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From the editor

In August 2014, the AFRAA

Secretariat brought together

Heads of Network Planning and

Commercial Directors of its

member airlines with the aim to

foster cooperation under the

Route Network Coordination

Project through the coordination

and harmonization of airlines’

flight schedules development of

tactical alliances. Members who

are yet to join are urged to be part

of this initiative of AFRAA

geared towards the improvement

of connectivity and development

of air transport in Africa.

The 46th AFRAA Annual Gen-

eral Assembly is 2 months away.

Preparations are well on course

and both AFRAA and Air Algerie

teams look forward to hosting a

memorable event.

Inside this Issue:

KQ begins flying Dream-

liner to Far East

2

EgyptAir to operate

from new Terminal 2 at

London Heathrow Air-

port

2

ET Aviation Academy

Recognized as IATA

3

SA adds more travel

options in Africa

3

MTU releases new Com-

munication on Progress

for UN Global Compact

4

Training carried out in

the month of August

4

Forthcoming courses 5

Volume 6, Issue 8

August 2014 Issue

T he African Airlines Association (AFRAA) held a meeting for the

launch of the Route Network Coor-

dination Project for its member airlines. The meeting was held at the AFRAA

Head office in Nairobi, Kenya on 14 August

2014. The Route Network coordination project is an initiative of the Association aimed at

engaging airlines’ Heads of Network Planning

together to coordinate and harmonize their flight schedules with other African airlines and

develop tactical alliances amongst themselves.

According to AFRAA Secretary General, Dr.

Chingosho, “There are many missing flight

connections in Africa and African airlines need to work together to exploit and develop

the African market then afterwards look be-

yond the continent. Six out of ten of the fastest growing economies are in Africa and competi-

tion is very stiff.” He added that, currently,

there are more codeshares between African airlines and non-African airlines than amongst

African airlines. He informed the meeting that

under the Route Network coordination project, the Association aims at engaging airlines

Issued by the African Airlines Association

AFRAA Spearheads Route Network Coordination among its

Member Airlines

share, Special Pro-rate Agreements (SPAs), commercial and marketing agreements. The

airlines represented had an excellent forum to

discuss further on areas of cooperation amongst themselves during the one-to-one

sessions. Members agreed to initially work to

exhaust the missing codeshares and thereafter tackle issues such as lobbying for 5th freedom

traffic rights on selected routes.

Mr. Mihretab Gebru, Marketing Officer –

Network Planning, Ethiopian Airlines was

elected as the Chairman and Ms. Lucie Malu, Alliance Manager – Africa, Kenya Airways

as the Vice Chairman of the Committee. Mr.

Mihretab Gebru thanked members for their

cooperation and contribution to the meeting.

He was optimistic that together, members will

be able to realize value through the project. On her part, Ms. Lucie Malu thanked AFRAA

for providing a platform for African airlines

to engage freely in a conducive environment. She said: “Kenya Airways is committed to

ensuring that this initiative will birth many

great partnerships in the African continent.”

together to coordinate and harmonize their flight schedules with other Afri-

can airlines and develop tactical alli-

ances amongst themselves.

The meeting brought together Heads of

Network Planning and Commercial Directors from 9 AFRAA member

airlines who took note with apprecia-tion of the Secretariat’s past activities

for the launch the project under its

previous approach in 2012. The meeting reviewed the background of

the project and discussed at length the

major challenges in the development of tactical alliances through code-

Route Network Coordination Project members and the AFRAA

Secretariat at the AFRAA Headquarters - 14 August 2014

46th AFRAA Annual General Assembly and

Summit, 09-11 November 2014, Algiers Algeria

AFRAA will hold its 46th Annual General Assembly and Summit at the Hilton

Hotel in Algiers—Algeria. For more details about the event, please visit the web-

site: http://aga46.afraa.org/. As participation is by invitation only, please contact

the AFRAA Secretariat for an invite.

