Airline News Jet Fuel Shortages Are Quietly Crippling African Airlines’ Route Expansion by Familugba Victor 1 month ago by Familugba Victor 1 month ago 282 views In April 2026, a litre of jet fuel in Nairobi jumped from $0.74 to $1.40 in a matter of weeks. Kenya Airways cut its Middle East schedule by up to … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Airline News Senegal’s Sam Airways Expands Fleet with Falcon 8X in Premium Aviation Expansion by Familugba Victor 1 month ago by Familugba Victor 1 month ago 296 views Senegal’s National Civil Aviation and Meteorology Agency (ANACIM), on the 4th of August, met with Sam Airways to open the formal process of adding a Dassault Falcon 8X long-range business … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Airline News Chad Records a Stunning Beat of the ICAO Global Average on Aviation Security by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 month ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 month ago 231 views Chad just handed Central Africa an aviation security story nobody expected. The country’s effective implementation score for international civil aviation security standards has more than doubled since 2017, and the … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Airline News Cape Verde’s Airport Expansion: Betting on Transatlantic Layover Tourism by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 months ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 months ago 353 views In 1975, when apartheid-era South African Airways faced flight bans across mainland Africa, single-runway tarmac on the Cape Verdean island of Sal provided the essential refuelling stop for flights bound … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Airline News What Recent Airline Mergers Mean for Regional Air Travel in Africa by Familugba Victor 2 months ago by Familugba Victor 2 months ago 289 views Flying from Lagos to Douala, a distance of under 400 kilometres, regularly demands an overnight layover in Addis Ababa or Paris, racking up airfares that exceed transatlantic itineraries. This spatial … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Airline News Egypt Hosts Africa’s Biggest Aviation Summit as Africa Target 40 New Routes by 2030 by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 months ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 months ago 365 views Cairo did not simply open a conference this week. It surfaced a number of African aviation officials have argued over for a decade: African carriers now handle under 20% of … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Airline News Namibia Air Files for Takeoff: The Botswana-Backed Route Map Nigeria Couldn’t Build by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 months ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 months ago 453 views Namibia is rebuilding its national airline, and a fresh licence filing just gave the African travel trade the clearest picture yet of where its routes will go. According to Windhoek … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Airline News Airports Handle Over 18.8 Million Travellers in H1 2026, Signalling Strong African Momentum by Familugba Victor 2 months ago by Familugba Victor 2 months ago 377 views Morocco’s airport passenger growth reached 18.83 million travellers in the first six months of 2026, up 8.83% on the same period a year earlier, according to figures the National Airports … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Airline News Kenya Airways Doubles Dubai Flights to 14 Weekly as Emirates Rivalry Intensifies by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 months ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 months ago 401 views Kenya Airways is not backing down on its most lucrative Gulf corridor. Business Daily Africa reports that the carrier has secured a second daily landing slot at Dubai International Airport … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Airline News Etihad, Fastjet Zimbabwe Strike Deal to Boost African Air Travel Connectivity by Familugba Victor 2 months ago by Familugba Victor 2 months ago 318 views Etihad Airways and Fastjet Zimbabwe signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Harare on 7th July 2026, and the Etihad-Fastjet Zimbabwe partnership folds Zimbabwe’s domestic carrier into one of the Gulf’s … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail