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AFRICAN AIRLINES Volume 9, Issue 5 ASSOCIATION DES COMPAGNIES AERIENNES AFRICAINES May 2017 Issue AFRAA Convenes its 6th Aviation Stakeholders Convention Inside this Issue: being convened under the high patron- age of the Ministry of Transport of the signs a 2 Republic of , is being held marketing MOU with under the theme “Collaboration for Seychelles Tourism Board sustainable aviation growth in Afri- ca” and has over 350 registered high EgyptAir receives its 4th 2 profile delegates from 43 countries -800 NG air- across the world. craft RwandAir to acquire its 2 The conference was convened under fourth Boeing 737-800 the high patronage of Honourable Anis Next Generation Ghedira, the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Tunisia. in cooper- 3 ation with the Airbus Foun- As part of the conference, there were dation and partners fly relief presentations and panel discussions on goods to trendy subjects in aviation, networking Nile Air to order Airbus 3 opportunities and one-to-one appoint- A321neo aircraft ment sessions. In addition to the con- ference plenary sessions, the following TACV Cabo Verde to re- th 3 Participants during the opening ceremony of the 6 Aviation Stakeholders master classes were conducted: ceive major support from its Convention Government  How African Airlines Can De- FRAA, in partnership with Tu- tween stakeholders in order to build sus- velop Pricing and Partnership nisair held the 6th Aviation Stake- tainable networks in supply chain man- 4 Strategies to Enable Growth by proudly celebrates Africa holders Convention in Hammamet, agement and create a competitive envi- Sabre Airline Solutions Day A Tunisia from 7-9 May 2017. The ronment for aviation business in the conti- Convention’s aim is to foster dialogue be- nent. The three-day conference which is

 How merchandising and digital transfor- Some event highlights Jambojet secures interna- 4 mation can help airlines in Africa? By tional Air Services Licence Amadeus.

First A350 Initiation to the Safety Management 4  XWB takes shape in Air- System – SMS by Air Business Consult- bus’ Final Assembly Line ants. AFRAA Cargo Committee 5 The event was proudly sponsored by: meets in Casablanca Amadeus, CHAMP Cargosystems, Embraer, Express Air Cargo, Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, Mediterranean Flight School, Office de l'Aviation Civile et des Aéroports, Office Bombardier delivers the 5 National du Tourisme Tunisien, Poulina Group first CS300 Aircraft to C Holding, Sabre Airline Solutions, SITA, TAV Series launch operator Tunisie, and Tunisair Technics. The SWISS Secretariat wishes to thank all event sponsors for their support. APG to hold the 9th World 5 Connect Conference 2018 Aviation Stakeholders Conven- tion: The 7th Aviation Stakeholders’ Conven- AFRAA Training 6 tion will be kindly co-hosted by in Zanzibar—Tanzania at a yet to be confirmed date in May 2018.

