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From the editor

Compliments of the season from

AFRAA.

Among other stories in this issue,

the Secretariat announces the

forthcoming 4th Aviation Stake-

holders Convention in April

2015, which is an event not to be

missed. Mark your calendars and

endeavor to attend. The report

and speeches of the 46th AFRAA

Annual General Assembly are

available on the AFRAA website

while the photos will be shared

via the AFRAA facebook page.

We would like to take this oppor-

tunity to wish all our members,

partners and readers a happy and

successful new year.

Inside this Issue:

AFRAA Concludes its 4th

Fuel Tender

2

ET commences operations

to Doha

2

SAA increases frequencies

to key African destinations

3

EgyptAir orders two A330

Passenger to Freighter

conversions

3

Boeing and SAA look to first

harvest of energy-rich to-

bacco to make sustainable

aviation biofuel

4

Airbus receives over 500

ideas for Fly Your Ideas

student challenge

4

AFRAA Training 5

Volume 6, Issue 12

December 2014 Issue

T he African Airlines Association is

pleased to announce that it will

stage its 4th Aviation Stakeholders

Convention from 26-28 April 2015

at the Emperors Palace, Johannesburg - South

Africa.

The 2015 edition of the Convention will be

held under the theme: “Building and Sus-

taining Strong Partnerships” and will be co

-hosted by South African Airways as the

official carrier of the event. The main objec-

tive of this event is to bring together the

Issued by the African Airlines Association

Coming in April 2015: The Aviation Stakeholders Convention

suppliers of the whole range of airline

products and services and the potential

customers of these products and services

at one venue annually for purposes of

networking, knowledge exchange and

business negotiations.

Who is attending?

Top Executives and Managers from

airlines, Civil Aviation Authorities,

Airports, ANSPs, Ground Handlers,

Regulators, Management Consultants,

Aviation training institutions/MROs,

Manufacturers, other service and

solution providers in the aviation

industry

Opportunities available

The event offers excellent networking

and marketing opportunities through:

Sponsorship

Exhibition

AFRAA BULLETIN

T he African Airlines Association is

pleased to announce that it will

stage its 4th Aviation Stakeholders

Convention from 26-28 April 2015

at the Emperors Palace, Johannesburg - South

Africa.

The 2015 edition of the Convention will be

held under the theme: “Building and Sus-

taining Strong Partnerships” and will be co

-hosted by South African Airways as the

official carrier of the event. The main objec-

tive of this event is to bring together the

suppliers of the whole range of airline prod-

ucts and services and the potential cus-

tomers of these products and services at

one venue annually for purposes of

networking, knowledge exchange and

business negotiations.

Who is attending?

Top Executives and Managers from

airlines, Civil Aviation Authorities,

Airports, ANSPs, Ground Handlers,

Regulators, Management Consultants,

Aviation training institutions/MROs,

Manufacturers, other service and solu-

tion providers in the aviation industry

Opportunities available

The event offers excellent networking

and marketing opportunities through:

Sponsorship

Exhibition

Master Classes

One-to-one scheduled meeting

appointments

For registration and more information,

please visit the event website: http://

asc.afraa.org/ or contact: Ms. Maureen

Kahonge: mkahonge@afraa.org

Leaders from the African Airline industry

concluded the 46th Annual General Assem-

bly and Summit of the African Airlines Asso-

ciation (AFRAA) in Algiers with a resolve to

embrace the opening of African skies and the

development of intra-African connectivity.

To facilitate this, all stakeholders were urged

to play their part towards the single African

aviation market before it is too late.

The report and speeches are available on

the AFRAA website: http://afraa.org/

index.php/our-work/agas/46th-aga-2014

47th AGA: The 47th AGA will be held

from 01-03 November 2015 in Brazza-

ville, the capital of the Republic of Con-

go. The 47th AGA will be hosted by

ECAir, whose Chief Executive Officer,

Mrs Fatima Beyina-Moussa, was

elected the 2015 President of AFRAA.

