8th Jan 2020 | Elizabeth Sasu
A Ukrainian Boeing-737 carrying 176 people has crashed in Iran and officials say there is no chance of finding survivors.
Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 to Kyiv went down after taking off from Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran at…
31st Dec 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu
Two humanitarian delivery flights bring more than 53,000 pounds of aid supplies to Ethiopia.
· The Humanitarian Delivery Flight Program has delivered more than 266,000 pounds of supplies to organizations in Ethiopia since 1992.
Addis Ababa, 30 December 2019
Ethiopian Airlines and…
16th Dec 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu
Air Senegal started flights to Accra, Ghana today the 16th of December, 2019.
The Airline will be plying the Dakar-Accra route directly 4 times in a week, Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
A water Canon salute met the aircraft as…
16th Dec 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu
The Pan-African airline, ASKY, took delivery of a Boeing 737-800 aircraft officially received on December 12th, 2019 at the Lomé Airport (Hub) in the presence of company officials.
This new aircraft with a capacity of 154 seats, registered as…
13th Dec 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu
Africa World Airlines is the proud recipient of the 2019 Routes Africa Airline Excellence Award for "Innovation and Capacity Growth" from Routesonline.
The award was received at the Routes Africa Conference in Mombasa, Kenya by AWA's Head of Commercial,…
12th Dec 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu
Launched in January 2018, SAATM is the flagship project of Africa’s integration Agenda 2063 that aims to open Africa’s skies and improve intra-African air connectivity.
A total of 32 African countries made solemn commitment to implement SAATM. There were 11…
12th Dec 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu
Countries in Africa are becoming more open to each other, but progress is needed to realise free movement of people continent-wide.
That’s according to Raphael Kuuchi, vice president of Africa at IATA, who provided a state of the region…
12th Dec 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu
Air Senegal from 16DEC19, will start flights from Dakar – Accra – Lagos route, including 5th freedom local rights on Accra – Lagos sector. The Airbus A319 aircraft will operate this route 4 times weekly, with schedules enabling quick connection via Dakar for following…
11th Dec 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu
Africa World Airlines, the proud winner of "Best Airline in West Africa", will soon begin flying to Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire; its 10th destination in the region.
Effective from Friday, 14th February 2020, AWA will offer 6 weekly flights each…
10th Dec 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu
An Ethiopian Airlines aircraft has suffered a runway excursion at Juba International Airport this evening. Wet conditions are being blamed for the accident, which has caused extensive damage to the aircraft. All passengers and crew are said to…