Air Traffic Control Services Return To Somalia After 30 Years Photo supplied by Simple Flying Simple Flying By Linnea Ahlgren If it was not acutely felt before, the events over the past year have shown just how volatile a nation’s aviation industry and air connectivity are when there is armed conflict in the region. Somalia

By Anadolu Agency A local plane carrying 68 passengers and four crew members crashed in Nepal on Sunday morning, officials said. Fanindra Mani Pokharel, a senior official in Nepal’s Ministry of Home Affairs told Anadolu that a passenger plane operated by Nepal-based Yeti Airlines crashed close to Pokhara, a popular tourist destination and the administrative

By Business Daily Africa Kenya Airways (KQ) has resumed daily flights to New York as it moves to cash in on growing demand for air travel on the route. The carrier had increased the flight frequency on the route to five times per week from three last year in December, citing high passenger bookings. The

By Daily Nation Africa is moving toward greater integration as more states make progress in their freedom of travel policies, the latest edition of the African Visa Openness Index (AVOI) reveals. This comes on the back of a revived push for a single African air transport market, with an initial pilot involving seventeen African states

Rwanda’s ambition to become a regional aviation hub has gained momentum with the national carrier RwandAir now able to access 17 African countries under the recently launched Single African Air Transport Market pilot programme. By The East African Rwanda’s ambition to become a regional aviation hub has gained momentum with the national carrier RwandAir now

The Precision Air passenger aircraft is seen on the shores of Lake Victoria in Bukoba, in western Tanzania By CNN Several passengers on board a commercial flight operated by Precision Air which crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Sunday have been rescued, according to officials. Boats with emergency response personnel were deployed to the

By The African Exponent The UAE has imposed a blanket ban on 30-day tourist visas for 20 countries, comprising 19 African countries and the Dominican Republic. The African countries included are mostly from West, East and Central Africa – Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Cameroon, Liberia, Burundi, Republic of Guinea, Gambia, Togo, DRC, Congo,

By Business Daily Africa Kenyans with old passports have until November to acquire the new biometric digital ones, Immigration Director General Alexander Muteshi said Thursday. Travellers who will not have changed their passports by end of November will be barred from travelling. “Pursuant to the decision by EAC Council of Ministers held in Arusha from

The family all work in aviation (Picture: Ingvar Mar Jónsson/SWNS)/Metro Metro By Tanyel Mustafa A pilot has flown a ‘once in a lifetime flight’ with his wife and all of their three daughters working as cabin crew, The flight-loving family were able to do what they love most together in a rare occurrence. Captain Ingvar

By Reuters On the second day of her stay at the Marriott Hotel in Sousse, Jannette Mensi waded into the swimming pool only to be told by hotel staff that she would have to get out due to her choice of swimwear — a burkini. “I was shocked, my mind froze – I never thought