Issued by the African Airlines Association Volume 9, Issue 5 Page 2 AFRICAN AIRLINES EgyptAir receives its 4th Kenya Airways signs a marketing MOU with Seychelles Tourism Board Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft enya Airways signed a tions, and to the airlines purpose to through this the opportunity to have Memorandum of Under- promote sustainable development in regular cargo freighter flights on the gyptAir received its fourth standing (MOU) with the Africa. The MOU covers promoting request of the Seychelles government Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft in Seychelles Tourism Board intra Africa tourism, joint marketing based on demand for products from May 2017. This forms part of K and participation in events across Afri- Kenya. Source: Kenya (STB) to promote tourism and boost E the carrier's fleet renewal and intra Africa traffic to one of the world ca, and stakeholder education. expansion strategy. The fourth out of nine most popular tourist destinations. Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft that EgyptAir This was confirmed at a handover cere- This MoU is also anchored on the aspi- plans to acquire in 2017 passed an official mony held at the Ministry of Transport ration to strengthen the airline presence registration procedure to finally join the and Infrastructure attended by the Cabi- in Seychelles as a destination and the fleet that includes now 24 aircraft of the net Secretaries James Macharia and STB desire to increase African tourism. same type, in addition to other types. Najib Balala from the Kenya Govern- ment and the Minister for Civil Aviation, The Kenyan Cabinet Secretary of Mr. Safwat Musallam said EgyptAir CEO Ports and Marine Maurice Loustau- Transport Hon. Macharia commenting said: “We do have steady goals to achieve Lalanne on the MOU said “The MOU will see regarding EgyptAir fleet and through this STB tap into advertising opportunities order of B737-800 NG, which to be final- The agreement encapsulates a frame- on the airline’s platforms while STB ized by the delivery of the ninth later this work for collaboration between the will market the Kenya Airways as the year, with an approximate age of six preferred airline partner to Seychelles.” airline and the Seychelles Tourism Photo: Kenya Airways years. During the past period we have Board and is underpinned by the strate- received 3 other aircraft.We are working gic value of tourism to both organisa- Kenya Airways will also explore

on an overall- plan that would enhance our medium-haul fleet, we managed to RwandAir to acquire its fourth Boeing 737-800 Next Generation further develop our network, increase wandAir is expecting the ic exchange between Rwanda and the plans to spread its wings to Bamako, frequencies on the most popular routes, delivery of another new Boe- rest of the world”. Conakry and Dakar. Later this year, therefore, guarantee that all our passen- ing 737-800 Next Generation The new Wi-Fi connected Boeing 737- RwandAir's ever growing network gers reach their destination on time.” aircraft equipped with inflight 800NG is configured in a dual class will spread to Guangzhou. In 2018, R cabin comfortably seating 16 passen- RwandAir is targeting the American connectivity. The new aircraft is ex- The newly received Boeing 737-800 NG pected in Kigali end of May and will gers in Business Class and 138 in Econ- market and will fly to New York aircraft can accommodate up to 154 seats. take RwandAir's young fleet to a total of omy Class. (U.S.A). Source: RwandAir Source: Egyptair 12 aircraft. This aircraft delivery is part of the lease With its 11 aircraft (including two wide agreement signed in December 2015 -body A330) RwandAir currently between RwandAir and Aircraft Lease reaches out to 21 cities in Western, Corporation, an American based lessor to Central, Eastern and Southern Africa, acquire two additional brand new dual the Middle East, Asia and planed to class Boeing 737-800NG; the first was begin its flights to the European conti- delivered in November last year. nent starting end May 2017 to London, Chance Ndagano, the CEO of RwandAir in the United Kingdom. In April this said: “This aircraft will be RwandAir's year, RwandAir started operations to fourth of its type. It comes to enable new Mumbai, and Harare connections on the continent and beyond, Photo: EgyptAir as the airline continues to foster econom- In the third quarter of 2017, RwandAir Photo: RwandAir Issued by the African Airlines Association Volume 9, Issue 5 Page 3 AFRICAN AIRLINES Air Tanzania leasing a Ethiopian Airlines in cooperation with the Airbus