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"Sanctions are hell": Sudan Airways struggles to survive
Sat, Dec 17, 2011
When Sudan Airways General Manager al-Obeid Fadhl al-Moula starts listing the problems of the ailing state carrier, it takes him quite a time to finish.
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Boeing, SA school to train African pilots
Sat, Dec 17, 2011
US aerospace giant Boeing is partnering with South Africa's 43 Air School to offer a comprehensive pilot training programme as part of its efforts to expand its presence and improve aviation safety in Africa.
African Airlines top EU blacklist
Thu, Nov 03, 2011
Deemed to be unsafe, certain airlines are currently banned from landing in the EU due to being blacklisted by the European Aviation Safety Agency. This was done in response to a number of fatal airline crashes in Greece, Italy and Egypt, earning certain airlines the title of 'flying coffins.' The EU airline blacklist now contains more than 278 airlines writes Fabio Miceli.
Royal Air Maroc agrees staff cuts to shore up loss making airline
Thu, Aug 25, 2011
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) was said today to have reached agreements with the trades unions to shed more than 1,500 jobs from the government-owned Moroccan national carrier.
News : Air Traffic Control
Swazi controllers train at Global ATS
Sun, Aug 01, 2010
Four Delegates from Swaziland succesfully completed an approach surveillance course at ASTAC's Rudloe college at Shoreham airport on Friday.
Columns : Flight Safety
United Nations Experts Train Rwandan Air Operators
Sun, Nov 06, 2011
THE EXISTING UNPROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL IN THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITIES IS THE MAIN CAUSATIVE OF FATAL PLANE ACCIDENTS
News : Environment
First 100% Synthetic Fuel Passenger Jet Flight
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
South Africa-based Sasol recently provided the synthetic jet fuel for the first passenger aircraft flight fully fueled by a synthetic fuel; demonstrations of aviation synfuels have so far been using 50% blends with petroleum-based jet fuel.
Columns : Flight Safety : Air disasters
More Russian 'Flying coffins' could be heading for Africa
Thu, Nov 03, 2011
News from Russia that two major private airlines, Ural Airlines and Kuban Airlines, announced earlier that they would phase out their “ancient” Soviet built aircraft will send shivers down the spines of the African aviation scene observers. In the past Africa has been a dumping ground for the planes of Antonov and Ilyushin make, which were cheap to acquire but were fuel guzzlers of the highest order, difficult to maintain.
Columns : Tourism and Travel
Rainforest Cafe at Victoria Falls receives UNESCO stamp of approval
Sat, Jan 08, 2011
The United Nations Education and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) has endorsed the Rainforest Cafe that was constructed at the entrance of the Victoria Falls rainforest, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Dr. Sylvester Maunganidze, has said
South Africa Tourism Report Q4 2010 - New Market Report Published
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
Final official data for 2009 show a slowdown in growth in foreign tourist arrivals for the third consecutive year, with arrivals up by 3.6% year-on-year (y-o-y) - close to our estimate of 3.8%
News : Aviation Financial
Rwanda expects over 20 per cent growth in air transport volume
Sun, Nov 06, 2011
KIGALI (Xinhua) -- Passengers to and out of Rwanda using air transport are expected to increase by over 21.2 percent this year driven by security, peace and an attractive business environment, Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority (RCAA) Director General Dr. Richard Masozera told Xinhua in the Rwandan Capital Kigali on Wednesday.
Zimbabwean FM distances self from Airbus deal
Thu, Nov 03, 2011
Air Zimbabwe’s alleged deal to buy two Airbus 340-500 planes from France despite European Union (EU) targeted sanctions on President Robert Mugabe, his cronies and selected companies, plunged deeper into controversy this week when Finance minister Tendai Biti distanced himself from it.
Air cargo a vital link in South Africa
Thu, Nov 03, 2011
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has unveiled a new study highlighting the importance of the air cargo sector to the economy of South Africa writes Kizzi Nkwocha.
Sanctions-busting suspected in Zimbabwe airplane deal
Thu, Aug 25, 2011
Speculation is rife about the details of a multi million dollar deal for new airplanes for Air Zimbabwe, with suspicions being raised that the deal is a sanctions-busting measure involving ZANU PF allies according to reports from a UK based publication SW Radio Africa.