46th AFRAA Annual General Assembly, 09-11 November 2014

AFRAA NEWSLETTER

Volume 6, Issue 12 Page 2

Issued by the African Airlines Association

AFRAA Concludes its 4th Fuel Tender

T he 4th AFRAA fuel tender

for 2015 fuel supply was

successfully finalized with

the member airlines achieving significant savings of

$29m. Thirteen Airlines committed

volumes of over 1.2 billion litres in 169 locations with 51 suppliers par-

ticipating. South Africa Airways

joined the project and included all the Africa locations. The project now has

the major carriers in the Continent

and is set to grow to higher heights. The Tender Evaluation criteria in-

cluded the following:

Competitive Pricing

Transparent Pricing basis

Insurance cover of $1billion

Payment terms and Commercial

terms

Package deals

Market intelligence

Adherence of regulatory require-

ments

The AFRAA Fuel project has been

successful over the years due to the unique qualities of the member airline

representatives, who have formed a

strong working group drawing syner-gies from their diverse skills and cultur-

al backgrounds.

The team attended the 2014 IATA

Fuel Forum in Dubai and had the opportunity to meet both existing

and potential fuel suppliers who are

important stakeholders for the Project. The team received very

positive feedback regarding the

Project’s tender process from the suppliers and looks forward to the

next tender which will see the

Project celebrate its 5th anniver-sary. .

S A Express hosted a Christmas

party for more than 200 learners

from Sithand’izingane Care

Project in Witkpooi, Brakpan.

Amongst others, the employees raised

money to buy 200 pairs of shoes which

were handed over to the learners at a

function held at the project’s offices.

The project, which has been going on for the last 12 years, is designed to assist

children who have been orphaned by the

scourge of HIV/Aids in the Ekurhuleni area.The initiative, which forms part of

SA Express’ corporate social investment

(CSI) programmes, was started by SA Express staff members to give back to the

Ekurhuleni community.

Mr. Inati Ntshanga, SA Express CEO, says: “We are pleased to be making a

humble contribution towards making the

day special for the children who have been affected by the devastating pandemic

of HIV/Aids. As SA Express, we are a

caring organisation, and this is part of our CSI programme to make a positive impact

in the community of Ekurhuleni. Source:

SA Express

E thiopian Airlines an-

nounced that it has started

three weekly flights to

Doha, Qatar effective

December 2014. Ethiopian flights to

Doha will bring the total number of

Ethiopian international destinations

across five continents to 84. The city

will mark the 10th Ethiopian destina-

tion to the Middle East.

“We are very pleased to spread our

wings to Doha, one of the most vi-

brant and fastest growing economic

hubs in the Middle East. The new

flights to Doha will offer better con-

nectivity and more convenient mobility

between the State of Qatar and the

Continent of Africa” said Mr. Tewolde

Gebremariam, CEO Ethiopian Airlines

Group.

In another development, Ethiopian

Airlines was voted as the best airline in

Africa by Premier Traveler Magazine

Survey. Commenting on the award,

CEO of Ethiopian Airlines Group,

Tewolde Gebremariam, said: “We are

honored that Premier Traveler Maga-

zine’s readers in the U.S. have selected

us as the best airline for travel to Africa.

I wish to thank them for this vote of

Ethiopian Airlines commences operations to Doha

SA Express hosts party for

over 200 orphaned children

in Brakpan

Photo: SA Express

Members of the

AFRAA Fuel Project

during the negotia-

tions for the 2015

tender

Photo: Ethiopian Airlines

confidence, which once again reaf-

firms the quality of the service and

product we offer”. Source: Ethiopian

Airlines

AFRAA NEWSLETTER

Volume 6, Issue 12 Page 3

Issued by the African Airlines Association

S outh African Airways (SAA)

announced that it com-

menced the inclusion of

additional frequencies to its

network which will substantially in-

crease air services to some of its key

African routes. The additional capacity

injection answers the commercial

mandate of the Long-Term Turna-

round Strategy (LTTS), and is in re-

sponse to positive market growth. As

of beginning of December 2014, Hara-

re (Zimbabwe) and Maputo

(Mozambique), have included addi-

tional frequencies, with Kinshasa

E CAIR announced it has

sourced a Fokker 100 from

Croatian ACMI specialist,

Trade Air, for use on domestic

Congolese flights ch-aviation revealed.

9A-BTD is currently being used for Braz-

zaville to Pointe Noire flights with its

contract set to run until the end of Decem-

ber 2014.

ECAIR also operates a pair of B737-300s,

wet-leased from PrivatAir, on its domestic

network. Source: Ch-Aviation

(Democratic Republic of Congo), and

Mauritius to follow.

