• Ethiopian Starts Services to Guinea, Conakry

    Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines has marked the commencement of its new  services to Conakry, the capital of The Republic of Guinea,  at a reception ceremony held  on February 2, at Addis Ababa Bole Airport. The event has been graced by Mme. Sidibe Fatouma KABA, Guinea Ambassador to Ethiopia, Mr. Toure Mohamed, Secretary General…

  • Ethiopian Received its Third Airbus A350 XWB

    Ethiopian Airlines, the largest and fastest growing African airline, proudly announces that it received its third Airbus A350 XWB on February 1st, 2017. The aircraft is named after Erta Ale, a large basaltic shield volcano located in the Afar Region of north-eastern Ethiopia. Group CEO Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam said, “As part of our continuous fleet…

  • Alitalia and Royal Jordanian enter into a codeshare agreement; RJ travelers are now able to reach 16 Italian cities via Rome

    Royal Jordanian and Alitalia signed a codeshare agreement to offer more travel choices and enhanced network connectivity between Jordan, Italy, and beyond. On sale from today, for travels beginning on February 6, the agreement will allow Royal Jordanian to expand its offer to Italy by placing its “RJ” flight code on Alitalia’s daily Amman-Rome service,…

  • American Employee Group Hosts First African-American Female Pilot at C.R. Smith Museum

    American Airlines is celebrating Black History Month with numerous events and initiatives throughout February, including showcasing African-American aviation pioneers. On Saturday, February 18, the African American Diversity Network Employee Business Resource Group (AADN) will host Hidden Figures in Aviation, Celebrating 111 Years of Blacks in Aviation at the American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum in Fort…

  • airberlin expands airgusto restaurant service

    Now available on long-haul from Dusseldorf, New York and Abu Dhabi airberlin is extending its globally unique airgusto restaurant service. From 1 February 2017, it will also be available on all long-haul flights from Dusseldorf and for the first time on flights from New York and Abu Dhabi. airberlin introduced the restaurant service on long-haul…

  • Airlink becomes first South African airline to acquire Embraer E-Jets

    Airlink, Southern Africa’s largest independent regional airline, is joining the E-Jet operator’s family. The airline is acquiring five E-Jets – three E170s and two E190s, from ECC Leasing, a wholly-owned Embraer subsidiary. Airlink will start to receive the aircraft in the first half of 2017. Airlink already operates a large fleet of ERJ aircraft –…

  • OGMA will participate in the Aerospace Meetings

    OGMA will participate in the Aerospace Meetings taking place in Lisbon, on 1 and 2 February. Aerospace Meetings Lisbon is one of the most important international business meetings for the aerospace industry in Portugal. Related articles Why Portugal could be key to helping India strike trade, security deals from South America to Africa Big Ups…

  • Embraer Signs Order with Widerøe for up to 15 E2 Aircraft

    Embraer has signed a contract with Widerøe, the largest regional airline in Scandinavia, for up to 15 E2 family jets. The contract consists of three firm orders for the E190-E2 and purchase rights for 12 further E2 family aircraft. This flexible mix of purchase rights for E175-E2, E190-E2, and E195-E2 will give Widerøe the ability…

  • OGMA was at “Best Week” at High School of Science and Technology

    Yesterday, January 30th, OGMA was at “Best Week”, an event promoted by Best Almada at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, focused on developing students´ soft skills by interacting with several companies. By taking part of this initiative OGMA was able to engage with the students and promote its activity and…

  • Welcome aboard ‘Aviation Empire Platinum’

    New release of 3D strategy game in partnership by KLM and All 4 Games. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and All 4 Games have connected to produce an overhaul of the strategic airline management game Aviation Empire, which invites players to conquer the world by using their business instincts. The introduction of Aviation Empire Platinum is…