All Africa news – Page 2
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Mwari has key counter-insurgency role for Mozambique, Paramount says
Paramount has disclosed limited details about its Mwari aircraft’s operational performance for customer Mozambique, describing the type as having “played a key role in counter-insurgency operations”.
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Kenyan regional Renegade Air launches ATR 72-500 cargo flights
Kenyan carrier Renegade Air has launched flights using a converted ATR 72-500 freighter it has taken from turboprop lessor Abelo.
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South Africa expresses interest in Embraer C-390 purchase
Embraer believes South Africa could become a future operator of its C-390 tactical transport, with the nation’s defence ministry having expressed interest in the twinjet.
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Afrijet orders single ATR 42-600 for FlyGabon operation
Gabonese carrier Afrijet has ordered one ATR 42-600, plus one option, for operation on behalf of FlyGabon.
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Tunisia’s Nouvelair to operate pair of A320neos from BOC Aviation
Lessor BOC Aviation has placed a pair of Airbus A320neos with new customer Nouvelair.
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ERJ-145 overran just after Lagos runway re-opened following heavy rain
Nigerian investigators probing an Embraer ERJ-145 overrun at Lagos have revealed that the crew had been forced to hold just before the approach because the runway was closed due to bad weather. The XE Jet aircraft (5N-BZZ) had been inbound from Abuja on 11 May. Some 25min before landing, another ...
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South African regulator orders medical rechecks alleging certification fraud
South African Airways has been rechecking personnel, including pilots, after the country’s civil aviation regulator accused the airline’s chief medical officer of issuing fraudulent certificates. The South African Civil Aviation Authority says the officer’s designation as an aviation medical examiner was not renewed after 31 March this year – pending ...
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Egypt signs deal for two C-130J Super Hercules transports
Lockheed Martin will supply the Egyptian air force with two C-130J tactical transports, with the US airframer to deliver the assets in the type’s stretched-fuselage -30-model standard.
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Indonesian Aerospace wins first international commitment for N219
Indonesian Aerospace has secured an order from a company in the the Democratic Republic of the Congo for five N219 turboprops, marking the type’s first international commitment.
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Malawi vice-president’s Dornier 228 meandered in marginal weather before fatal collision
German investigators have disclosed that the Malawi air force Dornier 228-200 which crashed fatally while transporting the country’s vice-president had followed a meandering flightpath in poor weather after deviating from its course. The aircraft had departed the capital Lilongwe for Mzuzu – about 150nm to the north – on 10 ...
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Ceiba 737-800 ‘landed long’ before Malabo overrun
Officials in Equatorial Guinea have indicated that a Boeing 737-800 arriving at Malabo in poor weather touched down long on the runway before it overran. The Ceiba Intercontinental aircraft – carrying the Ethiopian registration ET-AWR – had arrived following a domestic service from Bata on 29 August. Equatorial Guinea’s governmental ...
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Nigerian carriers seek fleet-modernisation support through Boeing co-operation pact
Nigerian carriers are seeking to ease the process of fleet modernisation as part of an agreement reached between Boeing and the Nigerian aviation ministry. The agreement – in the form of a memorandum of understanding – was signed in Seattle on 28 August. Nigerian aviation minister Festus Keyamo says the ...
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Investigators analysing batch of locking nuts after Green Africa ATR nose-wheel loss
Nigerian investigators have isolated a batch of self-locking nuts for analysis after a Green Africa Airways ATR 72-600 suffered the loss of a nose-wheel during take-off. The aircraft had been operating a service from Ilorin, in western Nigeria, to the capital Abuja on 24 July – one week after the ...
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Boeing returns to lead Top 100 aerospace companies ranked by revenue
Boeing has regained its status as the world’s biggest aerospace company, but its sales improvement masks continuing problems with profitability. Our analysis uncovers how the US giant and its industry peers performed during the financial year.
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Nigerian presidency obtains corporate A330-200 to replace BBJ
Nigeria’s president has travelled to France on an Airbus A330-200 business jet which the country has acquired to upgrade its government transport. President Bola Tinubu flew from Abuja to Nice on 19 August on board the aircraft. The A330 – a Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered airframe, registered 5N-FGA – was originally ...
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Qatar Airways takes minority stake in South Africa’s Airlink
Qatar Airways is taking a 25% shareholding in South African regional carrier Airlink, having previously teased that it was intending to invest in an airline in the region. Airlink has confirmed the investment, but has not disclosed the financial terms involved. Qatar Airways group chief Badr Mohammed Al-Meer had stated, ...
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Kenya Airways posts first net profit for over a decade
Kenya Airways posted its first interim net profit in over a decade during the first six months of the year, as revenues increased by more than one-fifth.
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Ethiopian Airlines eyes 2029 opening for new hub as plans take shape
Ethiopian Airlines Group has signed an advisory and consultancy contract with Dar Al-Handasah Consultants covering plans for a new 110 million passenger airport located around 25 miles (40km) southeast of its existing Addis Ababa Bole hub.
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Royal Air Maroc revisits Beijing route after pandemic wrecked previous launch
Oneworld alliance carrier Royal Air Maroc is restarting a service to Beijing after the pandemic forced it to abandon the route just weeks after a previous launch attempt. Royal Air Maroc opened the connection in January 2020 but withdrew after a few weeks as the outbreak of Covid-19 started disrupting ...
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ATR to grow Africa MRO, training capabilities with Ethiopian agreement
ATR has signed a letter of intent with Ethiopian Airlines’ MRO unit to build up the latter’s ATR maintenance and training capabilities.