Qatar Airways A350 opens new era
As part of his job, African Business editor Anver Versi has a heavy travel schedule and sometimes seems to spend more time in the air …
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Air connections increase
As members of the Somalia diaspora return home in growing numbers – emboldened by an improving security climate and apparent political progress, commercial air transport …
Ebola clips wings of high-flying ASKY
On 20th July, as the full scale of West Africa’s Ebola crisis was slowly becoming apparent, a 40-year-old Liberian man took a routine ASKY Airlines …
Air cargo feels the heat
Although global trade is expanding, the air-cargo market is constricting. This has forced carriers to look at novel ways to maximise efficiency in a highly-competitive …
Modern Mauritius gains a glittering tourism gateway
A stunning new airport terminal, built at a cost of $260m, has been inaugurated at the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam international airport in Plaisance, southern Mauritius. …
Can Banjul fill West Africa gap?
The busy and lucrative West African aviation space is dominated by foreign airlines at present as African carriers are too small and fragmented to properly …
FastJet Sends Feathers Flying
The entry of FastJet, the African version of Europe’s EasyJet, into the East Africa aviation space is causing quite a stir. The new airline has …
China Takes To The African Skies In Bold Aviation Bid
China in spreading its wings, almost literally, in Africa. So far the country has been deeply involved in the construction and mining industries but it …
Head In The Clouds?
There has been considerable excitement in Kenya’s aviation industry with the national carrier, Kenya Airways announcing a bold new strategy but being taken to task …