South Africa’s Safair has been ranked the top on-time airline for the Middle East and Africa by aviation analytics firm OAG in the just released Punctuality League 2023 report with a score of 95.30% an improvement from 94.40% in 2019. Remarkably the airline operated 47% more flights in 2022 than in 2019 according to the…
Month: January 2023
Ethiopian Airlines flights to China to return to pre-Covid levels
Ethiopian Airlines, the leading airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that the frequency of its flights to Chinese cities will increase as of February 06, 2023 ultimately returning to the pre-COVID19 levels on March 01, 2023 following the lifting of restrictions by the Government of China. As of February 06, 2023, Ethiopian Airlines will…
Two Killed After Plane Crashes in Gauteng Province, South Africa
The Accident and Incident Investigations Division (AIID) says it has been informed of an aircraft accidentoccurrence on Sun, 15 January 2023 at 0900 local time and has commenced investigations. The accident occurred at Nasrec next to FNB stadium, south of Johannesburg in the GautengProvince. The aircraft departed from Grand Central Airport in the Gauteng province…
NAS Appointed GSA for TAAG Angola Airlines in the UK and Ireland
Network Airline Services has been appointed as the GSSA for TAAG Angola Airlines in the UK and Ireland, effective from the 1st of January 2023. John Gilfeather, NAS’ UK Sales Director, said “We are very happy to have been selected as TAAG Angola’s new cargo GSSA. This new agreement allows Network’s teams to offer its customers…
Somalia and Ethiopia Renew the 35-Year Old Agreement of Air Service
Minister of Transport and Aviation of the Federal Government of Somalia, MP. Fardowsa Osmaan Cigaal and Ethiopia’s Minister of Transport of Ethiopia Dagmawit Moges have signed the agreement between the air service (ASA) between Somalia and Ethiopia to be reformed which started in practice on 3rd December 1988. The agreement will be compromised at the…
Kenya Airways Grounds Aircraft Following Cabin Pressure Incident
Kenya Airways has grounded an aircraft following a cabin pressure insident as investigations continue. The airline has confirmed that on 12th January 2023, at around 14:40hours, KQ 606 flight onroutine flight from Nairobi to Mombasa experienced low cabin pressure. The airline says its crew immediately declared pressurization failure emergency through air traffic control and descended…
Air Cargo Demand Softens in November – IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for November 2022 global air cargo markets showing that demand softened as economic headwinds persist. Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs*), fell 13.7% compared to November 2021 (-14.2% for international operations). Capacity (measured in available cargo tonne-kilometers, ACTK) was 1.9% below November 2021. This was the…
Passenger Recovery Continues in November – IATA
Total traffic in November 2022 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 41.3% compared to November 2021. Globally, traffic is now at 75.3% of November 2019 levels.International traffic rose 85.2% versus November 2021. The Asia-Pacific continued to report the strongest year-over-year results with all regions showing improvement compared to the prior year. November 2022 international RPKs…
Astral Aviation Enters into Partnership with Air Logistics as it Eyes More Market Share in Europe and North America
The new commercial partnership with Air Logistics Group will enable Astral Aviation to offer more opportunities to its clients in Kenya, Europe and the United States, with the objective of increasing market-share for its perishable into Europe and having additional online capacity for Astral’s cargoes from Europe into Africa according to Sanjeev Gadhia, CEO of…
ASECNA, Indra to Enhance Landing Safety within 17 African Airports
Indra has been awarded a major contract for the supply and installation of air navigation systems in Africa for 15 million euros. The company will deliver its Normarc instrument landing system (ILS) and distance measuring equipment (DME) to 17 airports in 12 countries, all operated by ASECNA. As a turnkey project, Indra is responsible for…