100 t from the USA 
Air Charter Service (ACS), a leading global provider of passenger and freight charter flights, was recently mandated by the aid organisation Direct Relief to carry a large load of medical material to Liberia and Sierra Leone, both busy battling ebola. more
ERTMS for new railway line in Ethiopia 
The rail technology manufacturer Bombardier Transportation has been contracted to provide a signalling solution for the new, 400 km long Awash-Weldia railway line in Ethiopia. The around USD 45 million contract was received from the Turkish construction company Yapi Merkezi that... more
Ethiopian receives tenth B787
Ethiopian Airlines, one of the largest airlines in Africa, received its tenth B787 Dreamliner named "Niagara Falls" on 2 October 2014. The carrier, an aviation technology leader in Africa, was the first airline in the world outside Japan to take delivery of the B787... more
Airfreight making an even sturdier recovery
The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has published August 2014 data for global airfreight markets showing continued robust growth in air cargo volumes. Measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs), August 2014 volumes rose by 5.1% t, compared to the same month in... more
WADB increases stakes in two airlines
The West African Development Bank's board of directors of recently held its 94th ordinary meeting in Lomé (Togo). It approved seven operations worth a total of XOF 30.340 billion (EUR46.2 million), bringing the aggregate amount of medium-term and long-term financing to XOF... more
Rift Valley Railways gets first new locomotives
Rift Valley Railways (RVR), the national rail operator of Kenya and Uganda, has celebrated the arrival of three new B23-7 diesel locomotives manufactured in the USA by GE. The deliveries, the latest in USD 287 million, five-year RVR turnaround plan, are part of a programme... more
Two military transport aircraft crash
The Aviation Safety Network reported that there were two accidents involving military transport aircrafts last weekend. On 20 September, an Antonov 32 transport plane operated by the Indian Air Force (photo) was damaged while landing at Chandigarh airport (India). According to... more
Major relief efforts to help Ebola-stricken countries
Last week, Luxembourg-based Cargolux Airlines International operated another charter flight to Monrovia (Liberia) in cooperation with and on behalf of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF/Doctors without borders) to help provide medical supplies aimed at containing the fast spreading... more
Airbus deal with South African providers
Airbus has signed cooperation agreements with Denel Aerostructures and Aerosud, two South African aviation companies. Following an international tender process, Aerosud was awarded a contract in November 2013 for the manufacture of a variety of parts and assemblies for the new... more
Asian-Pacific airports remain top of the crop
Airports Council International (ACI) has released the latest world airport traffic report, based on data for almost 2,000 airports in 160 countries worldwide. "With many major economies remaining in a fragile state, 2013 can best be characterized as a year of unstable... more