Afrique du sud: a private consortium buys South African Airways
The private Takatso consortium has taken a majority stake of 51% in the airline company South African Airways (SAA), announced state sources this Friday,...
Kenya Airways chooses Steer Group for its turnaround plans
Kenya Airways (KQ) announced Tuesday, June 8, that it had chosen a British consulting firm, Steer Group, to develop its recovery plans. This decision...
Morocco: authorities plan to resume flights from June 15
The restrictive measures linked to the response against Covid-19 enacted by the Kingdom of the Cherifian are starting to give results. This is in...
Tchad: A bomb threat on the Air France flight
A certain excitement gripped the passengers on flight AF 865 from N’Djaména, Chad, after arriving at Roissy airport on the afternoon of June 3.
As...
Mesfin Tasew replaces Ahadu Simachew at the helm of Asky
Asky airline announced in a statement released on May 27, 2021, the appointment of Ethiopian Tasew Mesfin as chief executive. Until then Director of...
Africa’s air traffic controllers’ operating revenues fall by half in the first quarter
The fourth ordinary general assembly of the Federation of Air Traffic Controller Associations of the Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa...
Air Senegal launches Dakar-Washington service via New-York
Air Senegal will connect Washington via New York at the rate of two frequencies per week from September 2. As of this date, Air...
Covid-19: African airlines suspend suspend to India
African airlines have suspended flights to and from India, currently overwhelmed by the Covid-19 tsunami and its new variant causing a deadlier third wave....
South Africa: Mango Airlines forced to suspend its flights
Mango Airlines, a South African airline, has been forced by the airport management company (Airports Company of South Africa Limited (ACSA) to suspend its...
Qatar Airways announces Doha-Abidjan route
Qatar Airways has announced that it will proceed on June 16 with the opening of a new Doha-Abidjan route. In a press release on...
Congo Airways and Kenya Airways sign memorandum of understanding
The airlines Congo Airways and Kenya Airways signed on April 22, 2021 in Kinshasa, a memorandum of understanding in the aviation sector validating the...
Africa: how airlines will emerge from the financial turmoil
More than a year after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the global airline industry remains in the red with devastating consequences for this...
Africa: a loss of 14 billion dollars for the airlines
Airlines in Africa recorded a US $ 14 billion loss in passenger revenue as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the International...
Afrique du sude: SA Airlink is changing
Private regional airline SA Airlink announced its new corporate identity on Tuesday, October 27. It will now be called "Airlink", a change that comes...