Improved Profitability but Margins Still Pathetic - Europe Continues to Lag
Sat, Jan 08, 2011
Geneva - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) revised its industry outlook for 2010 to a net profit of $15.1 billion (up from the $8.9 billion forecast in September).
Columns : Flight Safety : FLS Videos
VIDEO: SAA Air Crash
Sun, Apr 12, 2009
South African Airways Flight 295 was a Boeing 747-244B Combi called "The Helderberg" that crashed on November 28, 1987 killing all 159 passengers aboard. What really brought The Helderberg down?
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Stelios books ticket to Africa
Sat, Dec 17, 2011
“Running an airline is like having a baby: fun to conceive, but hell to deliver,” Delta Air Lines founder C E Woolman once said. Well,easyJetfounder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou clearly likes his fun because he’s at it again - in Africa this time writes LEE WILD
Ethiopian eyes 787 service to Hong Kong and new Asian services as Africa-Asia market booms
Sat, Dec 17, 2011
Ethiopian Airlines will further strengthen itself in the nascent but rapidly growing Africa-Asia market by using its new Boeing 787 Dreamliners to open new routes – potentially in China, Malaysia and Singapore – reduce costs and align its overall fleet strategy to better serve existing Asian destinations. The geography ofEthiopian's hub in Addis Ababa allows the carrier to offer as efficient or more efficient connections than those through Middle East hubs.
Lufthansa to Assist Nigeria Build Modern Airports, Says CEO
Sat, Dec 17, 2011
The Chief Executive Officer of Lufthansa German Airlines, Chistoph Franz, has said that the Europe’s major carrier would help Nigeria modernise its airport facilities if it was able to renew its deal with the Federal Government.
IATA: Global airline safety rates ‘best ever’
Sat, Dec 17, 2011
Global airline safety performance has improved in all regions this year, except Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, according to IATA.
Nigeria risks Europe, US cargo ban
Sat, Dec 17, 2011
Cargo from Nigeria to Europe and the United States will be banned if the West African country fails to meet the European Civil Aviation Commission (ECAC) deadline to switch from single to the dual view screening, ECAC has warned.
Columns : African Airlines
South African Airways returns to Kigali
Thu, Aug 25, 2011
(eTN) - It was learned overnight that South African Airways (SAA) intends to commence flights from Johannesburg to Bujumbura, Burundi, and on to Kigali, Rwanda, three times a week from sometime in October this year.
Aviation and air transport leaders set to meet in Tanzania next week
Thu, Aug 25, 2011
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (eTN) - Aviation and air transport executives from various parts of the world, mostly from the African continent, will be meeting in Tanzania for the seventeenth edition of the annual Aviation and Allied Business Leadership Conference to open on Monday next week.
Air Zimbabwe resumes flights
Wed, May 25, 2011
Air Zimbabwe has resumed domestic, regional and overseas flights after solving an impasse that saw Zambezi Airlines withdraw the aircraft it was leasing to the trouble carrier.
Wikileaks document suggests attempted corruption in aircraft deal
Sat, Jan 08, 2011
(eTN) - Air Tanzania has come under added scrutiny, when WikiLeaks documents emerged allegedly drawing on communications between the US Embassy in Dar es Salaam and the State Department.
Ethiopian Airlines Set to Join Star Alliance in a Year
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
Ethiopian Airlines will soon become a member of the alliance as its Chief Executive Board has unanimously approved Ethiopian Airlines' joining application.
Air Mauritius recognized as Indian Ocean's Leading Airline
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
Donald Payen & Carla da Silva of Air Mauritius pictured w/David de Montfalcon of World Travel Awards
Kenya Airways announces agreement with Galileo and Worldspan users
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
NAIROBI, Kenya - On September 14, 2010, national carrier Kenya Airways and Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, jointly announced a global, full content agreement for Galileo and Worldspan-connected users worldwide.
Regional air travel business weathers the storm in readiness for takeoff
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
Kenya’s Wilson Airport has of late been bustling with activity — a signal that regional air travel business is on a recovery path. writes WANGUI MAINA in the Business Daily
Africa's ageing fleet needs replacing
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
Aircraft maker Boeing said that growing passenger and freight traffic in Africa meant that the continents carriers would need to purchase at least 700 new aircraft over the next two decades just to cope.
Black pilot training fails to take off
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
National carrier South African Airways' (SAA's) failure to increase the number of pilots from previously disadvantaged communities over the past 16 years shows that the aviation industry is far from reaching its transformation deadline reports the Mail and Guardian.
