Higher airport charges that are out of proportion to airfares are forcing low-cost airlines to abandon short cross-border flights to neighbouring countries. British Airways-Comair has withdrawn from t...
Global Knafaim Leasing has signed a deal with an American lessor for the purchase of a 2005 Airbus 319-100ER. The deal is worth US$30m. The aircraft has been leased to a mainline US carrier. Knafaim f...
National strikes continue to cripple Nigeria but at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos yesterday, only Lufthansa and KLM stayed away and cancelled flights. United Airlines, which did not op...
The Zambian government has restored the operating certificate of Zambezi Airlines but its aircraft will not be allowed to fly until they meets several other financial and safety requirements, says Tra...
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has secured investment from John Dodd and Adrian Paterson, co-managers of the Artemis Alpha Trust, and Giles Hargreave or Hargreaves Hale, for his African start-up venture Fas...
Flydubai is due to begin flights to Bishkek in the Kyrgyz Republic on February 7. This is the airline’s 50th destination. The new service will operate twice a week, departing Dubai on Tuesdays and Fri...
On the back of the recent launch of direct Etihad Airways flights from Abu Dhabi to Düsseldorf, and last month’s historic deal between the United Arab Emirates flag carrier and Germany’s second larges...
Emirates held a celebration at Dublin airport yesterday to mark the arrival of its first flight into Dublin airport. The A330-200 will fly into Dublin from Dubai on a daily basis. The first flight was...
Air Nigeria is planning to buy two A330-200s and two 737 NGs to serve its expansion plans into Europe and America. The aircraft, which will increase the airline’s fleet from 11 to 15 aircraft, will be...
Last month the MDC-T National Council resolved that Air Zimbabwe Private Limited should be shut down immediately and a new airline with foreign investment should be formed to take over the whole staff...
Arabtec Construction has won a $153m contract for the expansion of Dubai International Airport. The project includes structural works, mechanical, engineering and site works for the expansion of Te...
The Angolan recovery programme of airports and airfields, which was executed by the National Firm of Air Navigation and Airports Exploration (ENANA) is showing good results. The aviation body has ov...
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