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Press Release: AFRAA and ECA publish report on the financial impact of COVID-19 on African airlines and insights for recovery

Posted on 03/03/202103/03/2021 by African Airlines Association

03 March 2021, Nairobi, Kenya: The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) have published a report on the financial impact of COVID-19 pandemic on African […]

Rolls-Royce’s All-Electric ‘Spirit of Innovation’ Powers Through Another Milestone on its way to a World Record

Posted on 01/03/2021 by African Airlines Association

Rolls-Royce has successfully completed the taxiing of its ‘Spirit of Innovation’ aircraft, the latest milestone on its journey to becoming the world’s fastest all-electric plane. For the first time, the […]

Actions for safe and efficient re-opening of Borders

Posted on 24/02/202124/02/2021 by African Airlines Association

AFRAA estimates that the loss of revenues by African airlines for the year 2020 due to the pandemic stands at US$10.21 billion. The safe re-opening of borders by governments and […]

Pratt & Whitney Statement on United Airlines Flight 328

Posted on 23/02/2021 by African Airlines Association

Pratt & Whitney, a division of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE:RTX) issued the following statement regarding United Airlines flight 328 of February 20: United Airlines Flight 328 is currently under NTSB investigation […]

The African Aviation Industry Group Webinar (AAIG WEBINAR), 03rd March 2021

Posted on 22/02/2021 by African Airlines Association

The African Aviation Industry Group (AAIG) has been scheduled to hold a Webinar on Wednesday 3rd March 2021, 12:30pm Nairobi Time (UTC + 3). The event will be held under […]

Rolls-Royce Announces TOTALCARE® Agreement With Uganda Airlines

Posted on 18/02/202118/02/2021 by African Airlines Association

Rolls-Royce has signed a TotalCare® agreement with new customer Uganda Airlines for their two new Airbus A330neo aircraft powered exclusively by Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines. Uganda Airlines received their two […]

Astral Aviation commits to helping UNICEF in its historic mission of transporting COVID-19 vaccines in Africa and The Middle East

Posted on 17/02/2021 by African Airlines Association

Nairobi, 16 February 2021 – Astral Aviation Limited has signed an agreement with UNICEF to support the launch of its Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative for the prioritization of delivery of COVID-19 […]