Business Ethiopian Airlines bucks regional trend with profit surge Nairobi – Ethiopian Airlines, the leading African flag carrier, on Wednesday reported a surge in profit for the last... Read more 1 Sep, 2022
Business Ethiopian Airlines suspends pilots who missed landing Nairobi – Africa’s biggest carrier Ethiopian Airlines said it has suspended two pilots who reportedly fell asleep and missed... Read more 21 Aug, 2022
Business British Airways owner logs first profit since Covid London – British Airways parent IAG said 0n Friday it flew back into profit for the first time since... Read more 29 Jul, 2022
Business Air Senegal fires CEO after outcry Dakar – The West African state-run carrier Air Senegal said on Wednesday it had fired chief executive Ibrahima Kane,... Read more 13 Jul, 2022
Countries Springbok Elton Jantjies’ airline damage case withdrawn The case against Rugby World Cup-winning South Africa fly-half Elton Jantjies was provisionally withdrawn Friday, his lawyer said, after... Read more 17 Jun, 2022
Business South Africa’s BA operator files for liquidation Johannesburg – Comair, the South African operator of British Airways flights, filed for liquidation on Thursday after its bankruptcy administrators... Read more 9 Jun, 2022
Algeria Two lifeless male bodies found in hold of Air Algerie plane, police say Algiers – The bodies of two men were found in the hold of an Air Algerie plane at Algiers International... Read more 5 Jun, 2022
Countries DRC halts RwandAir flights over alleged rebel support Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of Congo said it will suspend RwandAir flights and summoned Kigali’s ambassador after authorities... Read more 28 May, 2022
Business SAA ‘a fiscal drain… it has cost SA R49 billion,’ – Godongwana tells Parliament Cape Town – South African Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has reportedly said that the South African Airways (SAA)... Read more 11 May, 2022
Business Wings of a dream: Ivory Coast tycoon sees new life for wrecked planes Songon – “That one’s a DC-10, next to it you have a Fokker 28, over there are Boeing 737s…”... Read more 24 Apr, 2022