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C-Astral, the Slovenia-based aerospace company, has been honored with one of the world’s most prestigious design awards, the Red Dot: Best of the Best, for its SQA eVTOL Unmanned Aircraft System. This esteemed recognition, often referred to as the “The Oscars of Design«, places C-Astral alongside other notable 2024 winners, such as Apple for its […]
The Airbus Fleet Connect for Africa, held from June 23-25, 2024, provided a significant platform for discussing the future of aviation on the continent. Among the notable speakers was Abderahmane Berthé, Secretary General of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA). Berthé’s contributions spanned critical areas such as fleet growth, safety, airline operations, and leadership and talent
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Qatar Airways was also recently recognised as having the ‘World’s Best Airline Website’ by the World Travel Tech Awards. This is the eighth time the airline has won the honour in the 25-year history of the awards, first winning it in 2011. “This is a proud Qatar Airways moment and it is my honour
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The organizing committee of the East African Airshow regrets to announce the postponement of this highly anticipated event to a yet-to-be-determined date in 2025. This decision has been made due to unforeseen circumstances that have impacted our ability to deliver the world-class event that our stakeholders, industry partners, and sponsors expect and deserve. The East
Africa’s largest business aviation maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO), ExecuJet MRO Services South Africa, is poised to set a new record this year for airframe heavy maintenance checks. This year the business, which is based at Johannesburg’s Lanseria International Airport where it can accommodate up to 14 aircraft of various sizes in its hangar, will
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AirAsia X is expected to launch its latest destination to Africa soon as part of its expansion plan. The low-cost medium to long-haul carrier’s new African destination is Kenya and it is expected to offer 4 times weekly flights between Kuala Lumpur (KUL) and Nairobi (NBO). According to Aeroroutes, AirAsia X will serve the route
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From systems to manufacturing to design and test, women engineers across GE Aerospace make a difference every day in advancing the future of flight. On this International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), we celebrate the contributions of our women engineers across the globe and share their stories of inspiration, challenges, and triumphs. International Women
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NASA has selected Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] to develop and build the nation’s next generation weather satellite constellation, Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO), for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The baseline contract is for three spacecraft with options for four additional spacecraft. The total estimated value of the contract including options is $2.27 billion. The GeoXO mission will
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The Kingdom of Belgium will procure 15 multi-role H145M helicopters for the army and two helicopters plus three options for the Federal Police. The contract was signed between the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), on behalf of Belgium, and Airbus Helicopters. “We are proud that Belgium is joining the growing community of H145M users,” said Bruno Even,
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Engineering company Scalian has this week bought Mannarino Systems & Software, a company specialising in avionics for electric aircraft and drones. On a global level, Mannarino also works in certified systems for the aerospace sector, meaning the acquisition is in line with the Group’s strategy to expand internationally and focus on safety-critical systems and software