The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) released its 2020 Air Transport Report . The report gives an in-depth analysis of Africa’s air transport industry performance for 2020 covering: financial performance, passenger and cargo traffic evolution, airport ranking, intra-Africa connectivity, and openness.…
The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated global aviation. The fallout is being severely felt across the African continent. Even before the pandemic, only 9% of the continent’s air traffic was intra-African. It’s common to hear stories that the fastest, easiest, and…
Months after serious planning with the possibility of a domestic codeshare airline pact, history was made today when Ibom Air And Dana inked a codeshare agreement that has become the first-ever in the Nigerian aviation industry. The Codeshare alliance will…
Bombardier has announced a Preferred Service Provider agreement with GE aviation through which GE will power Bombardier’s cockpit and cabin connectivity solutions. This is a first step toward the launch of Smart Link Plus, Bombardier’s connected aircraft program. Launching new…
Viasat Inc. and China Satellite Communications Co., Ltd. announced an agreement for a strategic partnership to jointly provide in-flight connectivity (IFC) services within China for domestic and international airlines. Viasat and China Satcom will work in partnership to enable Viasat’s…
In last week’s earnings call Gogo indicated that expected service revenue for its North America Commercial Aviation segment would be flat YoY in 2018. Considering the impending loss of some 400 American Airlines aircraft from its service fleet (~15%) that’s a tough…