All Africa news – Page 42
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PICTURE: Green Africa commits up to 100 Boeing 737 Max 8s
Nigerian start-up carrier Green Africa Airways has committed to acquiring up to 100 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets.
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PICTURE: Air Tanzania receives first African A220
Air Tanzania has taken delivery of its first Airbus A220, becoming the initial African operator to receive the twinjet type.
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ANALYSIS: Airline start-ups and failures 2018
A round-up of 2018's start-up carriers and those airlines that suspended, ceased operations or entered formal restructuring during the year
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How airline stories developed in 2018
While wider political tensions dominated much of the agenda and continue to cause potential headaches for airlines, it was the return of a familiar problem in the shape of rising fuel prices that did the most to knock airlines from their high-profit altitude during 2018.
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Uncle Roger's Festive Quiz 2018
Long-time readers of Flight International will know that while our dear friend Uncle Roger gives the impression of having retired to a life of leisure, this is just a cover – he actually spends all of his time hard at work preparing a fiendishly difficult quiz challenge for this annual ...
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VIDEO: Royal Air Maroc receives first 787-9
Boeing has delivered the first of four 787-9s ordered by North African carrier Royal Air Maroc.
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OpinionOPINION: Air France's naming of female chief must set a new trend
The appointment of Anne Rigail as the new chief executive of Air France is a positive end to a year in which gender diversity among airline leaders was thrust into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
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PICTURE: Tunisair 737-600 emerges in retro scheme
Tunisian flag-carrier Tunisair has unveiled a retro livery on one of the airline’s Boeing 737-600s.
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Royal Air Maroc to be Oneworld's first African carrier
Royal Air Maroc is set to become the Oneworld's 14th member in 2020, becoming the first African carrier with full membership in the global alliance.
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Ethiopian selected to create new Ghanaian carrier
Ethiopian Airlines has sealed an agreement with the Ghanaian government to develop a new national carrier for the country.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: 2019 World Air Forces Directory
Download our annual guide to the world’s military air power
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PICTURE: RAM shows off colours for first Max and 787-9
Moroccan flag-carrier Royal Air Maroc has shown off a special livery which will adorn its initial Boeing 737 Max and 787-9.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Business aircraft output up, but shipment value slides
Worldwide shipments of fixed-wing business and general aviation aircraft made modest gains in the nine months ended 30 September, but the period marked one of the "few times" since the 2008 financial crisis that output rose across all three sectors – business jets, turboprops and piston-powered aircraft – according to ...
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Kenya Airways delays start of Somali flights
Kenya Airways is to postpone the start of services between Nairobi and Mogadishu until December after encountering problems obtaining the "necessary approvals" to begin flights.
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Ukrainian authority supporting L-410 crash probe
Ukrainian investigators have been downloading the flight recorder information from a Let L-410 which crashed in South Sudan in September.
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Elit'Avia plots Asia expansion
Slovenian business aircraft management company Elit’Avia is expanding its presence in Asia to exploit the growing demand in the region for high-end business jets. The company, headquartered in Ljubljana, manages a fleet of 23 midsize, large-cabin and long-range jets including Dassault Falcon 7Xs, Gulfstream G550, G650s and Bombardier Global ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: SAA still needs time to complete restructuring
A year since the taking the reins at South African Airways, it is probably safe to say that the one thing chief executive Vuyani Jarana needs most of all right now is more time.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Fuel appears to take first toll on traffic growth
Global passenger and freight traffic rose at a slower pace in September than the trend seen in recent months, according to the latest IATA figures.
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Omitted pin led MD-11F to shed nose-wheel at Buenos Aires
Argentinean investigators have concluded that omission of a pin following a Boeing MD-11F nose-wheel replacement led the aircraft to shed the wheel upon landing at Buenos Aires’ Ezeiza airport.