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• 09/02/2023 20:15

Zambia Airways to start regional flights and first Boeing 737 by March 2023

Zambia Airways started commercial operations in December 2021 as a 55/45 joint venture between the Zambian government and Ethiopian Airlines. After the missed announcement of mid-2022, the young startup is now showing all the guarantees for its regional rollout.

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• 07/02/2023 22:03

Ethiopian Airlines opens its second aviation training centre

The Ethiopian Aviation Academy (EAA), which is one of the eight strategic branches of the Ethiopian Airlines Group, has five schools with a total annual intake capacity of 4,000 trainees. To date, the academy, established since 1957, has trained more than 18,000 professionals from Africa and abroad.

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• 07/02/2023 22:02

IATA signs cooperation agreement with Somali government

Somalia is at the crossroads of some of the busiest air routes linking the Horn of Africa with the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, and Western Europe with the Indian subcontinent and the Indian Ocean islands. Because of this key regional position, the East African country is keen to upgrade to the highest industry standards in order to reap the maximum benefits.

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• 07/02/2023 22:01

Weather station strike affects seven airports

The Sudanese Meteorological Corporation has been on strike for seven weeks in Sudan, meanwhile, the nationwide state schoolteachers' strike entered its eighth week on Sunday. After the failure of the meteorological corporation's management to reach an agreement with the strike committee, the committee announced the continuation of … read more

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• 07/02/2023 22:00

EgyptAir Holding company chairman dialogues with AFRAA

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) Secretary General, Mr. Abdérahmane Berthé, met EgyptAir Holding Company Chairman – Eng. Yehia Zakaria at EgyptAir Headquarters in Cairo – Egypt for the year’s first edition of the “AFRAA Member Airline CEOs Leadership Dialogues”. The CEO Dialogues initiative, which hosted a total of 8 airline CEOs … read more

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• 07/02/2023 21:59

CemAir launches flights between Cape Town and Kimberley

South African domestic and regional carrier CemAir is set to launch flights between Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in Cape Town and Kimberley Airport (KIM) in … read more

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• 07/02/2023 21:58

Antigua and Barbuda is negotiating with Nigeria's Air Peace to replace Antigua Airways

On 1 November 2022, Antigua Airways started a charter service between Nigeria and Antigua and Barbuda. After investigations, the government of Antigua and Barbuda finally suspended the service last month after the operator failed to comply with certain "regulatory requirements".

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• 06/02/2023 20:37

Ethiopian Airlines de-links its Lusaka and Harare operations

The flag carrier of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Airlines, is set to de-link its flights to Lusaka in … read more

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• 06/02/2023 20:30

Transition to full satellite based navigation, Nigeria set to lead African continent

Nigeria in the last seven (7) years has made significant investment in the procurement of ground based navigational facilities with over 15new Doppler Very High Omni-directional Radio (VORS), over 15 new lnstrument Landing Systems (ILS) Category II and Five (5) new Instrument Landing Systems Category III.

The country has also invested… read more

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• 06/02/2023 20:29

Air Burkina takes delivery of a 15 year old leased ATR72

Since 2022, Air Burkina's service network has been considerably reduced due to a lack of airworthy aircraft. With only one active aircraft in its own fleet, the national flag of Burkina Faso, which is in the process of being privatised, is now relying on charters to recover.