BURKINA FASO: LAUNCH OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE NEW AIRLINE “LIZ AVIATION SA” OF EBOMAF

It was with an inaugural flight from Ouagadougou to Bobo-Dioulasso on Thursday, April 27, 2023, that the Burkinabe businessman Mahamadou Bonkoungou, president of the EBOMAF group (Entreprise Bonkoungou Mahamadou et Fils), launched the activities of his new airline “Liz Aviation SA”. Already present in business aviation with the rental of private jets, Mahamadou Bonkoungou aims with this new company three major objectives… read more on africaaero.org

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SIGNING OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GUINEAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (AGAC) AND THE NATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION AGENCY OF BURKINA FASO (ANAC-BF)

This Tuesday, April 25, 2023, the Director General of AGAC, Mr. Sékou Oumar THIAM and the Director General of ANAC-BF, Mr. Hyacinthe COMPAORÉ, signed at the headquarters of AGAC, a memorandum of understanding on air services, in order to allow both of them to mutually serve their respective airports. This memorandum signed as a prelude to the third session of the Grand Joint Commission of Cooperation Guinea-Burkina Faso, scheduled from 26 to 28 April 2023 Conakry, provides for many areas of technical cooperation which can be summarized as: (i) the…

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Angola and the United States sign bilateral Open Skies Agreement

On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, the Angolan Minister of Transport, Ricardo Viegas D’Abreu, and the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, signed a historic Open Skies Air Services Agreement and a Memorandum of Consultations in the field of Civil Aviation. The signing, which took place in Washington, aims to promote a strong.. read more on africaaero.org  

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Nigerian Aviation Outfit, Falcon Aero, Unveils Tech Platforms to Ease Business Jet Booking

Nigerian business aviation firm, Falcon Aerospace Limited (www.FalconAero.org), has unveiled innovations designed to ease business jet booking and make access to the service more inclusive. The firm introduced the products at a recent event in Lagos, Nigeria, where it unveiled its operational business units…. read more on africaaero.org

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Kenya Airways meets AFRAA for CEO Dialogues

Kenya Airways Chief Executive Officer – Allan Kilavuka hosted the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) Secretary General, Abdérahmane Berthé, at the Kenya Airways headquarters in Nairobi – Kenya on 07 March 2023 for this year’s 3rd edition of the “AFRAA Member Airline CEOs Leadership Dialogues” session. Both AFRAA and Kenya Airways Leadership teams were present at the dialogues session…. read more on africaaero.org

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ICAO USAP-CMA AUDIT, GUINEA HAS MULTIPLY ITS 15-YEAR-OLD SCORE BY 5

On Thursday, February 16, the General Management of the Guinean Civil Aviation Authority (AGAC) organized a meeting with the main actors of the civil aviation security system of the Republic of Guinea, with the aim of presenting the preliminary results of the latest report of the USAP-CMA audit conducted by ICAO. read more on africaaero.org

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ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES: RESUMPTION OF DIRECT FLIGHTS BETWEEN ABIDJAN AND NEW YORK IN MAY

After the suspension of its direct flights linking Abidjan’s Félix Houphouët-Boigny and New York’s John F. Kennedy airports in March 2020, in the early hours of COVID-19, Africa’s largest airline, announces a return of these direct Abidjan and New York routes starting next May 29. read more on africaaero.org

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71st Extraordinary Session of the ASECNA Committee of Ministers: Rolland Fidiariseheno RANJATOELINA elected as the next Chairman of the Agency’s Board of Directors

The Committee of Ministers of the Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA), meeting by videoconference on 31 January 2023, in its 71st extraordinary session, proceeded to the election of the new Chairman of the Board of Directors (PCA), in accordance with Article 8 of the Statutes, as the term of office of the outgoing PCA expires on 30 April 2023. The proceedings, chaired by the current Chairman of the Committee of Ministers, Mr. Oumarou Malam ALMA, Minister of Transport of Niger, led to the…

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