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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 a SW Radio Africa report.
Sun, Feb 28, 2010
SA EXPRESS CEO and airline veteran Siza Mzimela was yesterday named the new CEO of South African Airways (SAA), filling a seat vacant since Khaya Ngqula left in March.
Sun, Jan 24, 2010
Geneva - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) hosted an historic aviation security summit with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). IATA Director General and CEO Giovanni Bisignani and DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano spearheaded a new era of industry/government cooperation to improve aviation security around the world.
Sun, Jan 24, 2010
Ryanair has announced that from midnight Monday 18 January it will release one million £10 seats for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in February and March.
Sun, Jan 24, 2010
A relief aircraft donated by British Airways has delivered emergency supplies and equipment to earthquake stricken Haiti.
Sun, Jan 24, 2010
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano has met her European counterparts in Spain in a bid to bolster international aviation security measures and standards.
Sun, Jan 24, 2010
The FINANCIAL -- An Emirates' A380 has become the 6000th Airbus aircraft to roll off the production line in Hamburg, as the airline continues to weather the financial storm and thrusts ahead with its ambitious expansion plans.
Fri, Jan 22, 2010
Even as experts see hope in Yamoussoukro accord implementation writes Sade Ayodele
Sun, Feb 14, 2010
WESTBURY, N.Y. – Staffing of fully trained and certified air traffic controllers at the FAA radar facility that handles the climb and approach phases of flight in the busy New York airspace, including all flights into and out of Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark airports, has reached a critically low level after dropping 25 percent in the last six years.
Sun, Feb 14, 2010
The leader of a U.N. program to protect endangered species charged that Zimbabwean security forces are spearheading poaching of elephants and rhinos in the troubled country
Sun, Feb 28, 2010
Addis Ababa - Ethiopian Airlines chief Girma Wake on Wednesday accused Lebanese authorities of making "misleading" comments about the cause of a crash that killed 90 people off Beirut last month.
Sun, Feb 28, 2010
East African Community (EAC) civil aviation authorities are to jointly tackle air safety and security issues in the sector in order to make air transport services in the region efficient, reliable and profitable.
Fri, Jan 22, 2010
The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr. Harold Demuren, has decried the slow pace of the implementation of projects that benefit agencies in the aviation sector, just as he stated that it easier to attain the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Category 1 Status of the U.S. than sustaining it.
Fri, Jan 22, 2010
WASHINGTON, (UPI) -- Boeing, which has experimented successfully with renewable aviation fuel, is taking a key part in a new search project bankrolled by the United Arab Emirates to find a sustainable and commercially viable aviation fuel made from seawater plant extracts.
Sun, Jan 31, 2010
JSE-listed aviation company Comair, which operates the kulula.com and British Airways airlines in the Southern African region, has denied that there has been any collusion between local airlines around pricing for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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?
Sun, Feb 28, 2010
The economic downturn has done little to dent the joint achievements of Libya’s national airlines which have both expanded their fleets and added to their routes in a bid to accommodate a rising influx of visitors, according to the Chairman and Managing Director of Libyan African Aviation Holding Company (LAAHCO), Sabri Saad Shadi.
Sun, Feb 14, 2010
The cash-strapped Rwandan government has splurged millions of rands on two ultra-luxury passenger jets to fly its president and VIPs around the world - and tried to hide ownership of the jets behind a South African-based company writes The Sunday times of South Africa.
Sun, Jan 31, 2010
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) CEO and Commissioner Captain Colin Jordaan has defended the body’s reputation, assuring the public that the CAA continues to ensure the safe operation of airlines.
Sun, Jan 31, 2010
South African airline passengers will soon be able to connect to the internet and also make phone calls over the internet while on the plane for as little at 90 cents per megabyte, according to WirelessG, a wireless internet provider.
