Africa World Airlines (AWA), ASKY Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines have teamed up to provide passengers with seamless and stress-free air travel within the West Africa sub-regional and various...
Africa World Airlines (AWA), ASKY Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines have teamed up to provide passengers with seamless and stress-free air travel within the West Africa sub-regional and various international routes they serve. The interline...
Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for June 2019 showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 5.0% compared to June 2018. This was...
JOHANNESBURG. 8 August 2019. South African Airways (SAA) is further strengthening its presence in Ghana by increasing weekly frequencies from 9 to 10 flights between Johannesburg and Accra, and by launching a daily service between Accra and...
Africa World Airlines Limited (AWA) is further strengthening its regional presence in West Africa by increasing flights between Accra and both Freetown and Monrovia to daily services effective 05th September 2019. The new...
JOHANNESBURG. 6 August 2019. South African Airways (SAA) would like to apologize to all its passengers for the inconvenience and anxiety caused to all its customers who flew from Johannesburg and Accra to Washington D.C. on Sunday. Two...
A 31-year-old man, who was on a flight from Los Angeles to Dubai when he assaulted an air hostess and behaved erratically, faced multiple charges at the Dubai Court of First Instance on Sunday. The Dubai public prosecution accused the Jordanian...
Ethiopian Airlines is set to start passenger flights to Bengaluru, India as of 27th October 2019. The capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, Bengaluru is dubbed ‘Silicon Valley of India’ and serves as the...
Captain Simisola Ajibola who operated the Air Peace flight on July 23, which had nose wheel collapse, debunks reports, saying the aircraft landed without tyres. She said the incident, which took place at the international runway of the Murtala...
Access to financial capital and human resources were cited by these two aircraft operators as largest concerns in Africa Africa World Airlines technicians finishing a maintenance task on left engine. AFRICA WORLD...
Challenges facing airlines today and the role of technology in keeping them up to speed Much like any other industry, technological advances are impacting the aviation industry. It’s unquestionable that operational efficiencies can be...
Barely 24 hours after an Air Peace aircraft made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, another aircraft belonging to Med-View Airlines recorded a similar problem on Tuesday. The incident is the latest in a...
Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace has commended Captain Ajibola and her crew for handling a situation in Lagos this morning. Caption Ajibola noticed sudden weather changes when approaching Lagos and demanded to land on the International...
Passengers on an Azman airline flight were thrown into confusion Friday as a yet to be identified man jumped on the aircraft on the runway of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos. Our reporter learnt that the incident occurred while the aircraft...
Head of Commercial at Africa World Airlines (AWA), Richard Kyereh has said they are ready and willing to fly to new airports in Ghana. According to him, statements circulating in the media that AWA is not willing to fly to new airports...
Africa World Airlines commended the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority for the launch of the new consumer protection directives that provided domestic and international airline passengers in Ghana with statutory remedies in case of denied boarding,...
A body that landed in the garden of a London resident is suspected to have been a stowaway aboard a Kenya Airways plane. The Clapham resident was sunbathing on Sunday afternoon when the body landed merely three feet from them. The body reportedly...
RwandAir’s Airbus A330 touched down at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport at around 10:30p.m local time (4:30p.m Rwandan time) to a big welcome, completing the national carrier’s longest ever commercial flight. The 14 hours and 50...
Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, is pleased to announce that it has been honored as the ‘Best Airline in Africa’ for the third consecutive year at the Skytrax...
Following the successful completion and subsequent announcement of their self-built aircraft, the 20 South African teenage inventors have taken the first of many steps towards accomplishing their goal of flying across the continent of...
According to reports coming out of Tunisia, six members of cabin crew from Saudi Arabian Airlines have been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a fellow crew member at the airline’s crew hotel in Gammarth, near Tunis. The incident...
One of the world's largest airline groups announced today it plans to build its future fleet with the Boeing 737 MAX with an intention to purchase 200 MAX jets. International Airlines Group (IAG) and Boeing [NYSE: BA] said the two companies have...
Ethiopian Airlines is pleased to announce that it will commence services to Amman, Jordan as of July 16, 2019. Located between the desert and the fertile Jordan Valley, Jordan’s capital Amman is a city of contrasts and a fascinating...
Ethiopian Airlines, one of the fastest growing African carriers, will start thrice-weekly services to John F Kennedy (JFK) Airport in New York via Abidjan, as of June 17, 2019. JFK is the sixth busiest airport in the United States and an...
Monday, June 10, 2019 — The 26th annual World Travel Awards has named THE LOFT by Brussels Airlines and Lexus @ Brussels Airport Europe's Leading Airport Lounge 2019. The World Travel Awards, a prestigious and globally recognized...
Unions operating at debt-ridden SAA have given the government seven days to fire the entire board of the airline and to persuade CEO Vuyani Jarana to withdraw his resignation. SAA employees who are members of the National Union of Metalworkers SA...
