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The Tanzanian government is hopeful the twinjet will soon be released and put back in service.

IATA expects average flight delays in the Mideast to double by 2025 without urgent action.

The Kenyan parliament votes to accept a committee plan to re-nationalize the flag carrier.

IATA claims it has cleared several hundred million dollars of blocked funds, but the problem persists.

Mikosz reports he decided to leave the Kenyan national carrier for personal reasons.

The embattled chief executive expresses frustration over the SAA’s board failure to meet his conditions of employment.

The European airframer has placed a team in Nigeria in an effort to tap the Western African country’s particularly strong potential.

The Ghanian government and the private sector would control a 51-percent share in the new West African airline, while Ethiopian holds the balance.

Ethiopian Airlines CEO says his airline will be the last to return the Max to service.

Investigative authorities deny that a foreign object caused AOA sensor damage.

The Accident Investigation Bureau in Addis Ababa has agreed to “expedite” the preliminary report into Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.

French investigators have extracted virtually all the data from Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302’s FDR, CVR.

Kenya Aviation Workers Union calls for removal of Kenya Airways and Kenyatta Airport managers.

Qatar Airways CEO Al Baker says he'll do business only in countries that show good governance.

Speakers at the Aviation Africa Summit in Kigali call for the end of “shortsighted” policies.

Sixteen African states have removed all restrictions from air service agreements, but more needs to be done.

International aviation officials urge that the private sector control the state-owned airlines’ operations.

The non-scheduled Boeing 777 flight carried a Trent 1000 engine for maintenance in Singapore

CEOs cite no jet hull loses on the continent in two consecutive years as evidence of improvement.

African airlines lose an average of $1.25 per passenger carried.

Lack of leadership hinders market liberalization

Chinese companies consider establishing aircraft leasing company on the continent

Private operators say the country does not need a national airline

Nine strike organizers remain in jail

Africa’s largest airline on a mission to take market share from non-African carriers

Africa’s largest airline now considering extending the mission profile of its Boeing 737 Max 8s

It may not have received much attention over recent years, but African airlines are poised to grow and order aircraft.

Airline aims to tap MRO business, wire harness operation as basis for developing country’s aerospace industry

Anticipates selling equity stake, farming out excess crew

Africa’s most profitable airline up for partial privatization