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Delta Airlines Cape Town route causes Bilateral Row between South Africa and United States

A bilateral disagreement has ensued after South Africa’s refusal of Delta Airline’s Johannesburg – Cape Town sector. Delta Airlines reversed plans to fly a triangular route between Atlanta in the United States, Johannesburg and Cape Town in South Africa. The surprising development comes as a hit to the city of Cape Town which receives a large number of tourist arrivals from the United States. Delta Airlines will now have to rely on interline partners to extend more options to its passengers According to simple flying, complexities around a bilateral agreement between the two countries are the reason behind Delta’s decision. The South African department of transport referred to the 1996 Air Transport Agreement claiming that it “does not confer domestic coterminalization rights for designated airlines of both countries.” The United States does not agree with this interpretation and in the spirit of reciprocity has moved to bar South African Airways…

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Delta Airlines and Kenya Airways Extend Codeshare; Expanding Network Reach

Delta Air Lines and Kenya Airways have announced the expansion of their codeshare agreement  The extension enhances the airlines’ already extensive codeshare network, increasing customer choices and offering seamless travel between the 2 airlines and their respective networks The relationship between the carriers boosted their networks with the addition of 39 city choices across Africa, the United States and Canada, extending their reach and further aiding a much needed recovery from the travel slowdown caused by the corona pandemic According to a press release, the enhanced agreement enables Delta customers flying nonstop on the airline’s services from New York-JFK to Accra, Ghana, to connect with Delta-marketed codeshare flights to Monrovia, Liberia, and Freetown, Sierra Leone, operated by Kenya Airways. Delta-marketed codeshare flights will also be available on Kenya Airways’ services from Nairobi to Cape Town, South Africa; Harare, Zimbabwe; and Kigali, Rwanda. From New York-JFK, Kenya Airways has placed its…

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Liberia Requests Direct Flights to Uganda

Liberian Vice President, Dr. Jewel Howard-Taylor has requested the Ugandan government to establish a direct air connection between the two countries via the national carrier, Uganda Airlines. The request was made during Dr. Howard-Taylor’s recent state visit to Uganda in which both parties sought to action areas of mutual interest and joint cooperation. Liberia’s lack of efficient air links highlights Africa’s broader issue of intra connectivity. A trip between the Liberian capital, Monrovia and Uganda’s hub at Entebbe would require multiple connections and in some cases, travel from Liberia to another African country involves connecting via a European hub. “We trust one day, sooner than later, they (Ugandan Airlines) will have a few outings to Monrovia. Regardless of whether it is once in seven days, we would cherish that since now you go from Monrovia to Accra and from Accra to Nairobi and from Nairobi to Uganda so it requires…

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Burkina Faso and UAE move to Strengthen Bilateral Air Transport Cooperation

Burkina Faso and the United Arab Emirates have rekindled efforts towards bilateral air transport cooperation A Burkina Faso delegation led by the Minister of Transport, Urban Mobility and Security, Mr. Vincent Timbindi Dabilgou visited Dubai from June 10 to 11, 2021 as part of renewed efforts to action the bilateral air transport agreement signed in 2015 between Burkina Faso and the UAE At the time of its signing 6 years ago, the country’s main Airport, Ouagadougou International Airport was not ICAO certified, limiting the implementation of the bilateral agreement to only the transport of Cargo between the 2 countries Burkina Faso has been re-energized after ICAO certified the international airport last year, 2020 and concluded a positive meeting with the Emirati delegation led by Sheick Majid Al Mualla, Vice-President in charge of international relations and including Adnan Kazim, Commercial Director, Mohamed Riza, commercial manager for Africa, Seed Bin Hafedh, Head…

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Building successful African national airlines

In recent years a resurgence of national carrier projects has been observed in Africa. However, Africa’s Aviation history is beset by the failure of prominent state-owned airlines such as Air Afrique, Air Uganda, Air Zimbabwe, the most recent being Air Namibia and South African Airways. This has created a stigma around national carriers and has drawn criticism surrounding the need and value of African owned airlines. A few airlines however have proven to be extremely successful and resilient particularly during this pandemic. How can state-owned airlines succeed? and what are the government’s roles in aviation? What should these new airlines do to avoid the fate of so many? First and foremost, the purpose of creating a national airline needs to be clear. Whether it is part of a tourism development strategy, to be connected to the rest of the world, like Air Mauritius or Rwandair, to ensure the continuity of…

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Delta Airlines Returns to South Africa

