Airline News Historic Talks Begin for First Direct Air Route Between Botswana and Lesotho by Familugba Victor 13 hours ago by Familugba Victor 13 hours ago 36 views Two Southern African capitals sit roughly 400 kilometres apart, yet no aircraft flies directly between them. Botswana and Lesotho are now negotiating to close that gap, and the outcome tests … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Airline News Etihad’s Africa Expansion Skips the Aircraft and Signs the Feeder Airlines First by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 week ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 week ago 136 views Nigerian travel agents can already sell a single ticket that starts in Abu Dhabi and ends in twenty cities across Nigeria, West Africa and Central Africa, months before Etihad Airways … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Airline News ASKY Airlines’ Kano Expansion: A New Air Corridor Across West Africa by Familugba Victor 2 weeks ago by Familugba Victor 2 weeks ago 153 views For years, a traveller moving between Northern Nigeria and much of Francophone West Africa has had to think in terms of connections rather than proximity. ASKY Airlines is now changing … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Airline News Roberts International Airport Concession: Liberia Bets 25 Years on Private Capital to Fix Its Only Gateway by Oluwafemi Kehinde 3 weeks ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 3 weeks ago 291 views Liberia has stopped waiting on foreign loans to rebuild its only international airport. This time, the government wants a private company to pay for the work outright, run the facility … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Airline News Jet Fuel Shortages Are Quietly Crippling African Airlines’ Route Expansion by Familugba Victor 3 weeks ago by Familugba Victor 3 weeks ago 193 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 3 weeks ago by Familugba Victor 3 weeks ago 229 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 3 weeks ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 3 weeks ago 168 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 4 weeks ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 4 weeks ago 261 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 4 weeks ago by Familugba Victor 4 weeks ago 221 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 1 month ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 month ago 304 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