AIR TRAVEL: Beijing aviation firm makes Dar its Africa technical base

Dubai has more international routes to Africa than Africa carriers themselves

Aviation Africa 2015 (http://www.aviationafrica.aero) – organised by Arabian Aerospace and African Aerospace magazines is gathering senior, influential industry figures from both Africa and the Middle East.

The event will take place 10-11 May 2015 in Dubai, UAE.

Elijah Chingosho, Secretary General, Africa Airlines Association – AFRAA.

Speakers confirmed from African and Middle East airlines already include Girma...

Aviation Firm Sues Insurer Over 1 Billion/ - Accident Cover
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A LOCAL company dealing in the provision of aviation services in Tanzania, Western Aviation Limited, has taken to court an insurance firm, Momentum Tanzania Insurance Company Limited, for refusing to pay compensation amounting to 1bn/- following an ...

New Falcon 5X and 8X also expected to drive future growth in Africa

Dassault Aviation (http://www.dassault-aviation.com) will present its large cabin, long range Falcon 7X at the Africa Aerospace & Defence Expo, to be held in Gauteng, South Africa on 17-21 September 2014.

AAD is billed as the foremost exhibit of aviation technology on the African continent. More than a third of Africa’s business jets and some of its biggest operators are based in South Africa. And nearby Angola, along with...

>Economists and politicians have dismissed Finance minister Saada Mkuya’s Sh19.8 trillion Budget as unrealistic and over-ambitious. They had high praise, though, for the “bold measures” taken to seal tax exemption loopholes.

Despite the increasing number of tall buildings in the city, the supply of housing is yet to match the rising demand, a move that has kept rents higher than those of commercial capitals of Kenya and Uganda.

An expenditure of $ 5,143,767million (about Sh 10.8 billion) by the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat for air travel during 2013/2014 financial year has been queried.

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The risk of transmission of Ebola during air travel is low, the World Health Organization says, advising against travel bans to and from affected countries.

Kenya’s private equity firm Catalyst Principal Partners has acquired a heavy equipment rental and logistics firm, EFFCO in Tanzania at undisclosed financial terms, the company announced in a statement emailed yesterday.