide sustainable business operating environment for African airlines to flourish. Mrs. Aanu Benson, Chief Operating Officer, Overland Airways, says that as the operationalization of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) gradually takes off, it behooves on governments of African States to ensure the …
Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it has finalized all preparations to once again celebrate International Women’s Day by operating an all-women flight this time on Addis Ababa – Stockholm – Oslo route on March 08, 2019. In the past, Ethiopian Airlines has operated four flights exclusively operated by female aviation professionals to Bankok, Kigali, Lagos, and Buenos Aires. The all-women …
Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Bayelsa State Government to be the official ground handling provider in the Bayelsa International Airport. SAHCO was chosen to be the only aviation Ground Handling company to cater for passenger handling services, ramp handling, cargo and warehousing amongst other aviation Ground Handling activities in the …
Global measures to address aviation’s environmental impact were agreed at a meeting of the two hundred and fifty experts of ICAO’s Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP), which concluded recently. Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, President of the Council of ICAO, recognized that “In the 35 years since the CAEP was established, the scope of work and the technical areas which …
