Corporate Affairs
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Airbus-led consortium to pilot liquid hydrogen fuel at French airport
France’s Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport will pilot a project, being developed by an Airbus-led consortium, to increase the use of hydrogen in aviation, both in aircraft and ground vehicles, the European-based global major aerospace group announced on Tuesday. Lyon-Saint Exupéry is one of the airports in the French VINCI Airports group, which owns and/or operates airports on four continents. The third member of the consortium is French industrial gases and services group Air Liquide. The ultimate aim is to help cut air travel’s carbon emissions.
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Boeing forecasts commercial aircraft market of more than $3-trillion over next decade
US aerospace giant Boeing has forecast a commercial aircraft market worth $3.2-trillion over the next ten years. In concrete terms, this would amount to 19 000 aircraft. As for demand over the next 20 years, the group estimates that this would amount to more than 43 000 new aeroplanes, with a total value of $7.2-trillion. Recovery in the air transport market is currently being led by domestic flights, it reported. Regional and intercontinental flights are expected to follow, as vaccine rollouts lead to relaxations in health-based travel restrictions. Boeing expects long-range commercial air traffic to reach pre-pandemic (2019) levels by 2023 or 2024.
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Boeing forecasts commercial aircraft market of more than $3-trillion over next decade
US aerospace giant Boeing has forecast a commercial aircraft market worth $3.2-trillion over the next ten years. In concrete terms, this would amount to 19 000 aircraft. As for demand over the next 20 years, the group estimates that this would amount to more than 43 000 new aeroplanes, with a total value of $7.2-trillion. Recovery in the air transport market is currently being led by domestic flights, it reported. Regional and intercontinental flights are expected to follow, as vaccine rollouts lead to relaxations in health-based travel restrictions. Boeing expects long-range commercial air traffic to reach pre-pandemic (2019) levels by 2023 or 2024.
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Southern African airlines body’s CEO resigns
The Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) announced on Wednesday that its CEO, Wrenelle Stander, had resigned. She has accepted another post outside the aviation industry (but with strong associations with it). She will leave AASA once she has…
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Southern African airlines body’s CEO resigns
The Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) announced on Wednesday that its CEO, Wrenelle Stander, had resigned. She has accepted another post outside the aviation industry (but with strong associations with it). She will leave AASA once she has…
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Logistics company cites advantages of its facility at OR Tambo International Airport
Rhenus Logistics South Africa has highlighted the value of its secure airside facility at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA). In addition to security, the facility also provides, the company assured, quick turnaround times. “[T]he safety of cargo in transit is one of the biggest challenges for the logistics industry in South Africa,” pointed out Rhenus Logistics South Africa risk manager Martin Taylor. “Our facility includes material handling equipment, racking and bulk storage, as well as a category 5 vault on site. We provide the highest level of security with 24/7 camera surveillance, armed guards, as well advanced access and perimeter security that is completed with a generator.”
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Logistics company cites advantages of its facility at OR Tambo International Airport
Rhenus Logistics South Africa has highlighted the value of its secure airside facility at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA). In addition to security, the facility also provides, the company assured, quick turnaround times. “[T]he safety of cargo in transit is one of the biggest challenges for the logistics industry in South Africa,” pointed out Rhenus Logistics South Africa risk manager Martin Taylor. “Our facility includes material handling equipment, racking and bulk storage, as well as a category 5 vault on site. We provide the highest level of security with 24/7 camera surveillance, armed guards, as well advanced access and perimeter security that is completed with a generator.”
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Cargo has played key role in supporting African aviation during pandemic, notes TV network
US news TV group CNN has highlighted the importance of air cargo in underpinning the African commercial aviation industry during the Covid-19 pandemic. Air cargo formed a “lifeline” for African aviation, the network reported. The African airport which handled the largest amount of cargo last year was Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), in Kenya. And the continent’s number one dedicated air cargo operator, Astral Aviation, is also Kenyan and based at JKIA.
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Cargo has played key role in supporting African aviation during pandemic, notes TV network
US news TV group CNN has highlighted the importance of air cargo in underpinning the African commercial aviation industry during the Covid-19 pandemic. Air cargo formed a “lifeline” for African aviation, the network reported. The African airport which handled the largest amount of cargo last year was Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), in Kenya. And the continent’s number one dedicated air cargo operator, Astral Aviation, is also Kenyan and based at JKIA.
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Cargo has played key role in supporting African aviation during pandemic, notes TV network
US news TV group CNN has highlighted the importance of air cargo in underpinning the African commercial aviation industry during the Covid-19 pandemic. Air cargo formed a “lifeline” for African aviation, the network reported. The African airport which handled the largest amount of cargo last year was Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), in Kenya. And the continent’s number one dedicated air cargo operator, Astral Aviation, is also Kenyan and based at JKIA.