As it emerges from the pandemic, Africa’s airfreight and logistics market is in expansion mode, attracting significant investment, writes Roger…
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TIACA’s sustainability assessment programme progresses
30 / 05 / 2022
TIACA has started the next pilot phase of its recently launched BlueSky sustainability assessment, validation and verification programme. The pilot…
ST Engineering leases P2F aircraft
14 / 02 / 2022
ST Engineering’s commercial aerospace business has signed an agreement to lease up to five Airbus A320 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) aircraft to…
Astral signs lease deal for more B757 freighters
09 / 11 / 2021
Astral Aviation has signed up to lease three B757 freighter aircraft from Aquila Air Capital. The aircraft are due to…
Etihad Cargo interlines with Astral and KQ to accelerate vaccine rollout in Africa
06 / 10 / 2021
Etihad Cargo has signed a pharma interline agreement – officially named ‘Service Legal Agreement’ (SLA) – with Astral Aviation and…
Astral Aviation interlines with Airlink Cargo South Africa
03 / 09 / 2021
Kenya-headquartered freighter operator Astral Aviation and Airlink Cargo South Africa have signed a broad interline agreement to connect their networks….
Silk Way West interlines with Astral as it looks to Africa
09 / 08 / 2021
Silk Way West Airlines has signed an interline agreement with Astral Aviation as it looks to offer destinations in Africa….
Volga-Dnepr Group and Astral partner to serve humanitarian sector
27 / 05 / 2021
Freighter operators Volga-Dnepr Group and Astral Aviation have formed a partnership to support the humanitarian sector and rollout of Covid-19…
Astral Aviation selects Sharjah Airport as Middle East hub
05 / 03 / 2021
Kenya-headquartered freighter operator Astral Aviation has selected Sharjah Airport as its Middle East hub as it expands its operations in…
African air cargo market set to benefit from forwarder investments
05 / 03 / 2021
It is hoped that recent investments by large forwarders in Africa will lead to infrastructure improvements. In January this year,…