Columns : African CAAs
Senegal closes airspace to Guinea in aviation spat
Thu, Nov 03, 2011
DAKAR — Senegal on Tuesday shut its airspace to all planes coming or going to Guinea after a Senegal Airlines flight was blocked in Conakry due to a spat over payments, the transport ministry said.
News : Airports
Lanseria International Airport :Expansion plans take flight after World Cup success
Sat, Jan 08, 2011
Lanseria International Airport has played a vital role in South Africa’s aviation industry and since its privatization it has become one of the busiest civil aviation airports in South Africa writes Abigail Phillips in the African Business review.
News : Military
South African President and VP to get new VIP jets
Sun, Nov 06, 2011
THE South African state is to spend R1.6-billion on two new long-range jets for President Jacob Zuma and Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe after technical problems on VIP flights put the lives of both men in danger.
US quietly assumes military posture in Africa
Thu, Nov 03, 2011
By the time U.S. military forces left Somalia in 1994 after entering the lawless nation more than a year earlier to stop a famine, 44 Army soldiers, Marines and airmen had been killed and dozens more wounded. Thus ended America's last large-scale military intervention in Africa.
Boeing Delivers 4 More Super Hornets to Australia Ahead of Schedule
Sat, Jan 08, 2011
AMBERLEY, Queensland, -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] delivered four new F/A-18F Super Hornets to Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Amberley in December, expanding the RAAF's fleet of the advanced multirole fighters to 15. The delivery enabled the RAAF's achievement of Initial Operating Capability (IOC) with its first Super Hornet squadron, the Amberley-based No. 1.
News : Security
UK flying ban for terror suspect
Sun, Nov 06, 2011
A suspected terrorist granted refugee status by Britain has been banned from flying back into the country over fears he could be plotting a terror attack, it has been revealed.
Consensus builds on total embargo on Somalia and no-fly zone
Thu, Nov 03, 2011
(eTN) - The news that two plane loads of weaponry and ammunition being offloaded yesterday at the airport of Baidoa in Al Shabab-controlled parts of Somalia has sent a further message to the powers involved in the fight against terrorism and militancy in this largely lawless nation at the Horn of Africa, that the time is now to act and to act decisively and without fear of the misguided opinions, loud as they may be, of the global cry baby groups who once again fail to understand that they and their values, too, are under attack, and they would not be spared by the militants.
UK raises terror alert for transport hubs
Sun, Jan 09, 2011
The U.K. has raised its terror alert level for transport hubs, with Scotland Yard saying “an attack is highly likely,” according to reports.
News : International Airlines News
Star Alliance Tests RFID Bag Tag
Fri, Apr 03, 2009
The FINANCIAL -- Star Alliance has just completed testing the feasibility of using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology for enhancing the baggage check-in process.
ATQ Names Emirates ‘Best Int’l Airline in Nigeria’
Thu, Nov 03, 2011
Emirates, one of the world's fastest growing airlines, has once again been recognised for its commitment to service excellence after winning two awards from ATQ magazine at the recent 2011 ‘Akwaaba’ African Travel Market Awards.
Boeing Hits 2010 Airplane Delivery Target; Achieves Strong Order Bookings
Sat, Jan 08, 2011
- Company delivers 462 airplanes - 530 net orders booked as global economy shows recovery
Air Traffic Dipped in November - IATA
Sat, Jan 08, 2011
Geneva - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced international scheduled traffic results for November showing 8.2% year-on-year passenger traffic growth and a 5.4% increase for freight. The passenger load factor for November averaged 75.6% while the freight load factor stood at 55.2% for the month.
Asiana Airlines places order for six A380s
Sat, Jan 08, 2011
Asiana Airlines of South Korea has become a new customer for the A380 following the signature of a firm order for six aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2014 and the airline plans to operate the aircraft with a premium layout on key routes to Europe and the US. The carrier will make an engine selection for its A380 fleet in the near future.
easyJet expands fleet with 15 additional Airbus A320 aircraft
Sat, Jan 08, 2011
European based easyJet has signed a contract to buy a further 15 A320 aircraft and to convert an existing order for 20 Airbus A319s into the larger A320 model. The agreement is part of an order book which now totals 242 Airbus A320 Family aircraft, making easyJet one of the world’s largest customers for this type.