“The strengthening of these routes

comes in the wake of positive load

factors and increased traffic between

the countries,” said SAA Acting Chief

Executive Officer Nico Bezuidenhout.

Presently, GDP growth in Mozam-

bique (7% - African Development

Bank) and the Democratic Republic of

Congo (8.1%- African Development

Bank) exceed World Bank growth

statistics for the continent (4.7%-2013)

while South Africa’s trade and demand

for leisure and business travel to Mau-

ritius is growing at a steady pace. “Air

lift services traditionally lead GDP in

all markets and also track the rate of

increased leisure travel, investment

and business engagement between

South Africa and its continental

peers” He added. Source: SAA

Photo: Boeing

SAA increases frequencies to key African destinations ECAIR to lease a Croat

Fokker 100

Photo: : SAA

Air Burkina to add first E170

A ir Burkina plans to add

an Embraer 170 to its

fleet. Air Burkina's

strategic partner, the

Aga Khan Fund for Economic Devel-

opment (AKFED), is confident that

the will recover in the short term in

light of the recent political unrest in

N ovember 2014 saw Tassili

Airlines become a member

of the International Air

Transport Association

(IATA). “IATA accepted the membership

of Tassili Airlines as a global operator,

introducing it into the stage of the interna-

tional aviation organizations," said Com-

munications Manager, Mr. Karim Bahard.

Tassili Airlines also joined the African

Airlines Association (AFRAA) in 2014 as

a full member. Source: allafrica.com

the Country.

Out of its Ouagadougou hub, it serves

Bobo Dioulasso locally as well as

Abidjan, Accra, Bamako, Cotonou,

Dakar, Niamey, and Lomé regionally.

Source: Ch-aviation

Agro Tourism, some wildlife conserv-

ancies, cultural tourism and all these

sites would be of interest to visitors,"

Air Zimbabwe's marketing and sales

manager Christopher Kwenda said. Air

Zimbabwe earlier this year resumed

flights to the northern resort town of

Kariba as it part of plans to redevelop

its domestic network. Source: safari-

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Photo: ECAIR

Tassili Airlines becomes

member of IATA

Photo: Air Zimbabwe

Photo: Trevor Mulkerrins

EgyptAir orders two A330 Passenger to Freighter conversions

E FW, the conversion and

MRO arm of the Airbus

Group, signed an agree-

ment with Egyptair to

convert two of the carrier’s A330-200

passenger aircraft to freighter config-

uration. The deal ends almost three

years of speculation about a launch

customer for the program, which was

first announced in February 2012.

EFW has confirmed to Cargo Facts

that the A330-300 will enter produc-

tion in November 2015, and enter

service in 2017; while the -200 vari-

ant (which is what Egyptair has or-

dered) will be one full year behind –

not entering production until Novem-

ber 2016, and not entering service

until 2018. Source: cargofacts.com Photo: EgyptAir

Air Zimbabwe resumes operations to towns in South East Zimbabwe

A ir Zimbabwe resumed

scheduled services to the

southern towns of

Chiredzi/Buffalo Range

and Masvingo in December 2014.

Initial services were operated twice

weekly using an MA-60.

"The introduction of this flight will

boost tourism activities in Chiredzi.

We have Gonarezhou National Park,

Air Mauritius upholds order for four A350s

A ir Mauritius has main-

tained its order with

Airbus Industrie for four

A350-900s. The order

was announced at this year's Farnbor-

ough International Airshow 2014 as a

Memorandum of Understanding and

will see the first pair of A350s being

delivered in 2019 followed by the

remaining two in 2020. Air Mauritius

has also reserved its right to exercise

an option to place additional orders of

up to three A350s between 2023 and

2025 on the same terms and conditions

that led to the selection of the first four

aircraft with Airbus. Source: airlin-

ers.net

Photo: Air Mauritius

AFRAA NEWSLETTER

Volume 6, Issue 12 Page 4

Issued by the African Airlines Association

Boeing and SAA look to first harvest of energy-rich tobacco to make sus-

tainable aviation biofuel

B oeing and South African Airways (SAA) announced

that South African farmers

will soon harvest their first crop of energy-rich tobacco plants, an

important step towards using the

plants to make sustainable aviation biofuel.

