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...
Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services has also been awarded as “Fastest growing International Cargo Airline of the Year” at Air Cargo India International conference held in Mumbai on February 21, 2018. The biennial awards ceremony was held in conjunction with the seventh edition of Air Cargo India exhibition and...
Air Namibia has appointed APG Network are pleased to announce the new partnership entered into effective March 2018.
Air Namibia has appointed APG Network as GSSA in Ghana and Nigeria.
In accordance with the GSSA agreement entered into, APG Network will provide full sales and marketing services, as well as call...
The Lufthansa Group is driving forward the standardization of its Airbus A320 fleet: Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, Lufthansa and Swiss International are developing a standard specification for the Airbus A320 fleet. At the same time, the airline brands will be preserved by a different brand look.
The standardization process...
Government needs to strengthen the Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate (PPRSD) of the Agric Ministry so it can enforce stronger standards on agriculture produce before it leaves the country’s shores, the Federation of Associations of Ghanaian Exporters (FAGE) has urged.
Given that a big chunk of the country’s exports is...
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Emirates is celebrating women by showcasing diversity and how integral they are to the operational and technical roles in the Group.
As part of the recognition, a video documents and provides a ‘behind the scene’ look at women employees across various Emirates Business...
The International Aviation Transport Authority (IATA) released latest figures from 2017, which showed that last year, global aviation safety improved dramatically.
According to IATA, in 2017, there were six fatal accidents with 19 fatalities among passengers and crew in 2017, compared with an average of 10.8 fatal accidents and approximately...
South African Airways (SAA) and TAAG Angola Airlines have reached a code-share agreement on their direct flights between Johannesburg and Luanda and Cape Town and Luanda, despite a long-overdue debt of more than R1bn for airline tickets between SAA and a number of southern African countries, including Angola.
Under a...
Ethiopian Airlines is set to launch direct thrice weekly service to Geneva, Switzerland on June 3, 2018.
Hosting the highest number of international organizations in the world including the headquarters of many of the agencies of the United Nations and the Red Cross, Geneva is a global city and center...
Emirates is celebrating 10 years of enabling mobile phone use on board its aircraft. As a global leader of inflight innovations, Emirates made history in March 2008 by becoming the first airline in the world to allow customers to make and receive calls, as well as send SMS messages...