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By Roland Ohaeri The Decisive Step The Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) was launched in January 2018 by African Union (AU) leaders to liberalize air services for operators within the continent, and thence redefine Africa’s approach to aviation and air transport development in Africa. To many, so far, the march towards liberalization of air transport in Africa has made …
Ethiopian Airlines has announced the resumption of its flight to Mogadishu, Somalia, effective 2 November 2018. Regarding the resumption of the Mogadishu flights, Mr. Tewolde Gebremariam, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, says: “It gives us a great pleasure to resume flights to Mogadishu, the capital Somalia after stopping the service over four decades ago. I wish to express my gratitude …
Airports Council International (ACI) World Director General, Angela Gittens calls on aviation regulators and airports in Africa to realistically assess challenges together and implement aviation-related safety and security actions and initiatives. This, she said, during a keynote address delivered at the opening of the 27th ACI Africa Annual General Assembly, Regional Conference and Exhibition in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Aviation continues …
The Management and Staff of Overland Airways have express their deep appreciation to industry stakeholders, customers, families, friends and the general public, who have expressed deep concern and support over the fire incident that occurred in its premises recently. The airline says: “We were inundated with your phone calls, text messages and media chats, all too numerous to respond to …
Airline industry leaders and government officials participating in the Airlines Association of Southern Africa’s (AASA) 48th Annual General Assembly in Livingstone, Zambia, want governments in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region to help in addressing an array of pressures threatening the competitiveness and sustainability of carriers in the region. At a time when global, regional and local political uncertainty, market …
International experts representing a wide range of disciplines have converged at the UN aviation agency, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montréal for the ten-day long 13th Air Navigation Conference which runs from 9-19 October 2018. The landmark global event is seen as pivotal to how governments and industry will collaborate internationally to adjust to emerging aviation challenges and …
The 48th Annual General Assembly of the Airlines Association of Southern Africa will hold from 11th-14th October 2018 at the AVANI Victoria Falls Resort in Livingstone, Zambia. South African Airways (SAA) is host of this year’s Assembly themed, ‘Enabling African Airline Service Excellence’. The Assembly is expected to attract around 300 delegates, comprising leading airline industry executives and government policy …
Ethiopian Airlines has won the Aviation 100 “Africa Lease Deal of the Year 2018” award by Airline Economics Magazine during the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dubai 2018 conference gala dinner. The Aviation 100 awards recognize aviation’s most outstanding performers, as well as the most innovative and successful finance and leasing deals closed in the last 12 months. Winners of the …
The African Union Ministers responsible for Tourism endorsed the crucial role of the Tourism sector in the attainment of the main goals of the AU Agenda 2063 of continental integration, prosperity and peace. The declaration of the Ministers is followed by the outcomes of a day-long experts’ First Ordinary Session of the Sub-Committee on Tourism of the Specialized Technical Committee …
South African Airways (SAA) has announced the appointment of Mr. Deon Fredericks from Telkom as SAA’s new Interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The appointment is effective from 15 October 2018 and he is on secondment from Telkom for a 12-month period. “We welcome the appointment of Mr. Fredericks to ensure that SAA’s strategic objective of transforming the business into a …
