Tamale Intl airport terminal commissioned 
Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, vice president of the Republic of Ghana, has commissioned the new Tamale International Airport. This follows the successful operationalisation of the terminal and the transfer of operations from the old to the new terminal. The vice president was... more
Egyptair Cargo seems to be doing it again
One year after stopping shipping monkeys to laboratories, Egyptair has apparently gone back on its word, risking the spread of disease and depleting the world of an endangered species. As the NGO People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) has learned, the African airline... more
Paragon Aviation takes over
Namibia Airports Company (NAC) reports that Paragon Aviation has commenced providing ground handling services at Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA). This move is compliant with the supreme court's assertion that Menzies Aviation relied on unlawful self-help to stay put... more
Nigeria: breaking ground for air cargo facility
Kabir Yusuf Mohammed, managing director of Nigeria’s Federal Airports Authority, laid the foundation for the development of an aviation cargo village. The facility located on Ajao road, Ikeja on a 27,000 sqm plot of land would be a one stop shop for all cargo related air... more
Expanding trucking services in southern Africa
A. Hartrodt has set up a cross-border trucking division in Johannesburg, South Africa, with the aim to build up and expand cargo volumes in the region, the company says. The intra-Africa business is mainly focused on exports from South Africa. For example, mines in Botswana... more
More wheels for beverages in East Africa
35 new trucks have been delivered to Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Kenya. A first-time customer, the shipper purchased a mix of rigids and prime movers of 6x4 trucks with day cabs and plastic bumpers from Scania East Africa. The trucks are currently being used to transport the... more
CAI: two agreements with Cairo Airport
Changi Airports International (CAI) has inked two agreements with Cairo Airport Company to jointly develop Cairo’s International Airport, one of the busiest airports in Africa and Egypt’s largest airport in terms of passenger and cargo traffic. The first consultancy... more
AEI lands contract in Congo
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has announced that Democratic Republic of Congo-based Serve Air has ordered its first AEI B737-800SF freighter conversion. The aircraft, (MSN 30517) has already commenced modification and will be redelivered to Serve Air in early November. All... more
Donsin Airport: back to square one
The new leadership of Burkina Faso, which had just swept to power after a military coup, granted the concession for the construction and operation of the new Donsin airport in the country’s capital Ouagadougou to the French company Meridiam almost ten months ago. The... more
World ACD: North Africa tops air cargo growth 
North Africa is among just a handful of global air cargo origin subregions to record growth in the first half of 2023, according to an analysis by World ACD Market Data, amid a wider overall picture of declining year-on-year (YoY) chargeable weight and average rates on most... more