Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Africa”
By Dennis Eickmeyer Over the past decades the aviation industry has set one record after the other: traffic figures, ultra long-haul flights, passenger figures and cargo transported. Even though consolidations and airline bankruptcies are happening in certain markets, the overall trend is expected to remain at a stable level during the next couple of years and the question of MRO …
National Aviation Services (NAS), a growing aviation services provider in the emerging markets, will offer comprehensive ground handling and cargo services in Mozambique beginning July 2019. This covers ramp, passenger and engineering services and include check-in, boarding, ramp handling, maintenance, cleaning as well as import and export cargo handling and storage, for scheduled as well as adhoc airlines at all …
By Lars Magnusson & Thomas Gaal In 2017 in an earlier ASCM blog, we introduced the topic “The Internet of Supply Chains (IoSC), a Model in the Cloud” in an earlier blog. Digital readiness as a supply chain network participant, be it shipper, consignee, trucker, airport or handling agent doesn’t have a clear definition or destination any more than trying …
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 …
Caption: Khalfan Al Salami, Manager, Sudan at Emirates Emirates has announced a number of appointments to its commercial operations team in Africa as well as the Middle East, others, further demonstrating the airline’s commitment to strengthening its long-term commercial strategy and offer across these regions. All of the appointments bring Emirati talent into key leadership positions, either being promoted from …
Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services has taken delivery of its 8th B777 freighter aircraft in its cargo fleet family at its home base Bole International Airport. Maintaining its trajectory of rapid growth and expansion in the global cargo industry, Africa’s Largest Cargo Service provider and largest Global Cargo Network, Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services, play a critical role in providing …
Upgrades Its ATR Fleet With Two Brand-New ATR 72-600s Air Botswana, the Botswana national flag carrier, took delivery of its first ATR 72-600 recently. The aircraft, delivered in Toulouse, is the first of a contract signed in July for two ATR 72-600s. The second is planned for delivery before the end of the year. The ATR 72-600s will upgrade Air …
Airbus has released The Great Enabler: Aerospace in Africa – a White Paper on the role of aerospace technologies and their impact on socio-economic development in Africa. The extensive report looks at how different segments of the industry can address a core set of challenges on the continent by: increasing access to healthcare; enhancing food security by making African agriculture …
By Ben Stanley How should an ANSP be structured to best meet its strategic objectives? This is a difficult question to address, sometimes involving complex change across an organisation. But it becomes impossible if the objectives or organisational goals are also changing or not well understood. These evolving objectives could be due to political and regulatory factors, changing demand (traffic), …
A growing number of Africa’s women aviation professionals could play more impactful roles in encouraging more African women not just to go into aviation but rise to the top. Ms. Adefunke Adeyemi, Regional Director for Advocacy and Strategic Relations of IATA for Africa, is focused on bringing value and international standards to the industry within the region. She is a …