AFRAA BULLETIN

AFRAA NEWSLETTER

Volume 6, Issue 8 Page 2

Issued by the African Airlines Association

AFRAA-KCAA-Boeing Operations and Maintenance Safety Seminar,

August 19-20, 2014

T he African Airlines Associa-tion (AFRAA), Kenya Civil

Aviation Authority

(KCAA), and The Boeing Company co-hosted a Flight Opera-

tions and Maintenance Safety Semi-

nar. The seminar took place in Kenya Airways Pride Center, August 19-20,

2014. A total of 56 participants from

22 airlines and aviation organizations in Eastern Africa attended the two-day

seminar.

Dr. Mbithe Anzaya, Head of Learning

and Development, Kenya Airways

opened the seminar by a warm wel-come and providing an overview of

Kenya Airways’ training capabilities,

flight simulators and other facility. The keynote speaker – the Acting

Director General of KCAA, Mr. Jo-

seph Kiptoo Chebungei, was repre-sented by Capt. Joe Mutungi (Director

of Safety at the Authority) and Mr.

Barry Kashambo (the Executive Direc-tor of the East African Civil Aviation

Safety and Security Oversight Agen-cy). Dr. Elijah Chingosho, Secretary

General of AFRAA welcomed the

attendants and called for further col-laboration across the industry in order

EgyptAir to operate from

new Terminal 2 at London

Heathrow Airport

A friqiyah Airways has resumed

operating flights to London Gatwick, from the Tunisian

resort town of Djerba. In state-

ment issued via its Facebook account Afriqiyah Airways added that it plans to

offer flights from Tripoli's secondary

international airport, Tripoli Mitiga, and back to Cairo, Dubai, Alexandria, Jeddah,

Casablanca, Tunis, and Istanbul Atatürk

starting in the month of August.

Libyan Airlines also resumed partial

international flights with Mitiga to Malta. However, all other operations, both do-

mestic and international, have been sus-

pended until further notice. Source: ch-aviation

S tarting September 2014, EgyptAir passengers will have

the privilege to use new Termi-

nal 2 at London's Heathrow Airport.

Terminal 2, was constructed jointly by Heathrow, Star Alliance and its member

airlines with the aim of creating a truly

integrated hub at one of the most famous international airports in the world. Opti-

mized for the modern air traveler, the

facilities incorporate state-of-the-art technology and establish a new level of

service for EgyptAir passengers.

Terminal 2 will house all the Star Alli-

ance member airlines operating out of

Heathrow. Thus, as soon as the relocation of all the airlines is complete, connections

for transfer passengers will be smoother

than ever at Heathrow Airport, with a minimum connection time of 60 minutes.

Source: EgyptAir

Photo: : EgyptAir

Air Seychelles partners with Alitalia

A ir Seychelles has an-

nounced that it signed a codeshare agreement

with Alitalia. The new

deal will allow customers from both airlines to fly between Rome, Milan

and Venice to Seychelles via Abu

Dhabi, with just one ticket for their entire journey. Air Seychelles’ HM

flight code will be placed on

Alitalia’s five weekly return non-stop flights between Rome and Abu

Dhabi, and on ten connecting flights

to Milan via Rome, and twelve con-necting flights to Venice via Rome.

Alitalia in turn will place its AZ code

on seven of Air Seychelles’ return flights between Abu Dhabi and Sey-

chelles, and on 47 flights per week to

and from Seychelles’ second largest island, Praslin, permitting stopovers on

the main island of Mahé. Manoj Papa,

Air Seychelles’ Chief Executive Of-

ficer, said: “Italy is Seychelles’ third

largest European market after Germany

and France and this agreement

strengthens business and leisure travel connections between our two coun-

tries.” Source: Air Seychelles

Libyan carriers resume lim-

ited international flights

to continue enhancing aviation safety

performance in Africa.

Four Boeing presenters who facilitated

the seminar were: Mr. Chamsou Andjorin, Capt. James Brocksmith,

Capt. William (Brit) Etzold, and Dr.

Maggie Ma.

Day 1 of the safety seminar focused on

global aviation safety performance and safety in commercial flight operations.

