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How African Aviation is Harnessing new Technologies to Improve Operations and Accelerate Recovery

admin — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 11:36:31 +0000

The aviation industry is dynamic and ever changing. One of the major drivers for that change is technology and its widespread adoption by the sector. In an aviation world still on the road to recovery from its greatest slump in history, it is more important than ever for airlines and wider industry players to achieve [...]

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Kenya’s s Jambojet to Transform its Flight Operations with ARMS®

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 11:24:01 +0000

Singapore company LAMINAAR Aviation Infotech revealed that its implementation team will deliver LAMINAAR’s proprietary ARMS® applications software solution to Kenya’s first low-cost carrier Jambojet for its flight operations. ARMS which provides fully-automated flight planning capabilities and significant productivity savings will help Jambojet unify flight operations and fuel policies across its operations. ARMS Flight Planning System [...]

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Air Senegal announces new Partnership with SmartKargo

admin — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 14:51:46 +0000

Senegalese national carrier has partnered with US-based SmartKargo – an innovative, comprehensive and seamlessly integrated cargo management solution. The cloud-based SmartKargo system will improvise the Senegalese legacy carrier’s cargo system by providing scalability and greater efficiency as well as a streamlined user experience. With this, the SmartKargo technology will enable Air Senegal to digitally transform [...]

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Comair Partners with Google Cloud to optimise operations

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:05:10 +0000

British Airways franchisee — Comair Limited has announced a new strategic partnership with Google Cloud to further improve its operational performance. Comair will combine previously disparate systems and data feeds into Google Clouds unified platform by leveraging on its infrastructure and leading machine-learning capabilities. According to a statement released to the media, the airline completed [...]

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Air Côte d’Ivoire Picks Moment’s Flymingo for Onboard W-IFE

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:37:12 +0000

Air Côte d’Ivoire has signed a contract with Moment, a French IFE technology company which has developed a wide range of infotainment solutions dedicated to the transportation and hospitality industry – for the state of art digitization suite and in-flight entertainment portal, the Flymingo Box system. The Flymingo Box Wireless IFE system is based on a portable [...]

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De Havilland Canada and ZeroAvia partner to Develop Hydrogen-Electric Engines for Dash-8

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:40:48 +0000

Canadian manufacturer De Havilland Canada yesterday signed an MOU with a leading innovator in zero-emission aviation powertrains, ZeroAvia, to Develop a Hydrogen-Electric Engine Program for a line-fit and retrofit program for the Dash 8-400 aircraft, using hydrogen-electric propulsion in both new and in-service aircraft. As part of the MOU, De Havilland Canada will be issued [...]

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Airbus Feasibility Demonstrator Fello’fly takes to the skies for the first time

admin — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 05:18:54 +0000

Airbus feasibility demonstrator project dubbed as fello’fly took to the skies for the first time as two Airbus A350 aircraft – flying three kilometers apart, from Toulouse, France, to Montreal, Canada – tested and demonstrated the long-haul formation flight in an attempt to demonstrate how the flying together can reduce carbon emissions and save on [...]

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