All Africa Articles – Page 13
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South African Airways suspends B737 freighter aircraft services
South African Airways Cargo (SAA Cargo) has temporarily suspended its Boeing 737-300 freighter aircraft services while it undertakes maintenance to be in compliance with regulatory flying requirements.A spokesperson for the African carrier said: “We are awaiting software from suppliers to update the Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems on specific aircraft to ...
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Cathay to launch seasonal Cape Town connection
Hong Kong-based carrier Cathay Pacific will launch a seasonal non-stop service to Cape Town later this year.A three times a week service flown by A350-900 aircraft will operate from November 13 this year until February 18 2019.This service will complement Cathay Pacific’s current daily non-stop flights to Johannesburg.Cathay Pacific chief ...
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Emirates freighter trio rally to meet roses demand
With global demand for roses in February estimated at 250m stems, Emirates SkyCargo operated three extra Valentine’s day cargo flights to move over 300 tonnes of flowers to Amsterdam.While the carrier transports fresh flowers around the world daily, demand spikes around Valentine’s Day and it operates extra flights every year.The ...
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Valentine's Day freighter flourish by AF-KLMP Cargo
Air France KLM Martinair (AF-KLMP) Cargo moved around 3,000 tonnes of flowers to Europe in the weeks before Valentine’s Day, putting Boeing 747-400 full freighter and combi aircraft main deck capacity into the three main flower origins of Nairobi, Quito and Bogotá.AF-KLMP Cargo executive vice president Marcel de Nooijer, said: ...
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Ethiopian Cargo signs up for Opticooler ULDs
Ethiopian Airlines has signed up to use DoKaSch Temperature Solutions Opticooler pharma ULDs.The Opticooler is equipped with battery powered cooling compressors and heaters as well as a self-regulating temperature control, so that the temperature of sensitive goods, in particular pharmaceuticals such as insulin and vaccines, stay well within range at ...
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Cape Town runway approval
Cape Town International Airport has received final approval from the South African government for the construction of the airport’s new realigned runway.This project marks a R3.8bn investment into the economy of Cape Town and the Western Cape.The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) concluded the appeals process and has now ruled ...
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Aviation welcomes African open skies agreement
The African Union (AU) has launched the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) as it hopes to capitalise on the benefits brought by air transport.It is hoped that a single aviation market, launched yesterday at the AU Summit, will help promote trade, cross-border investments and create an additional 300,000 direct ...
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Cargolux dismisses Douala suspension reports
Cargolux has dismissed reports that it has had to suspend its service to Douala because of issues at the airport.A report in Business Cameroon suggested that a broken scanner at Douala International Airport had led the airline to temporarily suspend its services to the city and had been forced to ...
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Turkish Cargo’s flying arks help protect endangered penguins and lions
Turkish Cargo has flown 20 Humboldt Penguins, an endangered species, from Lativa to the Public Oceanic Aquarium in China.In a separate operation, the air cargo carrier has transported six lion cubs to Bangladesh and 14 adult lions to China.The penguins were picked up from the Riga Zoo and then taken ...
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Tunisia's Express Air Cargo to expand with new aircraft, services and hub
Tunisia-based Express Air Cargo will add four new aircraft to its fleet this year, allowing it to expand the number of services it offers to African destinations.Starting in January, the airline will begin to roll out 21 new services to a range of countries in west and central Africa and ...
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Ethiopian Airlines to lease two converted B737-800 freighters
Ethiopian Cargo, Africa’s largest cargo operator, is to lease two converted Boeing 737-800 freighters from lessor GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS).The planes, expected to be delivered in June 2018 and January 2019, are the first pair of series type B737-800SFs converted from passenger jets by Aeronautical Engineers Inc. (AEI).“We are ...
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African carriers poised for new era, says Astral chief
A much-awaited Single African Air Transport Market will come into force in January 2018 and provide the opportunity for closer cooperation between African and foreign carriers.The new agreement will include 23 of the 54 African countries and create a single unified market in Africa, together with liberalisation of civil aviation ...
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Airfreight's special October for volumes and revenues, says WorldACD
October was a “special” month in global air cargo, said analyst WorldACD. In its latest analysis of 75 airlines, monthly volumes were higher than ever, while revenues (in euros) also peaked.Although revenues in dollar terms did not reach the heights scaled in October 2010-14, it should be noted that oil ...
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October gets fourth quarter off to a strong start, says IATA
The fourth quarter of 2017 has got off to a strong start, with global air freight demand (in freight tonne-kilometres) up 5.9%, said IATA in its latest figures.While this was a slowdown from the 9.2% year-on-year growth in September 2017, it was comfortably ahead of the average annual growth rate ...
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Safair and Airlink plan to unite
Dublin-based aircraft owner ASL Aviation Holdings is seeking approval from the South African Competition Commission to unite its Safair subsidiary with South Africa’s Airlink.The deal will see ASL take a minority shareholder within the merged Airlink group of companies and the Airlink and Safair brands will continue to operate separately, ...
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TIACA to work more closely with African airlines
TIACA and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work closely on issues affecting air cargo.The MoU, signed at the 49th AFRAA Annual General Assembly (AGA) in Kigali, will see TIACA collaborate with AFRAA’s 40 members to improve air cargo safety and security, as ...
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Network Airline Services extends Kenyan handler contract
Network Airline Services (NAS) has signed a two-year contract extension for Africa Flight Services Kenya (AFS Kenya) to provide cargo handling for NAS' four freighter flights a week into Nairobi.AFS Kenya will handle some 11,500 tonnes of cargo a year for NAS’ MD-11 and Boeing 747 freighter operations, which arrive ...
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ACI board names Bongani Maseko new chair
Bongani Maseko, chief executive of Airports Company South Africa, has been appointed to the post of chair of the world governing board of Airports Council International (ACI) for a two-year term following a vote at the recent ACI Africa/World General Assembly in Mauritius.Maseko has been with Airports Company South Africa ...
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Network Airline Management and Astral add B747-400F
Network Airline Management (NAM) and Astral Aviation have signed a long-term wet lease with Air Atlanta Icelandic adding a factory-built, nose-loader B747-400F to their existing managed fleet of three MD11Fs.This will enable NAM to develop their presence in Africa, and especially the Kenyan perishables market, adding capacity for flowers and ...
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Ethiopian spreads its wings
Ethiopian Airlines’ first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner has landed at Abeid Amani Karume International Airport, on the Zanzibar archipelago.Addis Ababa-headquartered Ethiopian Airlines said that it has deployed the latest addition to the fleet into Zanzibar as part of its commitment to “serve Africa, its home market, with the most advanced and ...