The Middle East region saw a 16.4% increase in average flight hours from Q1 to Q2 2018, with Saudi Arabia leading the way in business aviation in the region. The Kingdom is home to the biggest fleet of business jets in the Middle East coupled with the largest number of high net worth individuals (HNWIs).

Driven by innovation, the MEBAA Jeddah Conference will return again in 2018 to discuss the future of business aircraft, pilot regulation and finance"...

Delta Air Lines has entered into a codeshare partnership with Kenya Airways on flights to and from Kenya Airways’ hub at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Effective August 15, Delta’s code will be placed on Kenya Airways’ flights from Amsterdam, Paris, London, and Accra to Nairobi. This move is expected to enhance connectivity and provide customers with a one-stop seamless travel experience from the United States."...

BOEING'S plans to turn Zimbabwe into its Southern African regional hub where training and expert technical services would be provided to companies flying the company's aircraft are gathering pace amid indications are that Government has started consulting on how to go about it.

Indications are that some of the largest airlines operating Boeing aircraft in Southern Africa will be re-routing to Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare for specialised technical support.

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The male-dominated aviation industry must attract more women into the workforce to avoid the “impending crisis” of not having enough pilots, a senior executive has said. Angela Gittens, director-general of the Airports Council International, said that if demand for flights continues to grow rapidly, men alone cannot provide sufficient pilots. According to the International Society of Women Airline Pilots, only 6.7 per cent of pilots are female. “The fact is that if you ignore half of the world’s population,"...

The increased price of fuel in Sudan is one of the leading factors that caused the price hikes for domestic flight prices, according to the head of the parliamentary transport committee.

Member of Parliament Mohamed Ahmed El Shayeb, who heads the transport, roads and bridges committee in the Sudanese parliament, told Radio Dabanga that several factors have caused the increase in prices, including the increase in fuel prices by 23 per cent.

Airline companies in Sudan have announced an increase in domestic flight prices by more than 20 per cent by August 6. Economists fear hyperinflation in the near future.

The airlines pointed to an increase of 23 per cent, caused by the rising fuel prices since end December, and the indicative US dollar rate which the Bank of Sudan raised"...

The Sudanese government yesterday received a plan drawn out by France’s Airbus plane manufacturer to rescue its ailing national carrier over the next 10 years.

Sudanese Minister of Transport, Roads and Bridges, Makkawi Mohammed Al-Awad said during a press conference that he held a meeting with representatives from the French company. He said they had expressed hope that Sudan Air will regain its global position after years of absence.

Ghana’s Aviation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah recently won the Balafon Award of Excellence as the Aviation Minister of the Year in West Africa. In presenting the award to the Minister, a founding member of theteamafrica, organisers of Accra Weizo 2018, Ikechi Uko explained that aviation ministers in the sub-region were selected, of which two from Ghana and Nigeria were shortlisted. He explained that Accra Weizo is a travel event now in its 4th edition, aimed at creating a seamless travel environment, which brings"...

SalamAir (OV, Muscat) is looking at tapping into the Africa-Asia transit market using its incoming fleet of A320neo, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mohamed Ahmed has said.

The Omani low-cost carrier, which currently operates three A320ceo, recently committed to acquiring six A320neo, the first of which, a direct purchase from Airbus,"...