Thursday, March 21, 2013

■ MOROCCO: Bombardier to participate at World Investment Conference in Marrakech.

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Bombardier Aerospace, the Canadian aircraft and train manufacturer based in Montréal, has announced its participation in the first ever Nor...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

■ NIGERIA: NCAA grounds AeroContractors over ongoing industrial action.

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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has grounded AeroContractors (AJ) until a resolution to an ongoing strike by its staff has be...

■ KENYA: 540 Aviation's Don Smith claims fastjet's legal proceedings are a "breach of contract".

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Don Smith, the owner of Five-Forty Aviation, who is currently embroiled in a lawsuit with fastjet PLC over ownership rights to to the Fly54...

■ LIBERIA: Delta partners with Liberian Ministry of Transport to develop GPS approach procedures for RIA.

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US Carrier, Delta Air Lines is continuing to work closely with the Liberian Minister of Transport to develop and fine tune GPS Approach pro...

► SAUDI ARABIA: Air Cairo to start Alexandria & Assuit - Riyadh from late March.

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After the successful 1 March launch of twice weekly Alexandria - Tripoli and once weekly Assuit - Tripoli flights, Egyptian LCC, Air Cairo...

■ 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...

■ DUBAI: Increase TAAG's flights to Dubai says UAE Foreign Minister.

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The United Arab Emirates wants TAAG Linhas Aéreas de Angola (DT) to boost its flights between Dubai and Luanda claiming that the increas...

► SENEGAL: Royal Air Maroc adds 3 extra weekly Casablanca - Dakar flights from April.

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Moroccan national carrier Royal Air Maroc (AT) will from 10 April, boost its frequencies between Casablanca and Dakar, Senegal through the ...

■ GHANA: DVB Bank SE to advise Starbow on fleet renewal/selection process.

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Ghana's Starbow Airlines (S9) and Germany's DVB Bank SE (“DVB”) have announced the signing of an agreement in which DVB will assist...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

► FRANCE: TACV Cabo Verde Airlines to start Marseille via Paris CDG from July.

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Transportes Aéreos de Cabo Verde , TACV, the Cape Verdian flag carrier, is to start a once weekly Ilha do Sal - Paris CDG - Marseille - São...

► RÉUNION: Air Austral outlines its Summer 2013 timetable; added Paris CDG flights due in November.

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La Réunion-based French carrier, Air Austral (UU), has outlined its planned Northern Summer 2013 timetable, which runs from 31 March to 26 ...

► SOMALIA: Yemenia and Ethiopian Airlines both looking into starting possible Mogadishu flights.

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After recent bilateral trade visits by delegations from Yemen and Ethiopia, both Yemenia (IY) and Ethiopian Airlines (ET) have expressed th...

■ RWANDA: Sudan, Rwanda sign Air Services Agreement.

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At a ceremony held in Kigali this week, Rwanda and Sudan signed a five year bilateral cooperation agreement which included a Bilateral Ai...

■ ZAMBIA: Government finalizing plans for launch of new national carrier - no mention of any possible ET tie up.

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Zambian Minister of Transport and Communication, Christopher Yaluma, says the the Zambian Government has finalised plans to re-establish a ...

● NIGERIA: First ever Nigerian Business Aviation Conference set for May in Lagos.

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Evergreen Apple Nigeria, the Lagos-based fully integrated Fixed-base operator (FBO) service provider is to hold Nigeria’s first ever dedi...

■ TANZANIA: TCAA opens airport ground-handling sector up to more players.

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Following a meeting of the Board of Directors in late February, the Tanzanian Civil Aviation Authority has reviewed and adjusted 2009 legis...

■ ANGOLA: Plans for TAAG civil aviation academy in the pipeline: Carreira.

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At a press conference held in Luanda last week to update the public on the airline's restructuring and reorientation program, Rui Car...

■■ ZIMBABWE: A new board in place, Air Zimbabwe now hunting for a new CEO.

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[UPDATE 19 MARCH] After the appointment last month of Ozias Bvute and six other board members charged with reinvigorating the airline, Air...

► MAURITANIA: Military Tucano EMB-312F crashes near Aoujeft; 1 dead.

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An Embraer Tucano EMB-312F military aircraft belonging to the Mauritanian National General Staff (Air Wing) crashed yesterday (Monday 18 ...
Monday, March 18, 2013

► TURKEY: Turkish Airlines boosts Lagos, Dar es Salaam ops from May.

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Turkish Airlines (TK) is to boost its capacity and frequency between Istanbul and Lagos and Istanbul and Dar es Salaam. Changes will come i...