The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Aviation Impact Accelerator (AIA), an international industry-academia partnership based at the University of Cambridge, have announced a collaboration to accelerate the aviation sector’s transition to net-zero CO² emissions by 2050. The two organisations will assess the financial implications of reaching aviation’s 2050 net-zero CO² goal. Building upon […]
South African-based aviation group Pegasus Universal Aerospace has launched a new shares sale to raise capital for the next developmental stage of its ground-breaking Vertical Business Jet (VBJ) project. The exercise is aimed at raising a minimum of R200,000 in funding and will remain open for three months until 21 August 2023. The company has […]
SITA, a technology provider for the travel and transport industry, has secured a landmark deal with the Airports Authority of India to provide technology to 43 of India’s biggest airports. India’s Civil Aviation is among the fastest-growing aviation markets globally and will be a major growth engine delivering an estimated (US) $5 trillion economy by […]
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TAAG Angola Airlines has announced that it has entered into a long-term lease agreement with Aviation Capital Group LLC for four new Airbus A220-300 aircraft. The announcement was made on the first day of the Paris Air show. The aircraft are to be delivered to TAAG in 2025. “Incorporating four new A220 aircraft under this […]
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By World Airnews correspondent Wallace Mawire Zimbabwe is embarking on the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)-European Union Assistance project phase two feasibility study on Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) launched in Harare by the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) recently. The launch is a follow-up to a seminar held with ICAO and nine other African […]
South African Civil Aviation director Poppy Koza has been awarded the Inspirational Role Model award at the start of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) air summit in Istanbul today. She was part of the IATA Diversity & Inclusion Awards announcement. The other two recipients were: Camila Turrieta – chair of the diversity, equity, belonging, […]
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released its latest industry outlook for 2023. While the global outlook is better than expected with total industry net profits expected to reach (US) $9.8bn this year – which is more than double the previous forecast of $4.7 billion (December 2022). However, the outlook for Africa’s airlines remains negative: In […]
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Once again, Nigeria tops the list of countries blocking funds that effectively prevent airlines from gaining access to these much-needed monies. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) at the start of its AGM in Istanbul, Turkey has warned that these rapidly rising levels of blocked funds are a threat to airline connectivity in the affected […]
Photos courtesy of EBACE Against the backdrop of announcements from aircraft manufacturers, the 2023 European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition or EBACE2023 featured Textron Aviation new Cessna Citation Ascend and Airbus Corporate Jets’ showed off the ACJ TwoTwenty, Bombardier’s Challenger 3500 and Gulfstream’s G800 aircraft. Analysts and experts expressed general optimism the industry will continue […]
By World Airnews correspondent Wallace Mawire Zimbabwe’s minister of transport and infrastructural development Felix Mhona formally opened the Aviation Training Academy (ATAZ) and at the same time – commissioned some air navigation aids – at a formal event held at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe international airport in Harare. The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CCAZ) […]
