Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Thursday, October 3, 2013

■ ZIMBABWE: Edmund Makona appointed Air Zimbabwe interim CEO as forensic audit now fingers upper management.

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Air Zimbabwe (UM) has appointed its head of Quality, Safety & Security, Mr. Edmund Makona, as its acting Chief Executive Officer foll...
Friday, July 19, 2013

■ SOMALIA: Somaliland lifts UN flights ban after Turkish brokered talks resolve impasse with Mogadishu.

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Turkey has successfully brokered an agreement following talks between the autonomous, yet internationally unrecognised, state of Somaliland...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

■ EGYPT: Egyptair M&E boss, Abdel Aziz Fadel, appointed new Minister of Civil Aviation.

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Egypt's new interim president, Adly Mansour, on Tuesday July 16, presided over the swearing-in ceremony of his new cabinet, scheduled...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

■ NIGERIA: Princess Stella officially unveils Nigeria's revised National Civil Aviation Policy.

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The Nigerian Minister of Civil Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, has officially unveiled her country's revised dossier on aviation dubbe...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013

■ NIGERIA: Ghana's Minister of Transport decries Nigeria's double-talk regarding the granting of traffic rights.

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Ghana's Minister of Transport, Dzifa Attivor, has bemoaned Nigeria's inaction in granting Ghanaian airlines rights to operate into ...
Monday, April 8, 2013

► EGYPT: Air Memphis forced to suspend Tehran flights after just 1 week following sectarian protests.

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Just one week after having launched Egypt and Iran's first direct air link in over 30 years ,  Air Memphis (MHS), the Egyptian charter ...
Thursday, April 4, 2013

■ SOUTH AFRICA: SAA officially hands over Turnaround Plan #9 to Government for approval.

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South African Airways (SA) has submitted its Long-term Turnaround Strategy, its 9th in 13 years , to the Public Enterprises Minister, Malus...
Tuesday, April 2, 2013

■ SOUTH AFRICA: Former 1Time founders place blame for airline's demise on BEE investors' shoulders.

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The former founders of defunct South African LCC, 1Time (T6), have placed the blame for the carrier's demise squarely on the shoulders ...
Sunday, March 24, 2013

■ SOUTH AFRICA: Murky business meetings and an unapproved USD1billion Airbus fleet renewal deal at centre of SAA's boardroom woes claims report.

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Murky private business meetings and a USD1.08billion (ZAR10billion) fleet procurement tender awarded to Airbus Industrie SAS are at the hea...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

■ BURUNDI: Evrard Giswaswa, CEO of Air Burundi, arrested for alleged fraudulent activity.

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The former Mayor of Bujumbura and current CEO of Air Burundi (8Y), Mr. Evrard Giswaswa, was on Monday 11 March arrested on charges of aid...
Monday, March 11, 2013

■ SOUTH AFRICA: Bezuidenhout tipped to become new SAA boss.

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Sections of the South African travel media have speculated that incumbent South African Airways (SA) CEO Nico Bezuidenhout, who is also the...
Sunday, March 3, 2013

■ LIBERIA: Government clarifies awarding of contract for new $11mln hotel at Roberts International Airport.

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The Liberian Government says it has indeed awarded an USD11million contract for the construction of a 5-star hotel at Monrovia's Ro...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

■ NAMIBIA: Tourism sector jittery as Government, Air Namibia remain mute on the latter's new business plan.

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Contrary to the old adage that "No news is good news", the silence emanating from Windhoek regarding Air Namibia's (SW) n...
Monday, February 11, 2013

■ SOUTH AFRICA: SAA board suspends Acting CEO Vuyisile Kona; Mango's Bezuidenhout now in power.

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South African Airways (SA) has flown into yet more board room trouble as reports emerge that it has now placed its acting CEO, Vuyisile Kon...
Saturday, February 2, 2013

■ NIGERIA: NAAPE endorses Senate's report recommending Demuren's sacking and Dana Air's AOC revocation.

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Nigeria's National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) has come out in support of Nigerian Senate & House of Repr...
Monday, January 21, 2013

► TUNISIA: Tunisair boss Jrad whinges about Syphax's network expansion plans calling them "unfair."

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Rabah Jrad, the boss of Tunisia's national carrier, Tunisair (TU), in an interview with a local Tunisian radio station has labelled as...
Saturday, January 12, 2013

■ BURUNDI: Lack of political, legal will sabotaging the privatization of Air Burundi, Civil aviation authority.

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Bureaucratic infighting and legal nit picking are amongst the causes of the Burundian government's ongoing battles to reorganize and ...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

● IATA: African governments shooting themselves, and each other, in the foot: Tyler

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Whilst Africa is becoming an international point of focus, African airlines themselves, are only expected to breakeven in 2013 - unchange...

■ SOUTH AFRICA: Gigaba appoints Duduzile Myeni to Acting Chairwoman, Vuyusile Kona to Acting CEO of SAA.

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South African Minister of Public Enterprises, Malusi Gigaba, has appointed with immediate effect, Vuyisile Kona to the position of Acting ...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012

■ SOUTH AFRICA: SAA gets its USD600million bailout from Government.

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The South African Government today announced that it would guarantee USD$600 million in loans for troubled state airli...