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
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Nigerian aviation firm planning US$100 million African expansion
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
Precision Air launches new Zambia and DRC routes
Tanzania’s private airline, Precision Air, has launched flights into Lusaka, Zambia and Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo
African aviation industry at full flight
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
Aviation accidents decline across Africa
Aviation accidents across Africa may have declined in 2011, but the continent remains top of the global accident league.
Statistics from the International Air Transport Authority (IATA) have shown a significant drop in air accidents in African airlines between 2010 and 2011
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