The first intercontinental solar plane landed in Morocco recently, providing a welcome boost to the kingdom’s ambitious plan to draw 40 per cent of its energy from the sun by 2020

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (Nahco Aviance) has announced plans to plough US$100 million into the first phase of its expansion across Africa between 2012 and 2014

Tanzania’s private airline, Precision Air, has launched flights into Lusaka, Zambia and Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo

A growing middle class and a resources boom across Africa have fuelled the growth of the continent’s aviation industry. (Image source: Peter Russell)

Across the African continent, airlines are expanding by opening up new routes and revamping existing capacity to handle passengers and freight alike, writes Mwangi Mumero