J. Miguel Santos, Managing Director for Africa, Boeing International said

“Boeing strongly believes that our

aviation biofuel collaboration with

South African Airways will benefit the

environment and public health while providing new economic opportunities

for South Africa’s small farmers. This

project also positions our valued airline customer to gain a long-term, viable

domestic fuel supply and improve

South Africa’s national balance of payments.”

In addition to its collaboration in

Southern Africa, Boeing has active biofuel development projects in the

United States, Middle East, Europe,

R ound One of Airbus’ glob-al competition Fly Your

Ideas has attracted world-

wide entries on how the

next generation will tackle the future

challenges of aviation. Over 50 Airbus

experts and innovators are now re-viewing the more than 500 ideas

submitted. Their mission is to select

the 100 teams who merit a place in Round Two of the competition.

Ian Lane, Airbus Senior Expert and

Fly Your Ideas assessor commented: “We passionately debate and review

each idea. It is an absolute privilege and inspiration to see such imagina-

tive, unrestrained thinking from the

student teams.”

What sets Fly Your Ideas apart from

other global student competitions is the deep and company-wide engage-

ment of the Airbus teams. The asses-

sors were drawn from right across the business, and include non-technical

professionals as well as engineers and

aviation experts. The multidiscipli-nary, multicultural teams reflect the

GE Aviation selected by

Boeing for 777X Common

Core Avionics Systems

G E Aviation has been selected

by Boeing to provide the

Common Core System (CCS)

and the Enhanced Airborne

Flight Recorder (EAFR) for the Boeing

777X aircraft.

"This is a critical win for GE to supply

the avionics computing system for the

Boeing 777X, building on the success of

our common core system on the 787,"

said Alan Caslavka, president of Avionics

& Digital Systems for GE Aviation.

"With the 787 and now the 777X, we

have made future civil and military pro-

grams more affordable by resetting the

avionics cost curve and doing away with

escalating software development costs."

Design of the 777X is underway, and

production is set to begin in 2017 with

first delivery targeted for 2020. The 777X

family includes the 777-8X and the 777-

9X. The 777X will be the largest and

most efficient twin-engine jet in the

world, with 12 percent lower fuel con-

sumption and 10 percent lower operating

costs than the competition. Engine suppli-

er GE Aviation was the first partner an-

nounced on the program. Source: GE

Aviation

MTU Aero Engines presents

business outlook for the next

decade

A t the 2014 Investor & Analyst Day, MTU Aero Engines AG

presented its business outlook

for the next decade to 2024. The group aims to remain on its growth

trajectory while at the same time continu-

ing to improve its profitability. It plans to increase its adjusted EBIT margin and its

free cash flow in the medium to long term.

This goal is based on the expected devel-opment of revenues in its operating seg-

ments. As of 2018, MTU expects to see

substantial growth in revenues from its most profitable activities, namely spare

parts sales and maintenance. From this

point onward, revenues from the less profitable series production business are

likely to increase only slightly, and the

military engine business will probably decline. For more information, kindly visit

www.mtu.de/news-media

Airbus receives over 500 ideas for Fly Your Ideas student challenge

Photo: Airbus

Bombardier’s Learjet 70 and 75 business aircraft granted certification in

Mexico

B ombardier announced that

the Learjet 70 and Learjet

75 aircraft have received

full type certification from

the Civil Aviation Authority of Mexi-

co, the Dirección General de Aero-

náutica Civil (DGAC).

“This marks another exciting mile-

stone for the Learjet 70 and Learjet 75

business jets,” said Éric Martel, Presi-

dent, Bombardier Business Aircraft.

“We’ve had tremendous support from

our customers in Mexico and we’re

thrilled they will be able to experience

our newest Learjet aircraft. The Lear-

jet 70 and Learjet 75 business jets

U AS International Trip

Support representatives

joined hundreds of busi-

ness aviation stakehold-

ers – operators, OEMs, vendors,

associations and service providers –

at the sixth edition of the MEBA

Show 2014 in Dubai, UAE, in De-

cember 2014.

As an industry leader and an active

member of the Middle East & North

Africa Business Aviation Association

(MEBAA), UAS was present at MEBA

2014 where 30 representatives from all

UAS regions and departments who met

with current and new clients, partners,

industry professionals, and regulators.