Mr. Andjorin, Director of Boeing

Commercial Airplanes Aviation Safety & Regulatory Affairs for Africa and

Middle East, provided an overview of

global and African aviation safety. Capt. Brocksmith, a safety pilot repre-

senting Boeing Commercial Aviation

Flight Services, discussed investiga-tion of 2013 key Boeing worldwide

aviation accidents. He also discussed

operations safety in the following

areas: runway excursion prevention,

anatomy of an overrun, controlled

flight into terrain (CFIT). Capt. Etzold, Deputy Chief Engineer from Boeing

Commercial Airplanes Aviation Sys-

tem Safety, presented on the US Com-mercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST)

Aircraft State Awareness Study and

Safety Enhancements for Loss of

Control – In-flight (LOC-I).

Day 2 of the safety seminar featured

safety best practices in operations and aircraft maintenance. Capt.

Etzold and Dr. Maggie Ma, a human

factors expert from Boeing Commer-cial Aviation Services discussed the

following topics: safety/just culture,

Safety Management System and its three hazard identification methods,

and Threat and Error Management

(TEM).They provided overviews of three safety programs: Boeing’s

Maintenance Error Decision Aid

(MEDA), Flight Line Operations Safety Audit (Flight LOSA), and

Maintenance Line Operations Safety

Assessment (Maintenance LOSA). Day 2 of the seminar ended with a

discussion of “What Makes an Air-

line Safe” by Capt. Brocksmith.

The AFRAA-KCAA-Boeing joint

safety seminar was well received by the participants. Many of them pro-

vided positive feedback and ex-

pressed an interest in further training offerings by Boeing.

Air Algérie to debut Jijel Airport’s scheduled international flights

A ir Algérie will debut Jijel Airport’s scheduled inter-

national operations in

October 2014 when it launches a twice weekly services to

Marseilles. Until now, the northern

Algerian resort town's sole internation-al connections had constituted charter

flights operated by Tassili Airlines and

Air Méditerranée to Grenoble and Paris CDG respectively. Source: Ch-

Aviation. Photo: Afriqiyah Airways

Photo: Air Algérie

Photo: Air Seychelles

Participants at the Operations and Maintenance Safety Seminar held at the KQ Pride Center, Aug 19-20, 2014

AFRAA NEWSLETTER

Volume 6, Issue 8 Page 3

Issued by the African Airlines Association

Kenya Airways begins flying Dreamliner to the Far East

K enya Airways began

flying the Boeing 787

Dreamliner aircrafts on

two existing routes in the Far East. The Dreamliner will be

operating on the Nairobi-Bangkok-

Guangzhou route; and the Nairobi–Bangkok–Hong Kong route. Speak-

ing during an event at the Bangkok

Suvarnabhumi International Airport to launch the Dreamliner’s flights to

the Far East, Kenya Airways’ Direc-

tor of Fleet and Asset Development, Frederick Sine said that the deploy-

ment of the state-of-the-art aircraft on

the two routes would significantly enhance the experience of guests on

the route.

In another development, Kenya Air-

ways migrated 11 additional flights to the new ultramodern Terminal 1A at its

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

(JKIA) hub. Kenya Airways’ Group Managing Director and Chief Execu-

tive Officer, Titus Naikuni, said that the

new terminal has state-of-the-art facili-ties that will contribute towards provid-

ing a world class experience to guests.

“We are excited to increase the number of flights operating from this modern

terminal” Dr Naikuni added.

Terminal 1A has capacity to handle one

-way peak hour traffic of 1,500 passen-

gers; and up to 2.5 million passengers

every year. It will initially handle

only departures but is expected to be fully operational by 2015 after com-

pletion. Source: Kenya Airways

South African Airways adds more travel options in Africa

S AA is adding to its already

extensive African flight

schedule to offer its cus-

tomers more travel options

on the continent. The most recent

change is an increase on the Johan-

nesburg–Lagos route, where the

airline will offer eight (8) frequen-

cies per week, effective September

2014.

