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  • Uganda A330neo-c-Airbus
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    Uganda Airlines to open London route with A330-800

    2025-03-20T11:25:00Z

    Uganda Airlines has disclosed that it plans to open a route to London, several years after initially floating the plan. The carrier will operate Airbus A330-800s on the four-times weekly route from Entebbe to London Gatwick. It will start the service on 18 May. Chief executive Jenifer Bamuturaki detailed the ...

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    Emirates expands its A350 deployment to Asia-Pacific and north Africa

    2025-03-19T11:18:00Z

    Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is set to expand its Airbus A350-900 network to another seven destinations, including its first in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. It will operate the twinjets to four Middle Eastern and north African cities – Baghdad, Amman, Dammam and Tunis – as well as Oslo, Istanbul ...

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    South African Airways pilots initiate further industrial action over pay talks

    2025-03-19T07:37:00Z

    South African Airways pilots are initiating further industrial action over long-running pay and conditions negotiations, to the carrier’s dismay. The airline says it has been notified – by the SAA Pilots Association and the National Transport Movement – of a work-to-rule measure which will take effect on 19 March. Talks ...

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    Ethiopian introduces BBJ2 to attract VIP and specialist business charter customers

    2025-03-18T15:59:00Z

    Ethiopian Airlines Group is introducing a Boeing BBJ2 business jet which will be dedicated to operating VIP and specialist charter services. The company says the BBJ2 – based on the 737-800 – will facilitate its efforts to serve business communities and other customers looking for premium charter flights. “Introduction of ...

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    Simaero venture transfers E190 simulator to Johannesburg to meet training demand

    2025-03-11T07:53:00Z

    French-based flight-training specialist Simaero is installing an Embraer 190 simulator at its Johannesburg facility, intending to support local carriers to move to the type from smaller Embraer regional jets. The CAE 7000 simulator is being transferred through the company’s leasing partner organisation in China, where it has been used by ...

  • Zephyr Kenya
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    AALTO’s Zephyr completes first mobile connectivity test from stratosphere

    2025-03-04T09:32:00Z

    Airbus Defence & Space-owned AALTO has built on the recent first stratospheric flight over Kenya of its unmanned Zephyr aircraft by conducting a milestone connectivity demonstration for a Japanese consortium.

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    Thrust-lever response deepens mystery of Hawker 900XP dual-engine power loss

    2025-03-04T08:19:00Z

    Nigerian investigators probing a loss of thrust in both engines of a Hawker 900XP have disclosed that one of the powerplants – which had stopped responding to thrust commands – became responsive again after the aircraft landed. The jet, operated by Flybird Aircraft Management Services, had departed Abuja for Accra ...

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    South African ministry ignites controversy as SAA interim leader named group chief

    2025-02-27T18:01:00Z

    South Africa’s government has appointed John Lamola as the group chief executive of South African Airways, cementing a position he has held on an interim basis for close to three years. But the decision is proving controversial, after the country’s second-largest political party claimed that the airline’s board preferred Kenya ...

  • El-Hefny title-c-Egyptian Cabinet
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    Egypt earmarks 11 airports for privatisation programme: civil aviation minister

    2025-02-06T18:46:00Z

    Egypt’s government is conducting a strategic study to explore models for airport privatisation, before commencing a pilot project which is expected to start with Hurghada airport. Speaking during a sectoral UK mission in London on 3 February, Egyptian minister of civil aviation Sameh Ahmed El-Hefny said the government will work ...

  • Zephyr Kenya
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    AALTO ready to accelerate Zephyr testing after 13-day debut over Kenya

    2025-02-06T18:10:00Z

    AALTO plans to launch several additional test flights of its ultra-long-endurance Zephyr from a new facility in Kenya this year, following a successful first sortie which spanned more than 13 days.

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    How year-end losses skewed our review of airline safety performance in 2024

    2025-02-06T10:00:00Z

    An otherwise solid set of airline safety statistics through much of 2024 was transformed by two deadly losses, while pilot action elsewhere kept the final figures from being much worse.

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    FlySafair given year to comply with South Africa’s ownership rules

    2025-02-05T19:13:00Z

    FlySafair has been given 12 months to comply with the domestic regulator’s ruling on its ownership structure, alleviating concerns that the low-cost carrier might be forced to ground its operations until the issue was resolved.

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    L3Harris Viper Shield EW system gets airborne on Block 70 F-16

    2025-02-05T11:21:00Z

    L3Harris Technologies’ Viper Shield electronic warfare (EW) system has undergone its first flight on a Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 fighter, with deliveries of the self-protection equipment to begin before year-end.

  • Allied Air accident-c-NSIB
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    Allied 737 carried out dozens of ‘flap 15’ landings in weeks before gear-collapse excursion

    2025-02-03T14:43:00Z

    Nigerian investigators have disclosed that an Allied Air Boeing 737-400 freighter carried out 85% of its landings with a ‘flaps 15’ setting in the six weeks before a gear-collapse and runway excursion at Abuja. The inquiry into the 11 December accident is recommending that the carrier inspects its fleet for ...

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    Angolan flag-carrier TAAG starts widebody modernisation with first 787

    2025-01-31T11:08:00Z

    Angolan flag-carrier TAAG has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787, one of four set to be introduced to the airline’s fleet. The initial twinjet, a 787-9, carries a new livery for the Luanda-based operator. Powered by GE Aerospace GEnx engines, the aircraft (D2-TEQ) was flown from Seattle to Luanda ...

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    Fatal South Sudan Beech 1900D crash leaves sole survivor

    2025-01-29T18:19:00Z

    South Sudanese officials indicate that the crash of a chartered aircraft departing an oil field has resulted in 20 fatalities, with a single survivor. Ruweng Administrative Area information minister Simon Chol Mialith says the aircraft – which appears to be a Beech 1900D – had been chartered by Greater Pioneer ...

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    Nigeria’s Max Air suspends domestic flights for three months after 737 incident

    2025-01-29T16:14:00Z

    Nigerian carrier Max Air is suspending domestic operations for three months, following the landing incident at Kano involving a Boeing 737-400. The carrier states that the 90-day suspension – from 31 January – is a “pro-active step” which will enable it to conduct an “internal operational evaluation”. “We deeply regret ...

  • Max Air 5N-MBD incident 2023 title-c-NSIB
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    Arriving Max Air 737 comes to rest on its nose after landing-gear problem at Kano

    2025-01-29T14:25:00Z

    One of Nigerian carrier Max Air’s Boeing 737s has been involved in a landing incident at Kano during which the jet came to rest on its forward fuselage. The 737-400 experienced a “nose-wheel landing-gear collapse” while landing at 22:50 on 28 January, says Nigerian federal airports authority FAAN. It identifies ...

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    United 787’s sudden altitude drop injures passengers and crew

    2025-01-24T21:36:00Z

    The Washington, DC-bound widebody jet – operating as flight UA613 – suddenly dropped in altitude, according to accounts posted on social media. 

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    South African Airways expands fleet with more A320s

    2025-01-20T14:58:00Z

    South African Airways has expanded its fleet with the addition of a pair of Airbus A320s, taking its operation to 20 aircraft. The airline has been gradually rebuilding its services and network since emerging from business rescue and despite the failure of a privatisation effort. SAA says the extra pair ...