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Awareness The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) says it is partnering with Mthatha Airport, in the Eastern Cape, in rolling out the Security Culture Campaign in support of the 2021 “Year of Security Culture” initiative. According to SACAA, the aim of the campaign is to raise awareness and promote a security culture amongst the airport security community, passengers …
By Sergei V. Bendin New heavy-duty airship projects are being actively developed in Russia and worldwide. Such innovative airships in the foreseeable future will appear in the sky to surprise mankind by their ability to transport tens and hundreds of tons of payload, and fly in winds of up to 35 m/s, and at the speed of 100-250 km/h …
African airlines need to overcome daunting challenge and hopefully double or triple their share of global traffic presently stuck at about 2%. Mr. Abderahmane Berthe, Secretary-General of AFRAA, explains how AFRAA can help change the lot of African airlines, in this exclusive interview with Aviation & Allied Business Journal. Q: What has been the key focus and achievements of …
By Hani El-Assad As we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and air transport operations start to normalize, regional airports in Africa are expected to begin recovering fast. According to SITA’s data, Africa continues its strong aviation recovery in the week start October 6, 2021, already reaching 64% of pre-pandemic flight activity. Forty-three percent of traffic carried by African airlines …
By Roland Ohaeri Alliance In The Offing The big question as to whether Africa could produce its own mega-carrier or an ‘African Airlines Alliance’, like the global alliances of SkyTeam, Oneworld and Star Alliance, appears to be getting a definite response as Kenya Airways signed a Strategic Partnership Framework with South African Airways late November 2021. The airlines describe …
By Matthias Kern and Arvind Chandrasekhar COVID-19 has clearly brought aviation to its knees; IATA estimates airlines will lose USD 47.7 billion in 2021. This is particularly true of Africa, which was already a challenging region pre-pandemic for airlines to achieve financial and operational efficiency. As airlines seek to navigate the crisis and establish a sound footing for …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the recovery in air travel continued in October 2021 with broad-based improvements in both domestic and international markets. It also warned that the imposition of travel bans by governments, against the advice of the World Health Organization (WHO), could threaten the sector’s recovery. Total demand for air travel in October 2021 (measured …
Overland Airways, one of Nigeria’s leading scheduled and charter airlines, will commence scheduled flights from Lagos to Warri, and from Abuja to Warri on November 15, 2021. The airline said its Lagos-Warri and Abuja-Warri flights will operate daily. The flights will depart Lagos to Warri at 12:20 pm, and depart Warri to Lagos at 5:20 pm. Overland Airways flights …
ABL Aviation has announced that it has established a joint venture with Ellington Management Group (“Ellington”), an alternative investment manager, to opportunistically deploy capital across the global aviation industry and provide exposure to directly sourced deals. According to ABL, the joint venture will target $800 million in aircraft assets and seek to generate attractive, uncorrelated returns to investors by …
SITA said it will make its Digital Travel Declaration solution – which allows passengers to share required travel and health documentation with governments ahead of travel – available to governments free of charge globally. According to SITA, this is aimed at addressing the global challenge of submitting and verifying health documentation which remains a major impediment to the recovery of …
