The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has issued a statement condemning the decisions by some EU countries to ban travel to South Africa and other neighbouring countries in Southern Africa. The following statement was issued in Nairobi on 03 December 2021. The commendable work done by South African scientists in unearthing and transparently announcing to the world the discovery of the Omicron ..read more

 History in East Africa’s aviation is rewritten again as Air Tanzania (ATCL) resumes the Dar es Salaam (DAR) -Nairobi (NBO) direct flights.Passengers disembarking from the ATCL Airbus A220-300 at Jomo Kenyata International Airport in Nairobi.The Tanzanian national flag career has on 26th Nov 2021 returned to Nairobi skies since it last flew there in 2006. The Airline will be flying twice a day ..read more

Precision Air Services Plc is a fast growing private Tanzanian airline which operates in Partnership with Kenya Airways, with its strategies to expand wings beyond East Africa and Africa.In order to keep our services at a higher level and meet our customers’ maximum satisfaction, we wish to invite applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill in this challenging position.POSITION ..read more

 Italian stunt pilot Dario Costa set Five Guinness World Records by flying an aeroplane through two Çatalca Tunnels in Istanbul, Turkey.The 41-year old pilot achieved this feat on board a custom-modified Zivko Edge 540 race plane through a twin tunnel along the Northern Marmara Highway in Istanbul. Mr Costa set the world record for the longest aeroplane flight taken through a tunnel. He covered a ..read more

The Africa Airlines Association (AFRAA) said the full year revenue loss for African airlines in 2021 is forecasted at US$8.2b, approximately 47.2% of the full year 2019 airlines’ revenue. In 2020, African airlines made a cumulative loss of $10.21b, representing 58.8% of 2019 revenues.AFRAA revealed that passenger traffic continues to be low across Africa due to the ravaging impact of COVID-19 ..read more

A new research study highlights how “Data Analytics” will help the airline industry to face the challenges and reopen its operations during this pandemic.  The pandemic has indeed changed the way how businesses work. COVID-19 has posed the greatest challenge to the global aviation industry by affecting airlines, airports, air navigation organizations, security agencies, support services ..read more

Rolls-Royce is entering new aviation markets to pioneer sustainable power and as part of that mission we will be developing energy storage systems (ESS) that will enable aircraft to undertake zero emissions flights of over 100 miles on a single charge.In order to deliver this ground-breaking technology, the company is planning an £80m investment in ESS over the next decade, that will create ..read more

 Controllers are in touch with pilots at all times, with communication between the ground and the pilot absolutely essential. Trained pilots rely on this information to a significant extent, even though they are also trained to fly aircraft off instruments alone as a failsafe mechanism. Nonetheless, this is significantly trickier than flying via collaboration with air traffic control.In order to ..read more

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has welcomed the agreement by the G20 Tourism Ministers to support the safe restoration of mobility by following the G20 Rome Guidelines for the Future of Tourism.IATA has urged G20 governments to quickly follow up their endorsement of the guidelines with actions, particularly the five-point agenda to safely restore mobility:1. Sharing ..read more

Rolls-Royce has officially started building the world’s largest engine, UltraFan, which it says will redefine sustainable travel for decades to come.The engine is the basis for a potential new family of UltraFan engines able to power both narrowbody and widebody aircraft and deliver a 25 per cent fuel efficiency improvement compared with the first generation of Trent engine.That performance ..read more