Jeppesen to Introduce Enhanced Arrival and Departure Charts

Jeppesen, a Boeing Company, has worked closely with the pilot community and leading experts to enhance its SID (standard instrument departure) and STAR (standard terminal arrival route) charts to increase situational awareness and reduce ‘head-down’ time while referencing chart information.

Emirates, Kenya Airways to axe Abuja, Nigeria routes

Emirates (EK, Dubai Int'l) and Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) have both announced they will be pulling out of the Abuja, Nigeria market in the coming weeks citing the country's worsening foreign currency shortage.

France Airbus Group to open office in Nigeria

The efforts of the current administration in the aviation sector have received a boost with the coming in of Airbus Group of France to set up an office in Nigeria

Connecticut plane crash appears to be suicide

A plane crash that killed a student pilot and left his flight instructor with serious burns appears to have been a suicide attempt, a US official familiar with the investigation said.

DGCA goes after tipsy engineers taxiing planes

Not just drunk pilots and crew but even tipsy aircraft maintenance engineers (AME) are proving to be a cause of serious concern for India’s aviation safety regulator.

SA Express to end flights from Joburg to East London and Port Elizabeth

Cash-strapped state-owned airline South African Express has suspended its flights from Johannesburg to East London and Port Elizabeth‚ as well as from Cape Town to Durban.

African Countries Contemplate New Multinational Airline

Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Tewolde Gebremariam

Seven countries in eastern, central and southern Africa have begun talks aimed at establishing a multinational Pan African Airline.

How Regional Airlines Are Scrambling for Entebbe Airport

On September 28, a brand new Airbus 330-200 touched down at Entebbe International Airport from Paris, France. On the tarmac, at the airport, to welcome the new aircraft were several diplomats, Ministry of Works and Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) officials.

Nigeria elected into Council of International Civil Aviation

The 39th Assembly of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has elected Nigeria into its council for the next three years.

Kenya re-elected to International Civil Aviation Organisation's governing body

Kenya aviation industry got a major boost after the country was re-elected to the UN’s civil aviation governing body despite the ongoing problems in the sector.

Fatal air crash: ‘James Bond’ plane was refused UK permit

A pilot who died when his home-built James Bond-style plane crashed in a Co Waterford field had previously been refused a permit to fly the aircraft in the UK over safety concerns, an official accident report has found.

USA flight evacuated after another Samsung phone fire

A replacement model of the fire-prone Samsung Note 7 smartphone began smoking inside a USA plane on Wednesday (Oct 5), the family that owns it said, prompting fresh investigations by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Federal Aviation Administration.

Greek air traffic controllers suspend strikes: union

Greek air traffic controllers announced on Saturday an eleventh hour suspension of a series of one-day strikes as hundreds of flights were cancelled and concerns raised to avert a tourism crisis.

Qatar Airways Places $18 Billion Order For Boeing Airliners

Qatar Airways has placed an order with Boeing for 40 787-9 and 777-300ER widebody airliners, plus signed a letter of intent for up to 60 737 Max 8s, which would be the Gulf carrier’s first narrowbody purchase from Boeing in 15 years. The transactions combined are valued at $18.6 billion at list prices.

Right on Time, Cessna Citation Longitude Takes Flight

The Cessna Citation Longitude made its successful first flight from the company’s east campus Beech Field Airport in Wichita on Saturday, parent company Textron Aviation announced. This comes less than a year after the company unveiled the new super-midsize business jet last year at the NBAA Convention.