Foundation and partners fly relief South African CRJ100 goods to Ethiopia ir Tanzania is supplementing thiopian Airlines, the German much needed relief goods to the drought this mission.” its current all-turboprop fleet NGO humedica e.V, Aviation affected areas in the region. Ethiopian In another development, Ethiopian of one Dash 8-300 and two without Borders and the Air- Airlines will continue with its leader- Airlines expressed interest in assisting Dash 8-400s with a CRJ-100. E bus Foundation have joined ship role in fulfilling its corporate social Ghana set up a National Carrier. Mr A forces to facilitate the transport of nine responsibilities, focusing as much on Tewolde made this known when he

Skyliner Aviation reports that Air Tanza- tonnes of humanitarian goods from sustainability and social responsibility called on the Minister of Aviation, nia is wet-leasing ZS-CMH from South Toulouse, France, to , Ethi- as on pure business performance.” Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah at her African ACMI/charter specialist CemAir. opia, utilising the delivery flight of office in Accra. Source: Ethiopian Ethiopian Airlines’ newest A350 XWB. Fabrice Brégier, President Airbus Com- airlines/businessghana.com The goods are destined to provide relief mercial Aircraft and member of the Air Tanzania is in the process of relaunch- to drought prone areas in the East Afri- Airbus Foundation’s Board of Directors ing its operations following President can region. said: “Whenever possible, we try to use John Magafuli's decision to revamp the Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, Group delivery flights of new aircraft to our Country’s public institutions last year. At Chief Executive Officer Ethiopian Air- customers to ship medical or humanitar- present, Air Tanzania, through state- lines said:“We are honoured to be work- ian donations to countries or regions in owned lessor TGF - Tanzanian Govern- ing with humedica, Aviation without need. I would like to thank Ethiopian ment Flight, is in line to receive two Borders and the Airbus Foundation to Airlines, humedica, Aviation without CS300s and one Dash 8-400 from Bom- perform this humanitarian flight. The Borders and all partners involved in the bardier and one B787-8 from Boeing. acceptance of our latest A350 XWB is organization for their tireless efforts and Source: Ch-Aviation made more meaningful as we transport logistics support to successfully execute Photo: Ethiopian Airlines Air Mauritius Airport Services awarded for ground operations efficiency ir Mauritius was awarded by For the period April to September 2016, recognition for our efforts to maintain the Changi Airport Group Air Mauritius reached the 100% effi- a high standard of service. We value (CAG) for the high score ciency target in the checkin of passen- this recognition and will continue to A achieved at the last Ground gers and baggage and scored high marks aim for the highest levels of service”. Operations Efficiency monitor (GOEM) on other performance indicators, such as Source: Air Mauritius conducted by the Airport. In order to the recognition by Changi Airport. sustain its position as one of the best airports in the world, the Changi Airport Raja Buton, Officer in Charge of Air Photo: Bombardier Quality Service management team regu- Mauritius stated that “Air Mauritius larly measures service quality indicators strives to deliver high quality products TACV Cabo Verde to re- like Check-in queuing time, speed of and services to its customers at all con- baggage delivery and on time perfor- tact points. This award received from ceive major support from mance of airlines operating at Changi Changi Airport, which has consistently its Government Airport. been among the best airports in the world over the past few years, is a Photo: Air Mauritius he Cape Verdean Prime Minis- ter in a statement said that the Nile Air to order Airbus A321neo aircraft country’s government has a credible plan for the restructur- ile Air ordered the newest fort to our growing fleet. The A321neo Africa and on domestic destinations T Airbus single aisle aircraft will contribute to the airline’s ongoing with . The aircraft will be fitted ing of TACV. – the Airbus A321neo. In commitment to operating the most mod- with premium amenities, including Ulisses Correia da Silva informed the N April 2017, the airline ern fleet of aircraft from our home in latest seats in both classes and the World Bank’s that a credible programme successfully converted its existing order Egypt whilst offering our guests the state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment for the recovery and restructuring of the with Airbus from the current generation highest levels of safety and standards.” and systems. Source: Nile Air company and its future privatization was A321 to the latest technology A321neo. in place to ensure that it will be possible The aircraft will be configured with up Mr. Ahmed Aly, Nile Air CEO to meet the conditions for the aid pro- to 220 seats in a dual class, full service, said:“Nile Air is pleased to be the first gramme. configuration with a dedicated business airline in Egypt to order the Airbus class cabin and an economy class. The