Kenya Airways Plc (NSE:KQ) has today increased its route offering by launching flights to Rome, Italy and Geneva, Switzerland - the airline’s 4th and 5th European destinations after Amsterdam, London and Paris. The introduction of these...
The helicopter pilot who was killed after crashing on top of a Midtown building Monday afternoon was flying in a restricted flight area. Around 1:45 p.m., the chopper crash-landed on the roof of 787 Seventh Ave. between 51st and 52nd...
It's going to be yet another year of losses for African airlines — the fourth in a row — as the global airline industry braces for higher fuel prices and weaker global trade during 2019. The projections are a cautionary tale for...
A number of African countries are holding up funds by airline operators as a result of foreign exchange crunch, the International Air Transport Association, IATA, has disclosed. Amongst them are Eritrea, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Angola and...
Air Seychelles has today announced that the airline has expanded its codeshare partnership with South African Airways (SAA) to Perth and Windhoek. As part of the agreement, Air Seychelles is placing its “HM” code on SAA daily services...
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has cautioned Nigeria’s biggest carrier, Air Peace, for failing to report a hard landing incident involving one of its flights recently. The agency said that this has been the fashion of some...
Zuks will be taking over from Vuyani Jarana, who resigned in May, as acting CEO. On Friday the South African Airways (SAA) board and its executive management announced the appointment of Zuks Ramasia as its new acting...
SAA CEO Vuyani Jarana has resigned, and is prepared to work a three-month notice period until August 31, 2019. According to his resignation letter to SAA board chairperson JB Magwaza, the CEO unpacked how uncertainty about funding and slow...
South African Airways chief executive officer Vuyani Jarana quit the financially stricken state-owned company, citing a lack of funding and drop in government support for the carrier’s turnaround plan. The former Vodacom Group executive was...
Ethiopian Airlines has partnered with ACC Aviation Group, to fly hundreds of fans to Madrid for the UEFA Champions League final between Liverpool FC and Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday 1st June 2019. Excited fans arrived at three airports around...
Calling all frequent globe-trotters, have you ever wondered why flight attendants greet you with their hands behind their back? Perhaps some of you have never even questioned the cabin crew’s stance. It’s surely just a polite...
Trade wars, rising costs and how to cope with a doubling of demand over the next two decades are among the issues to be discussed as Seoul is transformed into the world’s aviation capital this weekend by the International Air Transport...
Amadeus Ghana organized a Travel Agencies Forum on the 23rd of May 2019. A hundred and fifty (150) Travel Agents met to brainstorm on the best solutions and products developed by Amadeus at GS Plaza in Accra. The...
It has just been announced that Kenya Airways’ CEO, Sebastian Mikosz, will be stepping down as of the end of 2019, well ahead of the end of his contract. Per a letter sent to employees: “I have made the decision to...
Air Namibia hereby wishes to inform the flying public and esteemed stakeholders that the national airline of the Republic of ...
Rwanda’s Flag carrier airline, Rwandair is set to launch direct flights to Guangzhou, China on the 18th of June, 2019. The new flight routes to Guangzhou will be operated thrice weekly, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays using a three-class...
HOLIDAYMAKERS who want to stretch out for a nap, avoid crying kids and dodge the battle for the arm-rest can now book two seats on Aer Lingus. The Irish carrier has launched “AerSpace” as a “premium travel experience” for...
Africa World Airlines will now fly 10 times per week each way between Accra and Abuja, starting from 11th June 2019. They will operate daily at 9:40am from Accra and 1:10pm from Abuja, as well as a new evening departure from Accra on...
Four people have been killed after a small plane crashed three miles to the south of Dubai International Airport. Three Britons and a South African were aboard the UK-registered DA42 plane, UAE authorities said. The four-seat plane was owned...
Innovation in travel, booking and accounting processes lays the foundation for devising more customer-specific offers Joint pilot project with Lufthansa Systems promotes further development of the ONE Order global industry standard ONE...
African airlines continue to struggle to turn a profit and as such airlines on the continent on average lose US$1.55 (almost N$22) for every passenger carried. This is in stark contrast to the rest of the global airline industry that has recorded an...
Africa World Airlines has come out to show its support to the new national carrier in Ghana. The Government of Ghana has finalized its strategic partnership agreement with Ethiopian Airlines for the establishment of a new flag carrier with ET...
Based on the agreement signed, Ghana’s new national airline will operate domestic flights to build its brand, and become a household name, just as the defunct Ghana Airways did in the past, before exiting to focus on regional and...
The Government of Ghana has finalized its strategic partnership agreement with Ethiopian Airlines for the establishment of a new flag carrier, B&FT sources have confirmed. The sources say, under the agreement signed last week, Ethiopian...
Members of the yet to be inaugurated Ghana Association of Aviation Training Organizations (GAATO) paid a courtesy call to the Minister of Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda on the 8th May 2019. Representatives from about thirteen aviation institutions...
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