Sustainability, Innovation, and Emerging Markets on the Rise in 2024
The aviation and travel industry has undergone significant transformations in recent years, and 2024 is no exception. The ongoing recovery from the pandemic, coupled with...
Category : Aviation
Egypt Air Expands to West Africa
Egypt Air has officially launched new direct flights connecting Cairo to Accra, Ghana, and Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. This expansion into West Africa comes as part...
New Airline Launches and Routes Expansion Amidst Growing Demand
Africa’s aviation and travel sector continues to expand, responding to increasing demands for intra-African and international connectivity. Notably, several key airlines are taking bold steps...
Emirates Launches Inaugural Flight to Madagascar, Boosting Tourism and Economic Growth.
Emirates has expanded its global network with the addition of Madagascar as a new destination, marking a significant milestone for both the airline and the...
GainJet Opens Rwanda Line Station Facility
The Kigali line station will operate in cooperation with GainJet’s line maintenance HQ in Athens and will be staffed around the clock by aviation engineers,...
Tragic Plane Crash Claims Lives of Malawi’s Vice President and Nine Others
Malawi’s Vice President, Dr. Saulos Chilima, along with nine others, including his wife, tragically perished in a plane crash in the Chikangawa mountain range, the...
CargoFlash Infotech Partners with Uganda Airlines Cargo for Digital Transformation
CargoFlash Infotech has announced a transformative collaboration with Uganda Airlines Cargo. This strategic partnership will see the implementation of CargoFlash’s next-generation ‘nGen’ Integrated Cargo Management...
Kenya Airways Flight Suffers Bird Strike
On May 30, 2024, Kenya Airways Flight KQ670, a Boeing 737-800, encountered a bird strike while approaching Kisumu International Airport (KIS) in Kenya. The incident...
Ethiopian Airlines Advances Financial Growth with Boeing 777X Acquisition
In a strategic move to fortify its financial performance, Ethiopian Airlines has finalized plans to procure eight Boeing 777X aircraft, the latest fuel-efficient variant manufactured...
FAA issues Boeing with new Airworthiness Directive to Fix Electrical Issues with Troubled 737 MAX Model
Get short URL FILE PHOTO of a Boeing 737 MAX plane in 2018 © REUTERS/Jason Dozens of Boeing’s fleet of 737 MAX planes currently grounded...
More Passenger Arrivals at Kotoka Airport are Covid-19 positive – FHS alerts Ghana
Ghana Airport has been warned of rising in Covid-19 cases – FHS in a letter shows more travelers are arriving in Ghana with Covid-19 –...
Plans to Rescue South African Airways Airline are Underway
The interim CEO of South African Airways (SAA), Thomas Kgokolo, assured that plans are already underway to return the airline to the operational capacity it...
NASA’s Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Touches Down on the Red Planet
The first helicopter on Mars is officially on Martian soil. NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity touched down on the surface of the Red Planet after being dropped by...
WHO Urges Governments to add Marine and Air Crew to Vaccine Priority Lists
The World Health Organization is appealing to governments to add seafarers and aircrew to their list of essential workers and add them to priority lists...
Ethiopian Airlines Unveils a COVID-19 Travel pass to Facilitate Router Restart
The ‘Trusted Travel Pass’ is being introduced by the airline and the African Union. By Victoria Moores Ethiopian Airlines is rolling out a “Trusted Travel...
Nigeria Military Privet Jet Crash on Runway in Abuja
A military aircraft King Air 350 has just crashed shortly in Abuja runway after reporting engine failure en-route, Minna. It appears to be fatal....
NASA’s $2.2bn Perseverance LANDS on Mars: Rover survives ‘seven minutes of terror’ to embark on 2-year mission to search for extra terrestrial life in crater that was once a lake
NASA’s $2.2bn Perseverance LANDS on Mars: Rover survives ‘seven minutes of terror’ to embark on a 2-year mission to search for extraterrestrial life in the...
Nigeria Suspends Airline for Violating Virus Protocol
LAGOS, Nigeria Nigeria suspended a Dubai-based airline on Friday for alleged violations of COVID-19 guidelines in its operation. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority’s Director-General Captain...
Fly Angola Back In The Skies With Own Operating License
Fly Angola’s single Embraer ERJ-145 has been re-painted and is now being flown under the company’s … [+] Privately owned African airline Fly Angola has used...
I’m a U.S. Citizen. Where in the World Can I Go?
By Karen Schwartz Americans planning international travel will need to factor in a new rule that will require a negative Covid-19 test in order to board a flight...