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Press release: ICAO SG urges Africa’s aviation leaders to seize opportunities for safety and security performance improvements, air transport growth, and pandemic recovery

July 22, 2021July 22, 2021AdminLeave a Comment

Montréal, 20 July 2021 – Addressing Africa’s aviation leaders last week, most notably through her opening of the 2021 AFI Aviation Week, ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu highlighted the tremendous potential future for aviation in Africa that could be achieved through the realization of regional commitments, and underscored the critical role aviation should play in […]

Ethiopian Airlines 20th out of 200

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021AdminLeave a Comment

Press Release : RwandAir Dream miles and Qatar Airways Privilege Club launch loyalty partnership for frequent fliers

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021AdminLeave a Comment

KIGALI, 12 July, 2021 – RwandAir has become the first – and only – Sub-Saharan African airline to launch a loyalty partnership with Qatar Airways. The two carriers have joined forces to offer RwandAir Dream Miles and Qatar Airways Privilege Club loyalty members access to each other’s destinations with the opportunity to ‘earn and burn’ points […]

Tunisia: Mohamed Rejeb, becomes CEO of the Office of Civil Aviation and Airports

July 1, 2021July 1, 2021AdminLeave a Comment

On Monday, June 28, the Ministry of Transport and Logistics announced the appointment of Mohamed Rejeb, replacing Lotfi Mhissen to head the Office of Civil Aviation and Airports (OACA). Adviser in air safety at the headquaters of OACA until his appointment, the new CEO of OACA, is an industrial engineer, graduated from the School of […]

Morocco, the country with the most AHA accredited airports

July 1, 2021July 1, 2021AdminLeave a Comment

15 of the 22 airports in the Kingdom of Morocco have joined the list of airports that have received the “Airport Health Accreditation” (AHA), issued by the Airports Council International (ACI). These are the airports of Marrakech-Menara, Casablanca-Mohammed V, Agadir-Al Massira, Rabat-Salé, Oujda-Angad, Fez-Saïs, Tangier-Ibn Batouta, Ouarzazate, Nador-El Aroui, Essaouira-Mogador, Al Hoceima-Chérif El Idrissi, Errachidia-Moulay […]

Statistics of the day

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021AdminLeave a Comment

Niger : Inauguration of the renovated Mano Dayak International Airport in Agadez under ASECNA management

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021AdminLeave a Comment

The Minister of Transport, Mr. Alma Oumarou, proceeded on Wednesday, June 16, to the inauguration of the Mano Dayak International Airport of Agadez, which was rehabilitated and modernized in 2016 under the Agadez Sokni program. Thus, this airport, which now meets international standards, comes under the community management of the Agency for the Safety of […]

Dico aero : Aerodrome

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021AdminLeave a Comment

Portrait: Who is Willie Walsh the new Executive Director of IATA?

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021AdminLeave a Comment

Appointed last November at the 76th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Irish Willie Walsh officially replaced the French Alexandre de Juniac in the general management of the association on April 1. But who is the 8th IATA Director General? Born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1961, Walsh joined the […]

Read for you : Kenya’s air travel industry to take 3 years to recover to pre-COVID-19 levels

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021AdminLeave a Comment

Kenya’s domestic air travel operators on Wednesday said the industry could take up to three years to recover to pre-COVID-19 levels. Eutychus Waithaka, executive secretary of Kenya Association of Air Operators told Xinhua in Nairobi that out of the more than 1,200 aircrafts registered in the country, about 80 percent are not operational due to […]