The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for September 2023 global air cargo markets, showing continuing demand recovery. While global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs), increased by 1.9% compared to September 2022 levels (+1.6% for international operations, capacity, measured in available cargo tonne-kilometers (ACTKs), was up 12.1% compared to September 2022(+11.0% for […]
Aerospace giant, Airbus, the world’s biggest manufacturer of commercial aircraft, recently presented its market forecast for Nigeria in Abuja, during a media briefing at the 7th Aviation Africa Summit and Exhibition and projected the number of aircraft that would be acquired to operate in Nigeria in consonance to the growth of the air transport sector […]
Ethiopian Airlines Group, the fastest-growing global airline brand and the continent’s largest airline, has announced that it will increase its weekly passenger flights to Seoul, Republic of Korea, to six, effective October 28, 2023. Ethiopian will also deploy the latest Airbus A350-900 aircraft on the route. The increase in the frequency follows fruitful discussions between […]
International communication advisory firm, Irvine Partners, has been appointed as the dedicated PR agency for Airbus across sub-Saharan Africa, supporting their communications in the region over the next three years. Irvine Partners CEO, Rachel Irvine, who disclosed this in a statement, said: “As a business with a strong foothold across Sub-Saharan Africa and an acute […]
The Chair of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Board of Governors (BoG) who is also the CEO of Rwand Air, Yvonne Manzi Makolo said that the cost of running airline in Africa is highest in the world due to high taxes, high price of aviation fuel, high insurance premium, high cost of spares and […]
