All Africa news – Page 36

  • Green Africa A220
    News

    Irish division of GTLK to lease A220s to Green Africa

    2020-02-18T19:46:00Z

    Nigerian start-up carrier Green Africa Airways has agreed to lease three Airbus A220s from Irish-based lessor GTLK Europe. The airline says the pact will enable it to “set course” to open commercial services this year. GTLK Europe is based in Dublin, and is affiliated with the Russian state leasing company ...

  • EgyptAir A320neo line-up
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    EgyptAir receives first A320neo

    2020-02-16T10:34:00Z

    EgyptAir has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320neo, the initial aircraft in a batch of 15 being acquired by the Middle Eastern flag-carrier. Airbus has confirmed the handover of the twinjet, powered by CFM International Leap-1A engines. Source: Airbus Three EgyptAir A320neos – SU-GFK, SU-GFJ and SU-GFL ...

  • SA Express CRJ
    News

    SA Express confirms business rescue restructuring move

    2020-02-13T14:48:00Z

    SA Express’ operations are continuing as normal after the South African regional and domestic operator confirmed it is now under a formal business rescue restructuring process

  • Kulula Boeing 737-800 (c) Bob Adams
    News

    ​Comair blames Max delay and SAA debt for expected first-half loss

    2020-02-13T13:41:00Z

    South African carrier Comair warns that it expects to post a loss for the six months ending 31 December 2019 because of the ongoing Boeing 737 Max grounding and an unpaid debt by South African Airways.

  • Green Africa A220
    News

    Lagos-based Green Africa signs for 50 A220s

    2020-02-13T10:10:00Z

    Nigerian carrier Green Africa Airways has tentatively agreed to acquire 50 Airbus A220-300s, a potentially strong order for the twinjets. The agreement for the Pratt & Whitney PW1500G-powered aircraft has been disclosed by the airframer, following the signature of a memorandum of understanding. It comes more than a year after ...

  • Max Air 747-400 pod-strike
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    Pod-strike tore cowls off Max Air 747-400

    2020-02-12T15:04:00Z

    Nigerian investigators have disclosed that an engine pod-strike involving a Max Air Boeing 747-400 resulted in the powerplant’s shedding its cowls as it rolled out after landing at Minna. The country’s Accident Investigation Bureau says the captain, who was flying, had remarked that the ILS signal was “erratic” on both ...

  • SAA A350
    Airline Business

    Why South African Airways network cuts prove painful to implement

    2020-02-10T16:14:00Z

    One thing perennial struggler South African Airways has not been short of over the years is restructuring plans. Its latest, proposed under formal restructuring, features a further retrenchment that continues the paring back of its network.

  • Edomgenet Sentayehu - CFO Krimson
    Interview

    Managing the finances of Ethiopia’s Krimson Aviation

    2020-02-10T16:08:00Z

    Edomgenet Sentayehu, chief financial officer at Ethiopian business aviation services provider Krimson Aviation, helps to sustain its activities in flight support, ground handling, charter brokerage and more 

  • Airlink Embraer
    News

    Franchise partner Airlink steps in to retain four axed SAA routes

    2020-02-07T12:11:00Z

    Airlink is to continue operating in its own right four of the routes being axed by its franchise partner South African Airways at the end of the month.

  • South African Airways aircraft
    News

    SAA slashes network as it strives for profitability

    2020-02-06T16:54:00Z

    South African Airways is cutting around half of its long-haul routes and almost all of its domestic network, the flag carrier’s “business rescue practitioners” have disclosed as they seek to transform it into a sustainable and profitable business.

  • KenyaC-27J-c-AirTeamImagesjpg
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    Kenya takes C-27J pair

    2020-02-06T16:03:00Z

    Kenya has received its first pair of Leonardo C-27J tactical transports from a KSh20 billion ($200 million) order for three examples for the country’s air force.

  • SA Express CRJ
    News

    SA Express objects as court orders business rescue

    2020-02-06T12:26:00Z

    South African operator SA Express has been ordered to enter into business rescue, two months after a similar decision was made for flag-carrier South African Airways. SA Express operates a route network in southern Africa using a fleet of Bombardier CRJs and Q400s. While the business rescue has been instructed ...

  • C295
    News

    Ghanaian president orders probe into C295 acquisition

    2020-02-03T09:20:00Z

    Ghana’s president is to pursue an inquiry into allegations of bribery during the military’s acquisition of Airbus tactical transport aircraft, detailed in UK court documents following a corruption probe into the airframer. Five counts of failing to prevent bribery, aimed at Airbus after a UK Serious Fraud Office investigation, mainly ...

  • SAA tail
    News

    South African president refers SAA allegations to special investigators

    2020-02-01T23:50:00Z

    South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised investigators to probe allegations of maladministration, corruption or unlawful conduct at South African Airways dating back to at least 2002. Ramaphosa’s order to refer the allegations to a special investigation unit has been disclosed in a declaration in the official government gazette. The ...

  • SAA A330
    News

    SAA secures critical funding while business rescue plan is finalised

    2020-01-28T18:15:00Z

    South African Airways has secured offers from a financial institution to provide the additional critical funding necessary to bridge the period until its business rescue plan is adopted. The beleaguered flag-carrier says its business rescue practitioners have held “fruitful” discussions with the Development Bank of Southern Africa, based at Midrand ...

  • Fastjet ERJ
    News

    Fastjet Group still trying to finalise sale of Zimbabwe operation

    2020-01-27T07:56:00Z

    African budget carrier operator Fastjet Group believes it has sufficient resources to meet operational needs until the end of March, as it scrambles to finalise a deal to sell its Zimbabwe airline to investors. The company had previously warned, last November, that it faced a February deadline to secure additional ...

  • Citation ZS-CAR
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    SACAA was still conducting smoke probe before Citation crash

    2020-01-24T18:22:00Z

    Investigators were still conducting an investigation into two smoke incidents involving the South African Civil Aviation Authority’s Cessna Citation II flight-inspection jet before its fatal loss near George. There is no immediate evidence of a connection between the incidents – on 7 and 8 November last year – and the ...

  • ZS-CAR
    News

    No survivors from South African CAA calibration Citation crash

    2020-01-24T11:19:00Z

    None of the three crew members of a South African Civil Aviation Authority flight-inspection aircraft survived after the aircraft came down shortly after take-off from George airport. The aircraft, a Cessna Citation II, came down in mountainous terrain after departing George at 10:40 on 23 January. It was due to ...

  • ZS-CAR
    News

    South African CAA calibration aircraft involved in accident near George

    2020-01-23T17:23:00Z

    South Africa’s civil aviation regulator is investigating an accident involving its flight inspection and calibration aircraft, which occurred shortly after it took off from George airport. The South African Civil Aviation Authority says the aircraft went missing shortly after departing the airport, on the south coast, at 10:40 on 23 ...

  • SAA tail
    News

    SAA should be retained and restructured: ruling party

    2020-01-22T18:27:00Z

    South Africa’s ruling political party insists that embattled South African Airways should be restructured and retained as the country’s flag-carrier. The African National Congress made the declaration following strategy meetings of its national executive council over 17-20 January. It states that SAA should be “retained as a national airline” but ...