Middle East & Africa

Egyptair has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320neo aircraft, which is the first of 15 A320neo family aircraft that are on lease from lessor AerCap. The leasing agreement includes both A320neo and … [read more]

Nigerian start-up airline Green Africa Airways has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 50 Airbus A220-300. While this is not a firm order yet, the deal marks the largest ever commitment … [read more]

A South African court has ruled that the regional affiliate of struggling South African Airways (SAA), South African Express, has to be placed into ‘business rescue’. This ruling came after a lawsuit … [read more]

A Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800 on flight PC2193 has been destroyed after overrunning the runway at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport (IATA: SAW). Pictures show that the Boeing 737 broke into several pieces after … [read more]

An increasing number of international airlines, and even governments, are suspending some or all of their flights to mainland China, over fears that the Coronavirus could spread. On Wednesday, British Airways became … [read more]

South African Airways (SAA) has announced that it will temporarily cancel flights on several routes. Both international flights and domestic services are affected. The financially struggling carrier cancelled its international flights between … [read more]

The Islamic Republic of Iran has, on Saturday, admitted that it shot down Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) flight PS752, which crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran on Wednesday morning. Hassan Rouhani, President … [read more]

Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752, which crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport on Wednesday, might have been shot down by an Iranian missile strike. This was stated by … [read more]