A321neo aircraft - the latest technology flexibility and range capabilities of the The World Bank approved a new aid single aisle aircraft.The A321neo will A321neo will allow Nile Air to operate programme for Cabo Verde over the next bring new levels of efficiency, longer the new aircraft on further expanding three years, with a financial package of flying range and greater in-flight com- services to Europe, the Middle East, US$90 million, expected to start in July, Photo: Nile Air according to the World Bank representa- tive for Cabo Verde, Louise Cord. Badr Airlines partners with Aloor Airlines for operations The restructuring plan for the airline, adr Airlines resumed flights Badr Airlines last served Juba between and Nyala. It currently operates one according to the government is in its final to South following the 2004 and 2011 when the city was still a B737-300 and four B737-500s. Source: phase. Source: macauhub.com.mo signing of a partnership part of the Republic of Sudan (today Ch-Aviation B agreement with South Suda- North Sudan). The flights ended in nese operator, Aloor Airlines (Juba). 2011 following 's inde- pendence and the subsequent escalation The Sudan Tribune reports Badr Air- in tensions between the states over the lines is slated to operate flights between oil-rich Kordofan border region. the South Sudanese towns of Wau and Juba with an onward sector to the North Badr Airlines also serves and Sudanese capital . The first internationally with domestic such service took place early last week destinations listed as Port Sudan, El Photo: TACV using B737 equipment. Obeid, Damazin, El Fasher, Geneina, Photo: de.wikipedia.org Issued by the African Airlines Association Volume 9, Issue 5 Page 4 AFRICAN AIRLINES CFM LEAP-1C-powered South African Airways proudly celebrates Africa Day COMAC C919 completes outh African Airways (SAA) Mr. Aaron Munetsi, SAA Acting Chief such connections for our customers, successful maiden flight proudly celebrated Africa Day. Commercial Officer said: “We take and we hope to be adding some to our Africa Day is the annual com- pride in our leadership role on the conti- route network in the near future” he first COMAC C919, pow- memoration of the 25 May nent and our Africa route network, Source: South African Airways ered by CFM International’s S 1963 foundation of the Organisation of where we serve 25 destinations across advanced LEAP-1C integrated African Unity, which then became the the continent takes pride of place in our T propulsion system, successfully African Union on 26 May 2001. network. As we align our route network completed a 79- minute first flight, mark- In celebration of Africa Day, SAA of- we will be concentrating on popular ing the launch of the certification flight fered customers all-inclusive special routes, to ensure we keep Africans test program for the 150-passenger air- fares on a number of popular routes such connected with the world. The success craft. The engines performed flawlessly. as Maputo, Mauritius, Windhoek, Hara- of linking one of our key West African re, Blantyre, Lilongwe, Livingstone and destinations with an international desti- Gaël Méheust, President and CEO of Lagos. nation, has prompted us to seek more Photo: South African airways CFM International said: “This is an epic moment, on behalf of everyone at CFM, I Jambojet secures international Air Services Licence expend our warmest congratulations to enya's Civil Aviation Au- tyre (Malawi), subject to designation by registration 5Y-JXB. The Q400 is the everyone at COMAC on achieving this thority (KCAA) granted the Kenyan Ministry of Transport, Infra- first of two the Kenya Airways low- great milestone. Our relationship with the Jambojet an international structure, Housing & Urban Develop- cost subsidiary is leasing from Il- aviation industry in China goes back more Air Services Licence (ASL) ment. The ASL, which is valid for one yushin Finance this year, both of than 30 years and it is an honor to be part K following an application lodged