Airlink will launch the first direct flights between Cape Town and Maputo from 31 August 2022. “Airlink is responding to the call of the travelling market for a direct service between the two coastal cities, which are also growing important centers of economic activity, including trade and tourism.  By flying direct, instead of via Johannesburg,Read More

TAV Technologies, a subsidiary of TAV Airports, has reached an agreement with airport operator Air Marakanda to expand the digital transformation project at Samarkand Airport in Uzbekistan. TAV Technologies general manager M. Kerem Ozturk said, “We are glad to be the technology partner of Samarkand International Airport in such a significant project that aims atRead More

Emirates has restarted flights from London Stansted. This is the first commercial flight Emirates has flown from Stansted since pausing operations from the airport in March 2020 due to the pandemic. Emirates has ramped up its operations to London with nine daily flights, including six daily flights to Heathrow and a double daily flight toRead More

The Gulfstream G800 has successfully completed its first flight. The G800 departed Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport at 9:00 a.m. and landed two hours later. The aircraft made the flight using a blend of sustainable aviation fuel. “When the first G800 test aircraft rolled out at our announcement last fall, we changed the game once againRead More

Africa has a growing need for modern utility aircraft. And at recent world’s largest general aviation event, the AirVenture show in Oshkosh USA, the latest model has been unveiled. The Kodiak 900 made its world debut at the Wisconsin show with Daher’s introduction of this larger, faster version of the robust and rugged Kodiak 100Read More

Dassault Aviation’s Fixed Based Operation (FBO) at Geneva International Airport has been voted the top FBO at the Swiss facility in a survey of European business aircraft operators performed by Business Air News. The magazine named Dassault’s Le Bourget FBO number two among operators at that airport, which like Geneva is one of the mostRead More

Air Astana is marking 20 years of operations to Dubai. The number of passengers travelling on flights between Kazakhstan and Dubai has dramatically increased over the past 20 years, with less than 7,000 carried in 2002 and over 101,000 already carried during the first half of 2022. A similar jump can be observed in cargoRead More

Akasa, the new Indian low-cost airline which launches on August 7, has announced an additional 28 direct flights a week between Bengaluru and Mumbai from August 19 with two departures a day from each station, writes Ashwini Phadnis. The new flights will complete the inaugural phase of the development of a network linking the westernRead More