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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that air travel resumed its strong recovery trend in April, despite the war in Ukraine and travel restrictions in China. This was driven primarily by international demand. IATA noted for its analysis, “We have returned to year-on-year traffic comparisons, instead of comparisons with the 2019 period, unless otherwise noted. Owing to the low …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released April 2022 data for global air cargo markets showing a drop in demand and contraction in capacity. The effects of Omicron in Asia and the Russia–Ukraine war continue to create a challenging operating backdrop that is driving the decline.” IATA explained about its analysis: “We returned to year-on-year traffic comparisons, instead of comparisons …
The Honourable Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Muhammed Musa Bello, on Tuesday, June 7, 2022 handed over the Certificate of Occupancy for 12,000 hectares of land in Abuja to his Aviation counterpart, Senator Hadi Sirika. The 12,000 hectares of land is for the actualisation of the aviation roadmap projects of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. According to the Director-Planning Research …
Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s leading airline, is set to start thrice weekly operations to Chennai, India as of 02 July 2022. Chennai will join the vast Ethiopian network as a fourth destination in India after New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. Besides the opening of a new route to Chennai, Ethiopian Airlines’ flight frequency to the cities of Mumbai and New Delhi will …
By Roland Ohaeri Astonishing First Kenya Airways’ Hazel Wachira, an Aeronautical Development Engineer and UAS (Drone) Instructor Operator, led a project that converted two Kenya Airways Dreamliner jets to cargo aircraft when COVID-19 pandemic grounded passenger planes, which was the first in the world. This feat,”completed in a record time of 3 months,”did not just contribute to address …
Heathrow has announced that those travelling through Heathrow will no longer be required to wear a face covering after the airport announced that it is moving away from a mandate from Wednesday 16 March. In recognition that the pandemic is not over, Heathrow strongly encourages those at the airport to continue wearing a face covering – particularly when coming into …
CIOs betting on technology to support industry recovery, according to new findings from SITA’s 2021 Air Transport IT Insights While IT budgets have stayed largely flat in 2021, airport and airline CIOs are betting on technology to support their recovery from COVID-19, with a significant increase in spending on digitalization and sustainability as key priorities by 2024. This is …
The Governing Council of ICAO has expressed its strong condemnation of the recent terrorist attacks which left three dead and others injured near Abu Dhabi international airport on Monday, 17 January 2022. The Council expressed its solidarity with the people and government of the United Arab Emirates, and conveyed its deepest sympathies and condolences to victims and their families, as …
Ms. Angeline Simana, Director of the Air Transport has been appointed Interim Secretary General of AFCAC as of 6th January 2022. The President of AFCAC, Mr. Silas Udahemuka, presided over the handing over ceremony between the outgoing SG Mr Tefera Mekonnen Tefera and Ms. Angeline Simana. Mr. Mekonnen served as AFCAC Secretary General after his election announced on December 3, …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) clarified that the aircraft cabin remains a very low risk environment for contracting COVID-19 even though Omicron appears to be more transmissible than other variants in all environments. According to IATA’s Medical Advisor Dr. David Powell, factors that contribute to the very low risks include aircraft design characteristics (direction of air flow, rate of …
