Aviation

The Dubai-based carrier celebrates carrying more than 70 million passengers since its start of operations in 2009, more than five million of which were carried on its African routes; flydubai passenger traffic between the UAE and its African routes grew by 108% since 2015. 10 years ago, flydubai’s first flight …

 Marriott International and Emirates today announced the relaunch of Your World Rewards a partnership between Marriott Bonvoy and Emirates Skywards. The partnership which originally launched in 2014, allows Marriott Bonvoy and Emirates Skywards members who register for the program to elevate their earnings and benefits when they fly with Emirates …

Airport operations in Nigeria have taken a boost as its government is set to take delivery of a N5 billion automatic aircraft firefighting simulator from a U.K. company. The equipment manufacturers, Messrs Alpine Metal Technology Company, UK, has already carried out the factory acceptance and pre-shipment inspection and test of the …

The $2.1bn deal between Air Peace and aircraft manufacturer,  Embraer has resulted in the airline putting up an order of 30 brand new E195-E2 jets from Embraer. With this, Air Peace is about to set a continental record with a firm order for 10 brand new Embraer 195-E2 aircraft. The deal which …

Eight pilots have successfully passed their drone flight training in Tunisia following a two-week intensive training period organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of Tunisia, the African Development Bank and Busan Techno Park. The training which focused on handling, maintenance and the security aspects of flying drones, took place in …

The Moroccan Airports Authority (ONDA) partnered with the National Aviation Services (NAS), the fastest growing aviation service provider in the emerging markets to launch the first electronic gates (E-gates) at the Pearl Lounge in the Marrakech Menara Airport departures area. This is the first of its kind solution across Africa. …

  Story by Pearl Ngwama As stakeholders in the Nigerian aviation industry continue to seek solution to the myriad of problems facing domestic airlines, the Managing Director/CEO, Top Brass Aviation, Capt. Rowland Iyayi, has offered recipe to alleviate the challenges and sustain the carriers in business. Iyayi who spoke to …

  Experts in the Aviation Industry in Africa gathered recently in Lagos for the Airports Council International (ACI) Africa Conference and Exhibition, an annual event held in Nigeria for the first time. Among other things, stakeholders on the continent harped on the sustainability of Air Traffic via infrastructure development, especially …

The Kigali Global Shapers has partnered with National Aviation Services (NAS) the fastest growing aviation services provider in the emerging markets, for an exclusive sponsor of #VisaFreeAfrica (VFA), a global campaign to facilitate mobility in Africa. For the past 30 years, the African Union has attempted to address free movement …

  The United Nations has officially pronounced 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. This indicates the importance of the sector and offers an enormous opportunity to further showcase the intensity of economic, social, cultural, heritage, and environmental value that the sector can bring. One region that …