Africa – Page 95
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Aluminium demand continues strong growth: Alcoa
Alcoa is holding to its full-year forecast of 9-10% growth in global aerospace demand for aluminium, as third-quarter performance pulled the US metal producer back into the black despite falling prices.
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NewsKabo 747 incident details yet to become clear
Nigerian investigators have yet to ascertain the full details of an incident involving a Kabo Air flight which landed at the city of Sokoto on 4 October.
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ROUTES: Kenya Airways plans global network over 10 years
Kenya Airways plans to open routes to every continent within the next 10 years by utilising a fleet of Boeing 787s and 777s.
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ICAO reaches deal on climate change, rejects EU ETS
ICAO's executive committee rejected the European Union's Emissions Trading System (ETS) late yesterday, tossing out a clause from a resolution that could have allowed the bloc to extend its controversial scheme to the global aviation sector.
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NewsNigerian minister confirms survivors in Brasilia crash
Six occupants on board an Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia turboprop have survived after the aircraft crashed on take-off from Lagos, during a private charter flight to Akure.
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NewsCommuter aircraft crashes on take-off from Lagos
Nigerian authorities have confirmed that a regional aircraft has crashed during take-off from Lagos.
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NewsGE unveils newest fuel-saving material for aircraft engines
General Electric has revealed that the Passport 20 engine will be partly made using a new form of ceramic matrix composite material with a wide range of potential applications in the aviation industry.
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NewsBeechcraft develops more powerful King Air 350ER for military market
Beechcraft has quietly developed and certificated a more powerful version of the King Air 350ER for military and other special missions customers.
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Fastjet targets first half launch for Nigerian operation
Fastjet expects to start domestic operations in Nigeria in the first or second quarter of next year its chief executive says.
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Mauritania Airlines picks Sabena Technics for 737 support
Mauritania Airlines have signed a five-year integrated services contract with MRO firm Sabena Technics.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Aerospace Top 100 has never had it so good
Anybody one talks to in the aerospace industry today seems to agree that the civil aviation boom that started in the mid-2000s has years to run. The financial crisis of 2008-2009 caused a wobble, for sure, but even a recession worse than any since the 1930s and high oil prices ...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Airline profits stumble on route to higher returns
IATA expects the upturn of the business cycle and slightly lower oil prices to help fuel improved profits for airlines in 2014, even if its sees slower progress this year than it first envisaged.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: The laboured progress of liberalisation
Reality lags well behind the lip service paid to liberalised aviation. Occasional headlines herald breakthroughs, such as the new Canada-China accord,...
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NewsA330 crash probe struggles to explain premature descent
Investigators have traced the loss of an Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330-200 at Tripoli to the aircraft's premature descent while preparing to approach runway 09.
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FastJet puts Kilimanjaro and Mwanza routes on sale
FastJet has started selling tickets for its first domestic routes from the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam, with the inaugural flight scheduled to take place on 29 November.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Cobham's designs on Africa's surveillance market
Antennas were a key technology under apartheid and a reason why UK firm Cobham entered the South African market in 1999
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NewsIN FOCUS: South Africa's business and general aviation players look to opportunities in wider African region
The continent's business aviation market has long been centred in South Africa, but other nations are seeing strong growth
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NewsIN FOCUS: Africa Aerospace & Defence looks to break records
Delegations from southern Africa - looking to upgrade homeland security assets - will boost numbers at this year's AAD
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NewsIN FOCUS: Why Africa is hungry for helicopters
For the Franco-German helicopter manufacturer, support packages are as vital as aircraft sales in the southern African market
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NewsIN FOCUS: AHRLAC: South Africa's first aircraft since apartheid could be platform for revitalised aero industry, says Paramount
South Africa's largest private defence company has high hopes for the AHRLAC - the nation's first aircraft since the Rooivalk