All Africa news – Page 62
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NewsDaher appoints 208 Aviation to support African TBMs
Daher is expanding its global support network for the burgeoning TBM fleet, with the appointment of 208 Aviation as its first service centre for the single-engined turboprop in South Africa.
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Crashed EgyptAir A320's cockpit recorder retrieved
Recovery teams have retrieved the cockpit-voice recorder of the EgyptAir Airbus A320 which crashed in the Mediterranean Sea in mid-May.
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EgyptAir probe predicts cut-off point for recorder signals
Egyptian investigators believe the transmission from the crashed EgyptAir Airbus A320’s flight recorders will continue until 24 June.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: IATA sees airlines keeping shine on profits
Outgoing IATA director general Tony Tyler closed the association’s AGM in Dublin with a quip about how host carrier chief Stephen Kavanah, in contrast to the hailstorms of Cape Town in 2013, had delivered uninterrupted sun for the event,
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IATA: Association works to flag blocked funds risks earlier
IATA is working on establishing a new early-alert system to help flag to its members countries where a shortage of foreign currency reserves could risk airline funds become blocked as they have been in Venezuela.
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IATA: De Juniac confirmed as new director general
IATA has confirmed the appointment of Air France-KLM chief executive Alexandre de Juniac as its new director general and chief executive, a role he will take up at the start of September.
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IATA: Airline profits outperforming sluggish economic growth
While record profits in a low-growth economy suggest airlines have gone some way to successfully decoupling their financial fortunes from economic growth, the IATA believes fragility of the latter remains the biggest to derailing the industry's strong profit run.
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IATA: Leahy eyes early call on 'A350-2000' decision
Airbus sales chief John Leahy would like Airbus to decide “sooner rather than later” whether to go ahead with its proposed A350-1000 stretch, dubbed the “-2000”, to start securing orders in what could be a relatively small market.
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IATA: Leahy believes CSeries pricing strategy unsustainable
Airbus’s top salesman John Leahy is unmoved by the Bombardier CSeries recent sales successes and remains sceptical that the twinjet is becoming a genuine rival. He does not believe Bombardier has the financial wherewithal to sustain the sort of long-term loss making sales strategy usually required to become established as ...
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IATA: Bombardier sees discounts key to CSeries traction
Bombardier executives say discounts for its flagship CSeries as key to gaining momentum for the programme, responding to criticism from Airbus executives.
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EgyptAir crash: French vessel detects possible locator signal
Search teams hunting for the flight recorders from the crashed EgyptAir Airbus A320 in the Mediterranean Sea have detected a possible locator signal.
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IATA: Adapting safety focus as operating environment changes
IATA has always taken safety and security seriously, but the emphasis has to alter subtly from time to time to take account of changes in the global operating environment. A quick glance at recent airline safety performance shows accidents are down, but disasters have still occurred and the terrorist threat ...
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IATA: Tyler corrals troops to champion carbon-offset deal
IATA director general Tony Tyler is delighted his members are congregating in Dublin this year, heralding Ireland as a great example of a country that embraces commercial aviation. And as he makes his last appearance as the association’s boss, Tyler acknowledges that 2016 is a crunch time for the world’s ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The biggest LCCs by traffic and financials in 2015
When Ryanair ended the 2015 calendar year passing the 100 million passenger mark, it further underlined the huge growth the low-cost sector has continued to experience over recent years
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EgyptAir crash: French deploy acoustic detection vessel
France’s government is dispatching a specialist naval vessel to support the underwater search for flight recorders from the crashed EgyptAir Airbus A320.
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PICTURE: Air Austral takes first 787
Reunion’s Air Austral has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-8, becoming the first French operator to take the type.
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EBACE: IASO launches as new aviation services umbrella body
A new umbrella organisation for the world of aviation services was launched in Geneva last night.
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Authorities yet to locate main MS804 wreckage
Egyptian authorities are still searching for the main wreckage of the Airbus A320 that operated EgyptAir flight MS804, with a focus on retrieving the flight data and cockpit voice recorders.
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EBACE: The Business of Safety
Long-term business aviation accident rates are on a gentle downward trend, but there are areas of weakness that keep showing up
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Egyptian forces claim to have located EgyptAir debris
Egyptian armed forces are claiming to have located wreckage and other debris from the missing EgyptAir Airbus A320.