earlier year from May 4, 2017 onwards, is which are sourced directly from the of the COMAC team as it launches the this year. restricted to the use of B737, DHC-8, Russian lessor's Bombardier order next exciting era in the country’s aviation and ATR72 equipment. book. The new Q400 will join anoth- history.” Source: CFM A Kenyan government gazette issued on er of the type already in Jambojet's Friday, May 26, indicates the Kenya Jambojet's Chief Executive Officer fleet, 5Y-JXA. Source: ch-Aviation Airways budget carrier is eligible to (CEO) Willem Hondius told Kenya's operate scheduled international air ser- Standard that despite the allocation, no vices out of Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta to/ date for the launch of international oper- from each of Entebbe/Kampala ations has yet been set. Hondius added (Uganda), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Dar- that once the ball does start to roll inso- es-Salaam, Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro, and far as their launch is concerned, the Mwanza (Tanzania), Kigali (Rwanda), flights will complement, rather than Juba (South Sudan), Bujumbura compete with, Kenya Airways' opera- Japan Air Commuter starts (Burundi), Hargeisa and Mogadishu tions. Source: Ch-Aviation operations with ATR (Somalia), Goma and Kisangani (Democratic Republic of Congo), Moro- In another development, Jambojet took ni (Comoros), and Lilongwe and Blan- delivery of a new Dash 8-400 with Photo: Bombardier apan Air Commuter Co. Ltd. (JAC) performed its first ATR 42- First Air Mauritius A350 XWB takes shape in Airbus’ Final Assembly Line 600 flight end April 2017. JAC’s he wing-fuselage junction, the Mauritius. services. flight 3741 departed from Kago- J installation of the tailplane Air Mauritius will acquire a total of six shima at 8:50 am (local time) for a 40- and also the tailcone have A350-900 twin engine widebodies com- To date, Airbus has recorded a total minute flight to Yakushima. The aircraft been completed. The aircraft prising four directly purchased from of 831 firm orders for the A350 XWB then performed three flights, from Yaku- T is in the next assembly station for struc- Airbus and two on lease from AerCap. from 44 customers worldwide. shima to Kagoshima, from Kagoshima to tural completion such as the installation At entry into service, the A350 XWB Source: Airbus Okinoerabu, and back to Kagoshima. of winglets, ground testing of mechani- will be deployed on the carrier's long- cal, electrical and avionics systems. haul, mainly the Mauritius-Paris route. Next steps will include in particular A subsidiary of Japan Airlines, the na- cabin completion, engine installation, Air Mauritius currently operates a fleet tional flag carrier, JAC therefore becomes painting and flight tests. of 13 aircraft of which 10 Airbus aircraft a new ATR operator. The entry into ser- This will lead to the delivery scheduled including six A340-300, two A330-200 vice of JAC’s first ATR is a major mile- in Q4 2017, of the first A350-900 to Air and two A319 on regional and long haul stone for ATR, for which Japan is a key market. SITA solves the multi-merchant challenge for payment acceptance at airports ITA launched the first payment airlines that wish to accept payments at same point of sale (PoS) and PIN entry The brand-new ATRs will be operating solution which addresses the common-use check-in desks, kiosks and devices (PEDs) at the airport, while on connections from and to small islands need for airlines to be able to bagdrop areas for baggage fees, up- continuing to use their preferred pay- and communities across the country. The accept payments securely at grades and other ancillary charges. ment service providers and banks. This specific features of the Japanese market S airports when using a shared IT infra- SITA’s new solution uniquely com- maximizes the benefits of the airline’s demand flexible, cost-efficient, high structure. SITA AirportConnect Com- bines point-to-point encryption (P2PE) existing commercial relationships. quality and technologically advanced mon Use Payment Service enables pay- technology, with Europay, Mastercard, Importantly, the service is also de- aircraft, all characteristics that ATRs fully ment transactions by multiple airlines on Visa (EMV) and Payment Card Indus- signed to minimize fraud risks by match. Source: ATR a single payment terminal. Importantly, try (PCI) compliant chip card payment implementing encryption with EMV this is possible with any, and all, of the terminals, applications and processes, card readers and provides support for a departure control systems