In this sixth edition of the MEBA Show,

UAS celebrated 2014’s great accom-

plishments. It celebrated the first busi-

ness anniversary of the Americas Head-

quarters, the opening of the African

Headquarters in Johannesburg and the

UAS marks its accomplishments at MEBA 2014 show

way Airbus people work inside the company, and the firm belief that di-

versity is a driver of innovation.

Source: Airbus

Asian Headquarters in Hong Kong,

three regional offices in Nigeria,

Kenya, and Beijing (China), the

launch of Executive Travel and the

development of a large-scale supervi-

sory program. Source: UAS

Embraer’s Legacy 500 receives EASA certification

E mbraer’s Legacy 500 exec-

utive jet was granted, in

December 2014, a certifica-

tion by the European Avia-

tion Safety Agency (EASA) during a

ceremony in Cologne, Germany. This

approval enables entry into service of

the aircraft in the Member States of

the European Union as well as in

EASA associated countries.

“EASA’s certification is a very im-

portant achievement for the Legacy

500, said Marco Túlio Pellegrini, Presi-

dent and CEO of Embraer Executive

China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Brazil and Australia. Source: Boeing

Jets. “The approval of this revolution-

ary aircraft is a testament to our com-

mitment to deliver true innovation to

the market.” Source: Embraer

Photo: Boeing

deliver impressive performance and

efficiency, and they are ideally suited

to respond to the needs of our custom-

ers in Mexico.” Source: Bombardier

Issued by the African Airlines Association

About AFRAA

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airlines and represent their common interest. Founded in Accra, Ghana in April, 1968, and currently headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the Association members

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Volume 6, Issue 12 Page 5

NB: Data is for all Passenger flights, both non-stop and flights with stops

Source: AFRAA/OAG Source: AFRAA/OAG

December 2013 December 2014

Capacity Data

R ockwell Collins has been

awarded a contract by Boeing

to provide its next-generation,

large-format flight displays,

integrated surveillance system and select

flight control systems as standard equip-

ment on the Boeing 777X. Source: Rock-

well Collins

AFRAA Training

International Air Law course,

01-05 December 2014

AFRAA in conjunction with IATA

Airline Training Fund (IATF) conduct-

ed a course on International Air Law

from 1 to 5 December 2014 at the

AFRAA Headquarters in Nairobi. The

course was attended by commercial and

legal representatives from 7 airlines and

5 Civil Aviation Authorities. The

course covered various topics of public

and private international law, code

shares, aviation security among others.

A series of legal and commercial cours-

es will be offered in 2015 that will

lead to a diploma. For further infor-

mation, kindly contact Ms. Elin Bu-

khala, ebukhala@afraa.org

Courses offered in 2014

AFRAA continues to prioritize capac-

ity development for African aviators

to enhance safety culture in the indus-

try. This goal has been made possible

through partnership with key stake-

holders such as IATA Airline Train-

ing Fund (IATF), Aviation Compli-

ance Solution (ACS), Boeing, Em-

braer among others.

African Airlines Other Carriers

December 2014

flights seats % African

Carriers

flights seats % Other

Carriers

Intra Africa 82,491 9,066,970 95.63% 3,773 643,188 4.37%

Africa Europe 5,269 879,777 36.92% 9004 1813814 63.08%

Africa - N. America 296 76,755 61.28% 187 44,239 38.72%

Africa - M. East 2587 463953 38.30% 4,167 905,646 61.70%

Africa - Asia 647 175,031 78.33% 179 45,759 21.67%

91,290 10,662,486 17,310 3,452,646

December 2013

Intra Africa 73,478 7,576,105 92.89% 3,222 580,291 7.11%

Africa Europe 5,458 884,623 33.02% 9,003 1,794,409 66.98%

Africa - N. America 284 78,341 62.12% 212 47,771 37.88%

Africa - M. East 2,168 365,778 32.43% 3,600 762,233 67.57%

Africa - Asia 736 190,124 82.72% 153 39,729 17.28%

82,124 9,094,971

16,190 3,224,433

In 2014, AFRAA conducted 19 cours-

es and 2 seminars in which 507 par-

ticipants from aviation related organi-

zations benefited from the training.

The main focus for 2014 was safety

courses to facilitate IOSA process in

various airlines as per the agreed

2015 deadline by the African Minis-

ters. For more information, please

visit www.afraa.org

Rockwell Collins flight displays,

integrated surveillance and se-

lect flight control systems for

777X Selected by Boeing