Iraqi Airways, the national carrier of Iraq, has signed a firm purchase agreement to acquire five CS300 mainline jetliners. The agreement, which also includes options on 11 CS300 aircraft, follows a l...
Amani Bourseli, an adviser to Kuwait Airways, has indicated that Kuwait Airways may issue bonds or a sukuk to fund the purchase of 25 new Airbus aircraft as well as and lease 12 new aircraft. Part of ...
Emirates launched its longest A380 service to Los Angeles yesterday. The landmark flight, crossing the Russian Federation, the North Pole and Eastern Canada, has a published duration of 16 hours 20 mi...
Emirates today commenced its newest service, to Kabul the capital of Afghanistan. Emirates flight EK 640 touched down in Kabul International Khwaja Rawash Airport at 13.15 hours. The route is operated...
Low-cost African airline Fastjet has raised £1.3 million by drawing down on its equity financing facility. Fastjet has recently launched its second international route from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to ...
Aircastle plans to offer an aggregate of $300 million principal amount of its senior notes due 2018. Aircastle plans to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, including t...
An investigation into what caused the crash of the Linhas Aereas de Mozambique (LAM) Embraer 190 aircraft crash on Friday in the Bwabwata National Park in the Zambezi Region is underway. All 33 people...
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has elected the chief executive officer of Jed Air, Captain Nogie Meggison, as its chairman for the next two years, while Yvan Drewinsky, the chief operating off...
African low-cost airline fastjet has launched its second international route from Tanzania, to Lusaka in Zambia.The new route between Dar es Salaam and Lusaka will initially operate twice a week, star...
Sheila Tendo, the ex-boss of Rwanda Air in Uganda, embroiled in a battle with the carrier over sh201.5m allegedly owed to Tendo as damages for unfair dismissal. Tendo, who was terminated from the airl...
Ethiopian Airlines has resumed flights between Addis Ababa and Niamey in the Republic of Niger. The airline operates the route with a 757-200 four times a week. Niamey is the airline’s 47th destinatio...
The Senate Committee on Aviation has directed the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) to suspend the new charges on airline operators following a complaint by airline operators that they weren’...
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