the airlines to allow multiple merchants to use the secure payment solution aligned with choose to use. same terminal while meeting PCI secu- credit card brand approvals. Source: rity standards. SITA Airlines use common-use or shared IT infrastructure at airports around the SITA’s common-use payment service world and this ground-breaking solution meets the unique operational challenges has been developed by SITA to support of airlines. It allows airlines to share the Issued by the African Airlines Association Volume 9, Issue 5 Page 4 AFRICAN AIRLINES Embraer delivers its 1,100th AFRAA Cargo Committee meets in Casablanca business jet he AFRAA 2ndAir Cargo D6, MS and LN) and chaired by Mr. mercial Egyptair Cargo assisted by Meeting was held at Sheraton Hesham Elewa, General Manager Com- Mr. Sanjeev Gadhia, CEO Astral mbraer delivered its 1,100th Hotel in Casablanca, Moroc- Aviation. business jet. The milestone co on 22 – 23 May 2017. aircraft is the industry’s best- T Among matters arising and issues dis- selling Phenom 300, and the E cussed, the meeting mainly focused on customer is NetJets, the world’s largest the paper to be presented to 2nd ICAO private aviation company, with a portfolio meeting on Air Cargo development in of services that includes fractional owner- Africa 27 – 29 June 2017 in Addis Aba- ship, jet cards, aircraft management and ba. Based on the Togo/Lome Declara- charter. tion August 2014, members reviewed

the document to come up with a text that Michael Amalfitano, President & CEO of will be presented to the ICAO scheduled Embraer Executive Jets said: “Embraer for June 2017 scored the four-digit mark in business jet deliveries in an impressively short period The meeting was hosted by RAM and of time. NetJets has been integral to our attended by 18 representatives from 8 success story by co-creating a premium Participants at the AFRAA Air Cargo meeting in Casablanca member airlines (AT, AH, SA, WB, 8V, product to meet the discerning tastes of their distinguished Owners. We are com- mitted to delivering the most value to our Boeing, Primera Air announce order for up to 20 737 MAX 9s customers, with superior products that oeing and Primera Air an- to accommodate flights connecting customer discussions continue on offer a unique combination of comfort, nounced an order for eight Europe to the east coast of the U.S. further growing the family. performance and operating costs, coupled 737 MAX 9 airplanes, valued Monty Oliver, Vice President, European The 737 MAX incorporates the latest with an unmatched experience throughout at more than $950 million at Sales, Boeing Commercial Airplanes technology CFM International LEAP their journey, including the best customer B list prices. The agreement also includes said: “Primera Air's commitment is a -1B engines, Advanced Technology support in the industry.” Source: Embraer purchase rights for four additional 737 major endorsement of the 737 MAX 9 winglets and other improvements to MAX 9s and a lease agreement for eight and its ability to serve new transatlantic deliver the highest efficiency, relia- more airplanes from Air Lease Corpora- markets. The MAX 9 will provide Pri- bility and passenger comfort in the tion. mera Air unmatched efficiency, range, single-aisle market. The 737 MAX is reliability and operating costs, while the fastest-selling airplane in Boeing AFSAC Training The 737 MAX 9 will form the backbone continuing to provide a premium on- history, accumulating more than of the low-cost airline's future as it seeks board experience for its passengers." 3,700 orders from 87 customers The Tunisian Academy for Civil to commence flights between Europe and North America. Primera Air plans to The MAX 8 and 9 will be followed in Aviation Safety and Security use the MAX 9's auxiliary fuel tanks to 2019 by the smaller MAX 7 and higher Training (AFSAC) which is an lower trip costs and maximize the range capacity MAX 200, while studies and AFRAA Training Partner in Secu- rity courses and also ICAO Bombardier delivers the first CS300 Aircraft to C Series launch operator SWISS AVSEC Training Center/ ICAO Trainair Plus center, will be ombardier Commercial Air- Commercial Aircraft said: “We are very Twelve C Series aircraft have been hosting "Aircraft Accident Inves- craft announced that Swiss proud to deliver SWISS’s first CS300 delivered by Bombardier so far, nine tigation Course " from 17 to 21 International Air Lines aircraft today has been a wonderful of which have been delivered to July 2017 at a cost of $1,500. B (SWISS) took delivery of its partner for the C Series aircraft pro- SWISS. Three CS300 