The new schedule will provide great-

er/additional connectivity to the SAA

network and accommodate the cur-rent passenger and cargo demand

SAA is experiencing on the route.

Additionally, it will offer seamless travel for passengers en-route to

Perth, Hong Kong and mainland

China.

In another development SAA celebrat-

ed women’s month with a flight be-

tween Johannesburg and Cape Town,

which was operated by an All-Female

crew.

The rest of the flight preparations were

also conducted by females. On board,

the commemorative flight also com-

prised of SAA female executives, led

by Ms Zukisa Ramasia, General Man-

ager Operations. “We are extremely

proud of the achievements of the wom-

en at SAA, where we are represented

throughout the company, in leadership

positions as well as in key operational

areas which enables SAA to run smooth

and on-time operations,” said Ramasia.

At present SAA women make up

38.96% of all staff, (24.85% general

staff; 0.83% cockpit crew and 13.29%

cabin crew). Source: SAA

RwandAir granted 5th freedom traffic rights from Entebbe to Juba

E ffective August 2014,

RwandAir commenced

new operations between

Entebbe and Juba in South

Sudan after it was recently granted

5th freedom traffic rights from Ugan-

da to South Sudan by the Uganda

Civil Aviation Authority.

“We are delighted to further strength-

en our regional operations with to-

day’s increase of frequency from

Uganda to South Sudan and we hope

this will serve as a key link for business

and trade between the two countries”,

commented Mr. John Mirenge, Rwan-

dAir Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Jean Paul Nyirubutama, Rwan-

dAir’s Deputy CEO and COO added

that, “this new schedule, in addition to

connecting Juba to Entebbe, will also

provide it with seamless connections to

the entire RwandAir network and in

particular to Kigali, Johannesburg,

Nairobi, Lagos, Accra, Dar es Salaam

and Dubai. Source: RwandAir

Air Mauritius awarded 4-Star rating by SKYTRAX

A ir Mauritius was award-

ed the prestigious 4-Star

professional quality

rating by Skytrax. The

Award was presented to Air Mauri-

tius Chairman, Appalsamy (Dass)

Thomas and the CEO, André Viljoen

by Edward Plaisted, Chairman of

Skytrax, at a ceremony held at the

Swami Vivekananda International

Convention Centre, in the presence

of all the Team Members of Air Mauri-

tius. Receiving the Award jointly with

Mr Viljoen, Mr Thomas said “I am

delighted to be receiving this Award

together with the CEO and on behalf of

all of us at Air Mauritius. The 4-Star

Status places Air Mauritius in another

league – among the World’s best 40

Airlines. It is also testimony to the

great work accomplished over the past

years by the Board, Management and

all Team Members to take the airline to

further heights.” Source: Air Mauritius

Photo: Air Mauritius

Photo: South African Airways

Photo: RwandAir

Photo: Kenya Airways

Air Namibia cabin crew

honoured at graduation

ceremony

T he Acting Managing Director/

Chief Operating Officer

(COO) of Air Namibia, Rene

Gsponer applauded 15 Air

Namibia cabin crew at their graduation

ceremony in August 2014 held at the

Safari Court Hotel following their suc-

cessful completion of a comprehensive

Portuguese Language Proficiency pro-

gramme. The airline subjected its cabin

crew to master Portuguese as a foreign

language to enhance communication for

the purpose of Portuguese-speaking cus-

tomer needs while on-board of Air Na-

mibia routes. “It gives me great pleasure

to be amongst a group of happy cabin

crew who have, through perseverance and

commitment to this learning and develop-

ment programme achieved high levels of

professional and personal success. This is

the kind of commitment we need in Air

Namibia to take this business from great

to even greater,” remarked Mr Gsponer.

