Airline News

Zambia has secured one of Africa’s most consequential stages in aviation development. AviaDev Africa has confirmed the Southern African nation as the host of its 2027 edition, with Zambia Airports …

Search for the best airline for connecting through Africa, and the underlying data delivers an uncomfortable answer before any airline name appears.  According to a 2025 report by the International …

United Nigeria Airlines and the Government of Guinea-Bissau have inked a cross-border aviation deal that will fundamentally alter the West African travel landscape. According to a report by Travel News …

The gap between RwandAir and Ethiopian Airlines is not measured in prestige or ambition. It is measured in arithmetic. According to The Frontier Africa Report of 2025, in the 2024/25 …

On June 3, 2026, Brussels Airlines touched down at Kilimanjaro International Airport for the first time, carrying 248 European passengers and receiving a ceremonial water salute. The landing marked more …

Morocco is writing Africa’s boldest airport modernisation story, and it is doing so with public money, development finance, and a clear deadline.  North Africa Post reports that the European Bank …

Qatar Airways is going all in on Southern Africa. From 16 June 2026, the Doha-based carrier will roll out sweeping increases in frequency across five cities: Cape Town, Durban, Maputo, …

Nigeria welcomed a landmark new carrier on May 11, 2026, when Binani Air launched scheduled commercial operations on the Abuja-Lagos corridor, flying Embraer E170 regional jets. The launch adds capacity …

When the Middle East erupted in renewed conflict in late February 2026, airlines scrambled. Airspace closed. Fuel costs spiked. Insurance premiums climbed. Yet something unexpected followed: Africa’s skies stayed open …

Nigeria’s aviation sector has seen plenty of ambition and plenty of wreckage. Airlines launch, struggle, and fold with grim regularity. Yet Air Peace, founded in 2013 by Allen Onyema, has …