Chicago has become one of the newest dots on Ethiopian Airlines' global flight map. The carrier is set to begin flying from O’Hare International Airport on June 10, offering three flights a week to its hub near Ethiopia’s capital of Addis Ababa. The flight from Chicago is scheduled for 13 hours,...
Minister of Aviation Joseph Kofi Adda has said that government is aggressively working to ensure the country’s new national airline commences concurrently with the global resumption of air operations. According to him, even though the partial closure of borders worldwide has come at a great loss to players in the...
  Kenya Airways (KQ) has launched a non-stop flight from Nairobi to New York. The national carrier of the East African nation, started selling tickets for the inaugural flight, which is scheduled for October 28, 2018, last week. By this, Kenya Airways becomes the first airline to offer a non-stop flight...
KLM has completed a record year, as evident in its staff profit-sharing scheme. As a result of the strong annual figure, profit-sharing was higher than ever. A total of EUR 170 million gross was paid out to the staff. This is the third consecutive year that KLM staff are sharing the profit. A...
Dubai-based Emirates Airlines says it is “very very happy” with its current operations in Ghana from where it exercises fifth freedom right and flies to neighbouring Ivory coast. Orhan Abbas, Emirates’ Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations-Africa, said: “We are very very happy with our operations in Ghana. We enjoy good...
Good morning. It is a pleasure to be in New York City. We're especially gratified to be hosting Aviation Day USA with the Wings Club for a second time. Thanks are also owed to our generous sponsors, who make events like this possible. Aviation and New York City are inextricably...
Emirates will introduce a new nonstop service between Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Dubai from June 1, 2018, adding to its existing daily flight which operates with a stop in Athens, Greece. The new nonstop service will be operated with an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER, offering 8 suites in First...
The African Development Bank assembled top representatives from African airlines, aviation industry organizations, civil aviation and regulatory authorities, airplane manufacturers, financiers and development partners to discuss the future of aviation in Africa. The Bank initiated the consultation to obtain the views of stakeholders as it prepares its action plan on...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has called for bold actions to improve connectivity, market access, and cost reduction in Africa’s aviation sector. Pierre Guislain, AfDB Vice-President for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization, made this call at the third ICAO World Aviation Forum in Abuja. The AfDB is partnering with the Nigerian...
Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited has concluded the deployment of an online platform for Africa World Airlines (AWA) for the sale and purchase of air tickets. The deployment on the bank’s “Book Easy, Pay Easy” system is powered by the Bank’s safe and secure online payments and collections platform, GTPay,...