All Africa articles – Page 96
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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
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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: Huge challenges remain for SAA and southern Africa's airlines
Flag carrier SAA is increasingly focusing on the continental market as it moves to rejuvenate its fleet and return to profitability
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NewsVIDEO: Dana Air crash renews spotlight on Nigerian aviation
David Learmount, Operations and Safety Editor at Flightglobal, talks through the known facts of the fatal Dana Air MD-83 crash, which claimed the lives of over 150 people in Lagos on 3 June.
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NewsLibya bars carriers from EU while Conviasa joins blacklist
Libyan carriers will be barred from serving the European Union at least until November, under precautionary measures disclosed during Europe's latest blacklist...
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Pilot error probable cause of Ethiopian Airlines 737 crash
Ethiopian Airlines has angrily dismissed Lebanese investigators' conclusions over the fatal Boeing 737-800 crash off Beirut, sticking to its position that an unidentified problem, even sabotage, could have brought down the jet.
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NewsLIBYA: RAF chief details UK operation
The Royal Air Force's top officer has provided a detailed oversight of UK combat operations against Libyan forces ...
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Inquiry details crashed Ethiopian 737's erratic flightpath
Lebanese investigators have detailed the erratic course followed by the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 which crashed off the coast of Beirut last year, showing that it failed to follow instructed headings before straying and entering a sharp left-hand spiral dive.
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EBACE: VIDEO - VistaJet flies into West African skies
VistaJet (stand 230) is expanding its operations into West Africa, seeking to exploit growing demand for point-to-point regional and European business travel.