Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) on Tuesday kicked against the plan to deregulate the African airspace as an endorsement of Yamoussoukro Decision, which was agreed on by African states in Yamoussoukro, Cote’Ivoire in 1988. The open sky for Africa allows easy entry and exit of African airlines to the airspace of each country without immigration […]
Angola be the host of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Day in Africa as the country’s air transport market is projected to record 7.1 million passengers a year by 2036 with the present annual growth rate of 6.7 per cent. However, IATA noted that even faster growth with greater socio-economic benefits for Angola could […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that African airlines posted the largest year-on-year increase in demand of all regions in freight demand in November, 2017 with freight volumes rising 17.5 percent. Capacity increased 24 percent. During the same period international freight volumes grew by 17.8 percent, a deceleration from […]
International aviation agencies have dubbed the year 2017 as they safest in aviation history. According to Airline Geeks, a publication dedicated to aviation, 2016 seemed to be a year of never-ending aviation incidents. From an Egyptair flight being “forcibly diverted” to Cyprus by a man wanting to impress his girlfriend, to then-Vice Presidential Candidate Mike […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for October showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 7.2% compared to the same month last year. Capacity grew 6.2% and load factor climbed 0.8 percentage points to 80.8%, which was a record for the month. October’s performance was a […]
