African Airlines Traffic Decrease By 59%- AFRAA

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The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) said African airlines’ traffic decreased by 59% in the month of June compared to same month in 2019.   AFRAA said the alarming spread of the Delta variant, the havoc caused by the COVID-19 pandemic particularly on the aviation industry globally is far from over. Despite the seeming reduction in the number of new cases …

Asky Reviews Its Flight Schedule Starting 05th July, 2021

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Asky has announced that its flight schedule will be reviewed starting July 5, 2021.   “We have adjusted our flight Schedule effective July 5th, 2021. This is meant to improve on connectivity, add more frequencies to some markets and create new routes that brings each market closer to improve on flight time as we gradually resume operations post-COVID,” the airline …

African Tourism Board Leaders Mourn The Passing Of President Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s Founding President

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Alain St. Ange, President of the African Tourism Board, and Cuthbert Ncube, Chairman of the Organisation have expressed sadness over the passing of President Kenneth Kaunda, the Founding President of Zambia.   Alain St. Ange was joined by Cuthbert Ncube to express the African Tourism Board’s sympathy to the Government and People of Zambia and to the Kaunda family on …

Ethiopian Airlines Group Management Staff Graduate in MBA From UK’s Open University

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Ethiopian Aviation Academy, the largest Aviation Academy in Africa, in collaboration with Open University of UK has graduated fifteen management staff in Master of Business Administration /MBA/ on Saturday, June 12, 2021. The graduates are higher management staff of the airline who have been attending the MBA program in the UK’s Open University.   Ethiopian Group CEO, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, …

Increased Share Capital Will Enhance Capacity, Capabilities For Nigeria’s Aviation Insurance – Olatunde-Agbeja

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  Chief Babajide Olatunde-Agbeja is the Chairman of Boff & Company Insurance Brokers Limited based in Ibadan, Western Nigeria. He analyses issues on aviation insurance and finance in Nigeria as the country’s aviation industry is now struggling for recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, in this exclusive interview with Aviation & Allied Business Journal.   Q: The aviation …

Rolls-Royce Pearl Family Continues To Grow

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Rolls-Royce has officially unveiled the Pearl® 10X, the third and most powerful member of its market-leading Pearl engine family for the business aviation market. The engine has been optimized to exclusively power Dassault’s brand-new flagship aircraft, the Falcon 10X, which was revealed during a digital ceremony at Le Bourget airport in Paris today.   With more than 3,600 business jets …

United Nigeria Airlines Unveils Plans To Build MRO In Enugu, Expand Operations

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United Nigeria Airlines said it has completed plans to build Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Enugu.   Chief Obiora Okonkwo, Chairman /CEO United Nigeria disclosed this at a press briefing with members of the League of Airports and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC), stressing that the MRO facility is aimed at serving the airline and others both domestically and in …

Powering African Airlines Into Recovery Through Innovative Maintenance

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The corona virus has decimated the aviation and travel industry. What does this mean for maintenance, repair and overhaul? Andreas Kalina, VP Marketing and Sales Europe, Africa, CIS and Baltics at MTU Maintenance, explains.   As a result of this unprecedented crisis, airlines are extremely focused on cash management to ensure their survival. Fleet planning is highly dynamic and we …

Rolls-Royce’s Aerospace Innovation Creates Endless Possibilities – By Roland Ohaeri

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Rolls-Royce has demonstrated innovative leadership in the industry’s quest to maintain a sustainable global economic development. John Kelly, Senior Vice President Customers Africa and Middle -East of Rolls-Royce, in this exclusive interview with Aviation & Allied Business Journal explains Rolls-Royce remarkable efforts to deliver efficiencies in current and future aviation industry, plus focus on Chinese aircraft. Q: What has been …

E-mobility on the rise at Munich Airport

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Munich Airport said the fleet of de-icing vehicles at Munich Airport has now received particularly powerful and environmentally friendly support.   The all-electric “Elephant e-BETA” from the Danish manufacturer Vestergaard has been in use at EFM, the company for de-icing and aircraft towing at Munich Airport.   According to the manufacturer, the “Elephant e-BETA is the first electric de-icing vehicle. …