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4th Apr 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu Port Louis, Mauritius, April 3rd, 2019 – Embraer has signed a firm order for 10 E195-E2 jets with Air Peace, Nigeria’s largest airline. The order was announced today, during the Embraer’s Africa Airline Business Seminar, in Mauritius. With this order, Air…

26th Mar 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, wins the prestigious African Champion of the Year Award on March 26, 2019, at the ongoing Africa CEO Forum in Kigali which is…

22nd Mar 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu Ethiopian Airlines would like to refute the following wrong reporting of the New York Times titled “Ethiopian Airlines Had a Max 8 Simulator, but Pilot on Doomed Flight Didn’t Receive Training” Ethiopian Airlines, one of the safest and most…

22nd Mar 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu Indigenous carrier Africa World Airlines is rejecting reports by Bloomberg that they are planning to acquire two COMAC ARJ21 jets from the Chinese aircraft maker. The Head of Commercial for the airline, Richard Kyereh, said although they are in touch with Comac…

20th Mar 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, has finalized all preparations to launch a direct thrice weekly flight to Istanbul, Turkey as of April 1, 2019. Istanbul is the largest European…

17th Mar 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu Air Namibia announced the appointment of Mr Xavier Masule as the interim Chief Executive Officer until a permanent CEO is appointed. “The process for making the substantive appointment has commenced,” announced Chairperson Adv. DeeSauls-Deckenbrock. Mr Masule, who holds B. Comm…

13th Mar 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu The Management of Ethiopian Airlines in Ghana has Commended the Government and the People of Ghana for the Support it has received during this period of Pain. The President of Ghana Nana Akuffo Addo was among the first Global…

10th Mar 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu Lufthansa Group agrees to renew its Altéa contract Partnership with Amadeus expanded to include new areas of collaboration The Lufthansa Group and Amadeus announce today an agreement to renew their longstanding technology partnership. Through the deal, Amadeus’ Altéa Passenger Service System…

10th Mar 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu There are no survivors among 157 people on board an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, Ethiopia's state broadcaster reported. The 149 passengers and eight crew were of 33 nationalities, the country's…

10th Mar 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu Ethiopian Airlines regrets to confirm that its flight ET 302/10 March in schedule service from Addis Ababa to Nairobi was involved in an accident today around Bishoftu (Debre Zeit). The aircraft B-737-800MAX with registration number ET- AVJ took off…