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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 …
Overland Airways, one of Nigeria’s leading scheduled and charter airlines, recently commenced its Lagos-Cotonou-Lome flight services August 2018. The airline also inaugurated its Lagos-Cotonou-Niamey flight services October 3, 2018. Overland Airways has been operating scheduled domestic flight services within Nigeria over the past 16 years. With these new Regional flights, Overland Airways now pushes further intra-African connectivity. The airlines’ new …
The sustainability of international civil aviation is a key priority for ICAO and its States today, and governments worldwide greatly appreciate how aviation’s ability to connect us all has never been more important to our planet’s shared prosperity. So began ICAO Council President Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu as he presented the views of ICAO and its Member States to the …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) joined air transport businesses and associations to reaffirm its commitment to a sustainable future as the aviation industry marked ten years since agreeing an ambitious joint strategy for reducing carbon emissions. “Ten years ago, the entire aviation sector committed to a joint strategy for carbon-neutral growth and to work towards a carbon-free future. That …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Karen Clayton will join IATA as the Association’s Corporate Secretary effective April 2019. Clayton comes to IATA from Air New Zealand where she has held the role of General Counsel and Company Secretary since 2016. As Corporate Secretary, Clayton will ensure the integrity of IATA’s governance framework, including management of the Association’s …
Business aviation bodies including the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) and the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) have applauded the new ‘ACT CORSIA’ capacity-building initiative adopted recently by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council. Scheduled for implementation in January 2019, the Carbon Offsetting Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), a series of technical rules for the measurement and reporting …
Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) SOC Limited’s Board of Directors, under the Chairmanship of Mr. Simphiwe Thobela, has appointed Mr. Thomas Kgokolo, as interim ATNS CEO. According to the Board Chairman, Kgokolo’s exceptional qualities made him a perfect choice to lead ATNS. “The first is his concern for safety and his vision on how it may be addressed within …
