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Aerosud will develop the A400M’s cockpit, fusalage interior lining and wing tips. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has awarded a contract to South African aeronautical engineering firm Aerosud to manufacture parts for its A400M military airplane

Dr Ola Orekunrin gets to ready to take to the skies. (Image source: Stephen Williams)

While the idea of flying doctors and air ambulances in East Africa is almost taken for granted, in West Africa the concept has only just taken off thanks to the work of the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) and Dr Ola Orekunrin, who Stephen Williams met with recently to find out more about her life in the air

In 2013, Ethiopian Airlines won the SKYTRAX award for the Best Airline Staff Service in Africa. (Image source: Aero Icarus/Flickr)

Ethiopian Airlines was named the ‘African Airline of the Year’ and won the ‘Best Cabin Crew’ title at the recent African Travel Market (AKWAABA) 2013 awards

SA Express would need to invest nearly US$840mn to buy up to 30 new planes by 2022. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)

South African airline SA Express has announced that it plans to acquire or lease up to 30 new aircraft by 2022

Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-300 aircraft will fly from Addis Ababa to Singapore on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. (Image source: Joren De Groof/Flickr)

Ethiopian Airlines will start operating three flights a week from Addis Ababa to Singapore from 3 December 2013

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