Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau has Released 7 Aircraft Accident Reports 20 Safety Recommendations

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau(NSIB) released seven final reports of accident and serious incident air mishaps that occurred within the Nigerian airspace to the public. The Bureau also issued a total of twenty (20) safety recommendations addressed to the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) the Nigerian Airspace Management…

Rwanda Accuses DRC Fighter Jet of Violating Airspace

The Rwandan Government through the Office of the Government Spokesman has accused the Democratic Republic of Congo of violating its airspace along the Lake Kivu Region in the western province on Wednesday 28th December 2022 around 1200HRS before returning back to DRC. Rwandan authorities have protested to the DRC government following the Sukhoi-25 jet intrusion…

OR Tambo International Airport Refuelling Challenges Impacts Dozens of Flights

Airport Company South Africa (ACSA) has reported refueling challenges at the OR Tambo International Airport. ACSA attributes the challenge to a technical issue with the main supply valve supplying fuel to the aprons mot opening resulting to rotational delays to domestic and international flights. A tanker was reported to have been used as a contingency…

NTSB Publishes Own Report into the Boeing 737 Max 2019 Crash After Accusing Ethiopian Government of Ignoring its Comments

The National Transportation Safety Board published Tuesday the comments it provided to the Ethiopian government on their draft accident investigation report into the 2019 crash in Ethiopia of a Boeing 737 Max airplane. The NTSB took the unusual step of publishing the comments on its website after Ethiopia’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (EAIB) failed to…

Ethiopian Airlines Resumes Flights to the Tigray Capital

Ethiopian Airlines has today resumed its flights to Mekelle Wednesday, December 28, 2022 the first time the airline has landed in the breakaway province in 19 months. Regarding the flight resumption, Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Mr. Mesfin Tasew said “We are truly pleased with the resumption of our flights to Mekelle. The resumption of these…

Three Embraer E190 Jets Delivered to Egypt’s CIAF Leasing

CIAF Leasing, based in Cairo, received all three of their new E190 aircraft during a ceremony at Embraer’s headquarters in Brazil today. Salah Hashem, Chairman and CEO of CIAF Leasing said, “The three new E190s will be an excellent addition to our growing fleet of Embraer E-Jets.” Stephan Hannemann, VP Middle East and Africa, Embraer…

Blue Bird Aviation Plane Crashes In Somalia

A Blue Bird Aviation De Havilland Dash 8-400 registration 5Y-VVY with a crew of 6 crashed on landing at Abudwak (Somalia) town airstrip on December 17. The six crew on board the khat ferrying plane escaped with no injuries although the 22 year old Dash 8 400 plane is said to have been substantially damaged…

African airlines’ performance updates by AFRAA – November 2022

AIRLINE PERFORMANCE: This November traffic and airlines capacity deployed reached 85.7% and 84.2% of the 2019 level respectively. Domestic market share is now at 34.3% capacity and 34.3%% of passengers carried while intra-Africa passengers carried represented 30.9% and corresponding capacity at 24.8%. Intercontinental traffic this month is 34.2% and capacity 34.8%. African airlines operations on international…