Air Namibia plans to roll-out the same

programme to all frontline staff at reser-

vations and ticketing agents, check-in

agents, customer care and all essential

sections with employees who have direct

and indirect contact with clients. Source:

Air Namibia

Air Namibia graduates with some

officials

GE seeks EASA approval

of S10 diesel fuel for H Se-

ries turboprop

G E Aviation submitted an

application to EASA to

utilize S10 diesel fuel for its

H Series turboprops. The

anticipated application approval would

help Brazilian H Series operators lower

fuel costs by up to 25%. The average H

Series engine consumes 648,000 liters of

fuel before its first scheduled overhaul at

3,600 flight hours. By utilizing S10 diesel,

operators could save more than $225,000

(USD) on fuel costs between overhauls.

Source: GE Aviation

AFRAA NEWSLETTER

Volume 6, Issue 8 Page 4

Issued by the African Airlines Association

Ethiopian Aviation Academy recognized as IATA Authorized Training

Center

E thiopian Aviation Acade-

my has joined IATA’s

global training partner

network as an IATA Au-

thorized Training Center.

The Academy attained the recogni-

tion following the evaluation of its

successful application to become an

IATA Authorized Training Center by

the IATA Training and Development

Institute and the IATA Regional

Office. This authorization allows

Ethiopian Aviation Academy to

deliver additional training programs:

IATA International Travel & Tour-

ism Training Program and Founda-

tion in Travel & Tourism.

CEO of Ethiopian Airlines Group, Mr.

Tewolde Gebremariam, said, "The

Academy is the foundation of our

success by enabling us to be self-

sufficient in critical aviation areas and

by supporting our Vision 2025 fast,

profitable and sustainable growth strat-

egy. This recognition is the result of

the continuous heavy investment we

are making on human resource devel-

opment, a critical pillar of our Vision

2025 strategy. Today, our Academy

receives over 1,000 students per year to

train pilots, aircraft technicians, cabin

crew, marketing and finance personnel,

customer service agents as well as

aviation leaders. Going forward, we

plan to increase this in-take capacity

to 4,000 by 2025, so as to cater for

the growing training need in the

continent." Source: Ethiopian Air-

lines

Photo: Ethiopian Airlines

A ir Madagascar has supple-

mented its summer opera-

tional fleet with an A330-

200, LZ-AWA, leased from

Bulgaria's BH Air - Balkan Holidays Air.

The aircraft replaces a B767-300(ER) that

was to have been leased from Portuguese

ACMI specialists, euroAtlantic Airway,

over the period June 26 to October 23.

The twinjet supplements the Malagasy

national carrier's other Airbus Industrie

long haul fleet of two A340-300s used on

flights to Marseilles and Paris CDG in

France as well as to Bangkok Suvarna-

bhumi and Guangzhou in the Far East.

Source: Flying photos magazine

Air Madagascar leasing a

Bulgarian A330 for sum-

mer operations

R olls-Royce has welcomed a

decision by International

Airlines Group (IAG) to

convert eight Airbus A350-

900 options into firm orders, powered by

Trent XWB engines. The engines will

have long-term TotalCare service support.

The A350-900 aircraft will go into service

with IAG's Spanish airline Iberia, which

will become a new operator of the Trent

XWB.

The Trent XWB is the world's most effi-

cient large civil aero engine and the fastest

-selling Trent engine ever, with more than

1,400 already sold. It will power the first

A350 XWB aircraft into service later this

year. Source: Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce welcomes

IAG order for eight A350

XWB aircraft

Boeing partners with SAA to turn new tobacco plant into jet fuel

B oeing, South African

Airways and SkyNRG

announced they are col-

laborating to make sus-

tainable aviation biofuel from a new

type of tobacco plant. This initiative

broadens cooperation between Boe-

ing and SAA to develop renewable

jet fuel in ways that support South

Africa's goals for public health as

well as economic and rural develop-

ment.

"It's an honor for Boeing to work

with South African Airways on a

pioneering project to make sustainable

jet fuel from an energy-rich tobacco

plant," said J. Miguel Santos, manag-

ing director for Africa, Boeing Interna-

tional. "South Africa is leading efforts

to commercialize a valuable new

source of biofuel that can further re-

duce aviation's environmental footprint

and advance the region's economy."

