All Africa news – Page 62
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Five pain points in airline tech and distribution
Flight Events and research company T2RL recently held the annual Technology & Innovation in Airline Distribution Conference in Bangkok, Thailand.
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PICTURE: First Air Mauritius A350 in final assembly
Air Mauritius is set to take delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 in the fourth quarter of this year, as the jet undergoes final assembly in Toulouse.
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Nigerian authority under pressure after Med-View ban
Nigeria's civil aviation regulator has been warned by European safety authorities that its oversight of air carriers appears inadequate, and needs to improve.
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Ethiopian issues RFP for PDP financing of 16 jets
Ethiopian Airlines is seeking pre-delivery payment (PDP) financing for 12 Boeing 737 Max 8s and four Airbus A350s, FlightGlobal understands.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Brian Humphries, President of the European Business Aviation Association
Brian Humphries, president of the European Business Aviation Association, has been fighting the industry's corner for more than two decades
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The 20-year history of global airline alliances
Since the first global alliance was established 20 years ago, these airline groupings have become a central part of the industry and travel offering.
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Air France-KLM's MRO arm wins C-check deal from Congo Airways
Congo Airways has expanded its contract with Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance to include Airbus A320 C-checks.
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FLIGHT TEST: Boeing's 737 Max – the same but different
Test pilot Paul Smith put Boeing's 737 Max 8 through its paces for FlightGlobal, and here gives his verdict
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: Why Digital Transformation is Unlocking Growth in Air Cargo
After several years of suffering from sluggish growth rates, the air cargo industry is finally on the rise. Demand in global air cargo markets grew by 3.8% in 2016, which was nearly double the industry’s average growth rate over the last five years. However, our article discusses one of the ...
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: The five future drivers to watch in online travel
Last month we spoke with leaders in online travel about key drivers industry players should be implementing to compete in the ever-changing online world.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Business aircraft safety 'holding steady'
Accident figures for 2016 show business aviation safety performance is gradually improving, but a glance at the nature of the accidents themselves raises questions about underlying standards in the industry.
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Kenya Airways appoints former LOT chief to top job
Kenya Airways has named Sebastian Mikosz as its new chief executive to replace Mbuvi Ngunze.
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: Did the first quarter show a turn in the demand cycle?
Welcome to our second V1ewPoint of 2017. In our last issue we wrote about market uncertainty as we headed into 2017, with some of our indicators suggesting a potential turn in the demand cycle which has seen strong growth since 2010. Although we have only seen a couple of months’ ...
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: After a record year, airframers see dip in backlog
Airframers enjoyed a record year for commercial deliveries during 2016, but an orders downturn made a dent in the industry’s backlog, which fell for the first time since 2009
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JAL teams with Dassault for private jet connections at Paris
Japan Airlines has signed an agreement with Dassault Falcon Services to offer passengers private jet connections across Europe and Africa to its services at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport from 1 May.
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FlightGlobal jobs fair to examine why so few women are on the flightdeck
One of the key questions to be examined in this month’s free FlightGlobal virtual pilots’ jobs fair is why so few women become airline pilots.
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: How the air cargo market is in transition
The recent data from IATA for the whole year of 2016 saw cargo traffic rise by 3.8% in freight tonne-kilometres (FTK), against a 5.3% increase in capacity measured in available tonne kilometres. This encouraging growth was compared to the anaemic 2.3% rise in 2015 and the past decade’s average annual ...
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AIX: Cobalt unveils first wireless mobile charging product for airlines
Cobalt Aerospace is seeing “phenomenal” interest from commercial airlines in what it says is the world’s first wireless mobile phone charging solution for aircraft interiors – and the company has its sights firmly set on securing linefit offerability for the units.
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AIX: IFEC industry takes electronics ban in its stride
Uncertainty over whether the recent ban on laptops and tablets in some aircraft cabins could be expanded, and the impact this might have on the in-flight entertainment and connectivity market, is provoking mixed reactions from companies attending the show.
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AIX: Spafax allows passengers to ask Alexa
Content agency Spafax is debuting a new voice-activated personal assistant with complete knowledge of an airline’s entertainment offering that will allow passengers to ask Amazon’s Alexa which movies, TV shows and music will be available on their flight.