Traversing the Horn of Africa again 
After a 30-year disruption, air traffic control services over Somalia and the surrounding region were operationally restored on 26 January 2023. Some of the region’s busiest airways - linking the African subcontinent south of Ethiopia with the Middle East and Indian... more
Ashanti Airlines wins tender for new Ghanaian airline
The UK based investment fund Zotus Group and the Ghanaian carrier Ashanti Airlines are working together to create a pan-African aviation hub in Accra. The government of Ghana has confirmed that it has awarded Ashanti Airlines and its operational and financial partner t he... more
AA Cargo and Airlink unite for Haiti
American Airlines Cargo is taking part in a global effort to transport life-saving medical and sanitation supplies to Haiti as the nation struggles to control a deadly cholera outbreak. In partnership with Airlink, a non-profit humanitarian organisation dedicated to bringing... more
Air China returns to Geneva from today
Air China will be resuming flights between Geneva and Beijing on 26January 2023. One weekly flight is planned to start with, on Thursdays using Airbus 330-200 aircraft. After a long and difficult period of travel restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the company is... more
Emirates to resume pre-pandemic Aussi ops
Two months from today, on 26 March 2023, services between Melbourne and Emirates' Dubai hub via Singapore will increase from two to three flights per day, with a third direct service to begin to Sydney from 1 May. The expansion of services follows the airline's recent... more
Boeing to host final jumbo handover
Boeing will present a live webcast of the ceremony marking the delivery of the final 747 to Atlas Air on 31 January 2023 at 16.00 h Eastern time (13.00 Pacific time). Thousands of people – including current and former employees as well as customers and suppliers – will... more
Challenge Airlines: first flight from Istanbul today
Challenge Group is starting the new year as it means to go on, with an historic, inaugural Challenge Airlines flight out of Istanbul, Turkey, today 25 January 2023. The freighter will carry a mix of Turkey’s main export products: garments, fabrics, and automotive parts, all from... more
ECS Group expands training portfolio
Professional training and life-long-learning are a winning combination for a successful career in business. That's why "Discover", the in-house training platform of ECS Group launched in September 2020, now offers over 50 digital training modules and a solid knowledge... more
Bridging the African gap
Ethiopian Airlines Group (ET) has partnered with Mailamericas (MA), a private postal operator and gold member of the consultive committee for the Universal Postal Union, to develop competitive cross border ecommerce services within Africa and the Middle East using Addis Ababa as... more
The industry needs staying power 
GSSA expects airfreight upturn in Q2 or H2. After a peak season that didn’t deserve the moniker the air cargo industry is now looking to the future with uncertainty. Andrius Antanaitis, director of business development for Europe at Strike Aviation, thinks the industry will have... more