Boeing Forecasts Middle East Aviation Services Market at $745 Billion

Boeing projects the Middle East will require $745 billion in aviation services through 2037 to keep pace with growing passenger and freight traffic in the region, the aviation giant said in a press release Tuesday. The projections came in a new report released on the sidelines of the International trade fair for maintenance, repair and […]

AQMI: New Terror Threats against France

Al-Qaida affiliate in North Africa has renewed its terrorist threats against France and all countries taking part in the French-led military campaign in Mali where the Islamist radical groups have tried to impose the Islamic sharia law in the northern region of the impoverished African country.  In a message posted on YouTube, Abu Obeida Yussef […]

AfCFTA implementation hampered by barriers to air travel, intra-African trade — aviation experts

Easy movement of people in Africa, also facilitated by affordable airfares, without the hindrances of state boundaries, is one of the key prerequisites for the full implementation of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), according to stakeholders in the continent’s aviation industry. Air transport, which facilitates free movement of people across nations with liberalized inter-state […]