Tue, Jan 26, 2010
Lebanese minister says plane that went down in storm, killing 90, suddenly turned in opposite direction from suggested path
Sun, Jan 24, 2010
Ethiopian Airlines and Turkish Airlines have signed a code share agreement for flights between Istanbul and Addis Ababa operated by Turkish. The agreement took effect on January 15.
Sun, Jan 24, 2010
Air Mauritius has announced its third weekly flight to Hong Kong as from 12th February 2010.
Sun, Feb 28, 2010
BULAWAYO – Struggling state-owned airline Air Zimbabwe is to retrench a further 468 workers this year in an effort to recover from its current financial crisis reports the Zimbabwe Times.
Sun, Jan 31, 2010
KENYA Airways has signed a commercial partnership agreement with Zambezi Airlines which will see the latter introduce thrice weekly flights between Lusaka and Nairobi.
Fri, Jan 22, 2010
Ethiopian Airlines CEO Girma Wake yesterday announced that the carrier placed orders for 10 737-800s this month while achieving a long-sought objective to create a West African hub with the launch of ASKY Airlines, a Lome-based carrier operating a pair of 737s leased from ET.
Fri, Jan 22, 2010
The SA Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) says South African Airlink's BAE Systems Jetstream 41 (J41) fleet is fit to fly.
Fri, Jan 22, 2010
Sub-Saharan Africans will soon be able to connect to the Internet during domestic and long-haul flights.
Sun, Feb 14, 2010
The owners of OR Tambo International Airport are investigating the theft of a woman's bag as she checked in, and a later theft from her bank account using her stolen bank cards, a company spokesman said yesterday.
Sun, Feb 14, 2010
A secret airstrip is being built in the Chiadzwa diamond fields in Marange, Zimbabwe, which observers believe will be used to deliver weapons in exchange for diamonds mined at the controversial fields, Britain’s Telegraph newspaper reported. (Picture courtesy of the Daily Telegraph)
Fri, Jan 22, 2010
The Ugandan Civil Aviation Authority, which also managed the Entebbe International Airport, has recently followed the trend of other airports in Europe and the US and added a strengthened security mechanism aimed to prevent incidents similar to the ones over Christmas, when an alleged terrorist flew from Ghana via Lagos and Amsterdam into the United States and attempted to blow up the flight over Detroit
Fri, Jan 22, 2010
An information technology systems failure at OR Tambo International Airport yesterday kept some passengers waiting to fly on South African Airways and its rival, British Airways (BA), in queues for up to 45 minutes longer than usual.
Sun, Jan 24, 2010
ALGIERS - The U.S. list of risk countries including Algeria is expected to undergo "some changes", said Sunday in Algiers the deputy assistant secretary in charge of American affairs in the Middle East at the State Department, Janet Sanderson.
Fri, Jan 22, 2010
ABUJA — Nigeria plans to deploy air marshals on all flights to the United States after the foiled attack on a US jetliner by a Nigerian man, the aviation minister said.
Fri, Jan 22, 2010
It was two years back when an official working in U.S. Department of Homeland Security reported about the fleet of rogue aircrafts flying over the Atlantic. The aircrafts were suspected to be used for criminal and terrorist activities.
Fri, Jan 22, 2010
Using tried and true methods of investigation, the US Drug Enforcement Administration has uncovered the first indications of a significant drug-terror nexus between Latin America and West Africa, Samuel Logan writes for ISN Security Watch. By Samuel Logan for ISN Security Watch
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.
Sun, Feb 14, 2010
Hong Kong Airlines has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airbus for six A330-200 aircraft. The latest commitment will increase the number of A330s ordered by the airline to 23. Hong Kong Airlines intends to use the A330-200s to develop new services to destinations across the Asia-Pacific region, as well as to the Middle East and Europe.
Fri, Jan 22, 2010
CHICAGO - Global airline capacity for December 2009 showed positive growth compared to December 2008, reports OAG in its monthly report on trends in the supply of airline flights and seats.
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