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South African carriers and aviation stakeholders warned of severe operational and financial disruption after Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) suspended hundreds of instrument flight procedures (IFPs), a move that has forced route changes, cancellations and resulted in longer flight…
Air Burkina has taken delivery of a second Embraer E190 aircraft, landing at Ouagadougou International Airport on 30 October 2025 in a ceremony attended by government officials. The addition marks a key step in the carrier’s post-restructuring recovery and is…
Airlines from across Africa urged deeper strategic partnerships with global carriers and institutional investors at the 5th Türkiye-Africa Business & Economic Forum in Istanbul (Oct 16–17, 2025), arguing that short-term bank loans and blocked funds are strangling expansion plans. The…
Nigeria’s largest private carrier, Air Peace, has launched direct services from Abuja (ABV) to London Heathrow (LHR), deploying a newly acquired Boeing 777-200ER to support expanded UK connectivity and longer international routes. The Abuja–Heathrow inaugural flight took place on 26…
The European Union has expanded its Air Safety List (ASL) in 2025, adding multiple carriers certified in countries with persistent regulatory shortcomings and further restricting their access to EU airspace. The move, part of the EU’s ongoing safety-oversight campaign, now…
Menzies Aviation announced on 23 October 2025 a strategic agreement with TAAG Angola Airlines and Sociedade Gestora de Aeroportos (SGA) to establish Menzies Aviation Angola, Lda., a locally incorporated services company aimed at modernising ground handling, cargo and airport operations…
TAAG Angola Airlines confirmed it will transfer all international flights to the new Dr. António Agostinho Neto International Airport (NBJ) on 19 October 2025, completing a phased relocation from Quatro de Fevereiro (LAD) and marking a major step in Angola’s…
A de facto Sudan UAE flight ban and related port restrictions have severely reduced legal gold exports from army-controlled areas, driving the Sudanese pound down by nearly 40% and worsening shortages of fuel and wheat, Reuters reports. The UAE, historically…
South African investigators have concluded that an Airbus A330-300 operating a domestic SAA flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg on 27 October 2024 entered a cruise-altitude turbulence-induced pitch oscillation that was aggravated when the first officer disengaged the autopilot and…
The planned re-opening of Khartoum International Airport was postponed on 22 October 2025 after drone strikes on Oct. 21 and 22 raised fresh security concerns, an airline source and local officials told Reuters. The delay halted the scheduled first domestic…