Delta Airlines has announced it will make its return to South Africa with a nonstop service between Atlanta and Johannesburg beginning Aug. 1. It surely looks like the airline is ditching its plans to fly a “triangular” route from Atlanta to Johannesburg to Cape Town to Atlanta, but will however use its local interline partners to provide convenient connections to Cape Town. The return of the airline’s longest nonstop flight marks the milestone of Delta restoring services to all its pre-COVID African market, which include Accra, Ghana; Dakar, Senegal; and Lagos, Nigeria more than a year after pausing flights due to COVID-19. “Delta has proudly served South Africa for more than 15 years, and we’re thrilled to return to a market so highly sought after by tourists,” said Joe Esposito, S.V.P. – Network Planning. “Two-thirds of Americans report making summer travel plans, and with demand growing rapidly alongside U.S. vaccination…

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Boeing 737MAX 10 Completes First Flight

Boeing’s 737MAX-10 the latest and largest airplane in the 737 MAX family, has completed a successful first test flight. Boeing introduced the 737MAX-10 to the world at the Paris airshow in 2017 and with a maximum capacity of 230 passengers, it is a larger capacity addition to any airlines that will be looking to up-gauge on their 737-9 MAX fleet. However, Boeing also sold its new aircraft as a competitor to the Airbus A321NEO. The aircraft offers competitive economics with reported 5% lower trip costs vs competitors but with a listed range of 3300 Nautical miles will come up short against the A321LR and A321XLR The aircraft also incorporates environmental improvements, cutting carbon emissions by 14 percent and reducing noise by 50 percent compared to today’s Next-Generation 737s. According to a press release from Boeing, The airplane took off from Renton Field in Renton, Washington, at 10:07 a.m. and landed at 12:38 p.m. at Boeing Field in Seattle. “The airplane performed beautifully,” said 737 Chief Pilot…

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Rolls-Royce Powers Ahead Towards NetZero With New Energy Storage Systems

Rolls-Royce is leading the global charge towards sustainable power. The engine manufacturer will be developing energy storage systems (ESS) that will enable aircraft to undertake zero emissions flights of over 100 miles on a single charge. The company has committed to an £80m investment in ESS over the next decade, that willcreate around 300 jobs by 2030and strengthen itsposition as the leading supplier of all-electric and hybrid-electric power and propulsion systems foraviation. Aerospace-certified ESS solutionsfrom Rolls-Royce will power electric and hybrid-electric propulsion systems foreVTOLs (electric vertical takeoffand landing) in the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) market and fixed-wing aircraft,with up to 19 seats,in the commuter market. By 2035, Rolls-Royce is planning to integrate more than5 million battery cells per annum into modular systems.These modules will deliver market-leading energy density levels. Rob Watson, Director of Electrical, Rolls-Royce, said: “This multi-million-pound investment by Rolls-Royce over the next decade is another demonstration of our…

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Kenyan Airports Achieve Level 1 Accreditation Under Airport Carbon Accreditation of ACI

Four Kenyan airports are the first airports in East and Central Africa to achieve level 1 (mapping) accredited airport under ACI’s Airport Carbon Accreditation program, committing the facilities to reduce their carbon emissions, with the ultimate goal of achieving carbon neutrality. Managed by the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA), Jomo Kenyatta International Airport , Moi International Airport, Kisumu International Airport and Eldoret international Airports have joined the Airport Carbon Accreditation programme, achieving Level 1 “Mapping” accreditation. This is in line with KAA’s going green initiative launched in 2019 with a goal of becoming the greenest airport operator in Africa by 2022. The initiative also configures with the authority’s 2018-2022 strategic plan which highlight’s environmental stewardship as one of its main strategic areas with a goal of obtaining ISO 14001-2015: Environmental Management System (EMS) Standard. “Minimizing the effects of our operations on the environment is a core ambition for us at KAA.…

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CFM RISE: GE Aviation and Safran Launch Innovative Engine Demonstration Program

GE Aviation and Safran have launched a bold technology development program targeting more than 20 percent lower fuel consumption and CO2 emissions compared to today’s engines. The CFM RISE (Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines) program will demonstrate and mature a range of new, disruptive technologies for future engines that could enter service by the mid-2030s. The companies today also signed an agreement extending the CFM International 50/50 partnership to the year 2050, declaring their intent to lead the way for more sustainable aviation in line with the industry’s commitment to halve CO2 emissions by 2050. “The relationship between GE and Safran today is the strongest it has ever been,” said John Slattery, President and CEO of GE Aviation. “Together, through the RISE technology demonstration program, we are reinventing the future of flight, bringing an advanced suite of revolutionary technologies to market that will take the next generation of single-aisle aircraft…

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