aircraft are The course will highlight the first CS300 aircraft at Bombardier’s gram. currently in operations with airBaltic. ICAO recommended practices in facility in Mirabel, Canada, where the C relation to aircraft accidents or Series aircraft are manufactured. When The SWISS family has been part of the The C Series aircraft is manufactured the aircraft enters commercial service in C Series journey from the beginning by the C Series Aircraft Limited Part- incidents. Successful participants a few days, SWISS will become the first and we thank the airline for its continu- nership, an affiliate of the Bombardier will receive an AFSAC airline to operate both C Series aircraft ous support. This new delivery is a Commercial Aircraft segment of ICAO TRAIN-AIR PLUS Member models. SWISS will dedicate this new demonstration of Bombardier’s com- Bombardier Inc. Source: Bombardier Certificate at the end of the course. aircraft to the French-speaking part of mitment to deliver revolutionary and Western Switzerland as the airline will high-performing aircraft and help con- To register on this training course operate this CS300 aircraft from Gene- necting communities with the best va. flying experience in the world!” please click here: http://www.afsac Fred Cromer, President of Bombardier -tunisie.com/detailsplanning-105. For further information please con- APG to hold the 9th World Connect Conference tact Ms. Abir Yahyaoui: air- PG is planning to hold its 9th competition or cooperation?" are also available. Contact con- [email protected] annual conference at the The participant package costs 2500€ [email protected] for more infor- Fairmont Hotel in Monaco, and includes : the access to the 2 days mation or visit our website on 1st to 3rd November conference, 2 nights’ accommodation at Visit the WORLD CONNECT web- A site : http://worldconnect.apg- 2017. the Fairmont Hotel (for 2 persons), and the participation to all social events and ga.com/ By attending this great event, you will the Gala Dinner. meet 120 airline senior executives, the entire APG network, 50 major travel EXCLUSIVE OFFER FOR AFRAA agents and other key professionals from MEMBERS: an extra night is offered the airline business, and listen to inten- for 2 persons if registering to the event sive debates around this year’s theme : prior to 30th June 2017 "Low Cost vs Legacy Airlines : Other great opportunities of partnership Issued by the African Airlines Association Volume 9, Issue 5 Page 6 AFRICAN AIRLINES n May, under the IATA Airline Training Fund (IATF) Regional AFRAA Training Training Program, AFRAA hosted I Airline Document Systems and Control on 30 May – 2 June, 2017. 19 participants from 10 airlines attended the course. The training focused on equip- ping participants with standards and rec- ommended practices on IOSA documenta- tion requirements. Other courses lined up in the Regional program are as follows: Aviation Internal Audit (17 – 21 July, 2017) in Kaduna, Root Cause Analysis (11 – 15 September) also in Kaduna, Nigeria

Limited slots left! For registration and/or enquiries, please contact Ms. Elin Bukha- la: [email protected] Participants who attended Airline Document Systems and Control on 30 May – 2 June, 2017

African Airlines Other Carriers May 2017 flights seats % Other % African flights seats Carriers Carriers Intra Africa 97,655 8,430,907 95.79% 4,295 770,782 4.21% Africa Europe 6,272 1,054,315 42.04% 8647 1759726 57.96% Africa - N. America 334 95,328 68.72% 152 37,610 31.28% Africa - M. East 4057 751266 45.96% 4,771 1,143,591 54.04% Africa - Asia 784 205,577 86.25% 125 33,457 13.75% 109,102 10,537,393 17,990 3,745,166 May 2016 Intra Africa 84605 8099014 92.21% 3,629 684,088 7.79% Africa Europe 5,832 963,496 37.28% 8,017 1,621,048 62.72% Africa - N. America 300 84,237 67.46% 172 40,628 32.54% Africa - M. East 3,848 693,912 39.96% 4,661 1,042,693 60.04% Africa - Asia 790 183,698 84.58% 125 33,484 15.42% TOTAL 95,375 10,024,357 16,604 3,421,941 May 2017 May 2016

Source: AFRAA/OAG Source: AFRAA/OAG

NB: Data is for all Passenger flights, both non-stop and flights with stops About AFRAA AFRAA, is a trade organization of Airlines from the member states of the African Union (AU) whose aim is to foster commercial and technical cooperation for airlines and represent their common interest. Founded in Accra, Ghana in April, 1968, and currently headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the Association members represent 83% of total intercontinental traffic carried by African Airlines. For more information, visit: www.afraa.org

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