Travellers queue inside the departures terminal of Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain: Credit to Photographer Henry Nicholls/Reuters MyLondon By Anna Highfield Brits hoping to travel to 27 different European countries should be aware of a big change in the pipeline. While many British travellers were concerned they would need a visa to

Credit to Photo Simple Flying Simple Flying By Tatenda Karuwa Somalia’s Daallo Airlines has appointed ACC Aviation to source Boeing B737-800 and De Havilland DHC8-300 aircraft to add to its fleet and expand its current route network. With its extensive relationships and market experience, ACC Aviation will source offers for the required aircraft and provide

Two Kenya Airways (KQ) flight crew have been arrested in India for allegedly being in possession of concealed gold. By Daily Nation Although the weight and worth of the gold has not been disclosed, Nation.Africa has learnt that the two were nabbed by the Mumbai airport authorities who are reported to have alerted their Kenyan

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,