"By using hybrid tobacco, we can

leverage knowledge of tobacco grow-

ers in South Africa to grow a marketa-

ble biofuel crop without encouraging

Photo: St Denis/Airplane-Picture

smoking," said Ian Cruickshank, South

African Airways Group Environmental

Affairs Specialist. "This is another way

that SAA and Boeing are driving de-

velopment of sustainable biofuel while

enhancing our region's economic op-

portunity." Source: Boeing

Call for States to prioritize the ratification, acceptance or accession of the

Montreal Protocol 2014

I ATA, AFRAA and other indus-

try associations have adopted a common position to strongly

urge States to prioritize the

ratification, acceptance or accession of the Montreal Protocol 2014. The

Montreal Protocol 2014 provides a

more effective deterrent to incidents of unruly passengers than the Tokyo

Convention 1963 by making the

consequences of such behavior clear

Rockwell Collins’ Pro Line Fusion® now certified on Embraer Legacy 500

R ockwell Collins recently

announced that its Pro

Line Fusion advanced

avionics system has been

type certified on the Embraer Execu-

tive Jets’ Legacy 500 fly-by-wire mid

-size business jet.

“Pro Line Fusion is a perfect match

for this fly-by-wire executive jet.

These highly advanced systems work

seamlessly together, creating a pow-

erful experience for the pilots,” said

Craig Olson, vice president and gen-

eral manager, Business and Regional

Systems for Rockwell Collins. “We

share Embraer’s excitement about

this significant milestone and look

forward to working alongside them in

Brazil as this program progresses into

the future.”

The Legacy 500 is the first Pro Line

Fusion-equipped jet with Rockwell

Collins’ Airport Moving Map as a

certified option. Geo-referenced

aircraft “own-ship” position and color

-coded assigned runway highlighting

on graphically rich airport maps that

can range in and out mitigate runway

confusion during taxi, takeoff and

landing. Source: Rockwell Collins

and enforceable. Please visit the

AFRAA website: www.afraa.org to download the paper calling for States

to ratify the Montreal Protocol 2014

to deter unruly passenger incidents

and promote a safer air travel experi-ence for all.

AFRAA NEWSLETTER

Volume 6, Issue 8 Page 5

Issued by the African Airlines Association

B ombardier Business Aircraft showcased four of its class-

defining business aircraft at

this year’s Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibi-

tion (LABACE) at Congonhas airport in

Sao Paulo, Brazil from August 12-14, 2014. Bombardier’s Learjet 75, Challeng-

er 350, Challenger 605 and Global 6000

aircraft were on display. The Challenger 350 jet, which recently entered service in

June 2014, will debut in Brazil.

“We’ve invested considerably in our

products in the past few years and we’re

proud to show the results with the new Learjet 75 and Challenger 350 aircraft.

Our fleet in the region is strong and grow-

ing, and we remain committed to the needs of our customers in Latin America

by delivering innovative business jets and

growing our customer service network” said Stéphane Leroy, Regional Vice Pres-

ident, Sales, Latin America. Source:

Bombardier

E mbraer Executive Jets opened

new facilities at its Contact

Center, in August, to provide

operational, technical and

maintenance support for the global fleet

of business jets.

The facility expansion takes place five

years after the center began its operations

in 2009. During this time, the fleet of

Embraer executive jets has quintupled in

size. There are currently more than 780

Embraer Executive Jets aircraft in opera-

tion in over 50 countries, and they are

supported by the Contact Center 24 hours

a day, 365 days a year.

“Investing in support and services for full

customer satisfaction has been one of our

competitive advantages, which is proven

by product support surveys conducted by

the trade press,” said Edson Carlos Mal-

laco, Vice President Customer Support

and Services, Embraer Executive Jets.

“Our Contact Center is staffed by experi-

enced professionals who are qualified to

provide services for different levels of

events.” Source: Embraer

L ufthansa Consulting has

brought its German branch

offices together under one

roof at the Frankfurt Air-

port Center (FAC) directly opposite

Terminal 1 at Frankfurt Airport. This

will further optimize communications

and efficiency within the company’s

organization.

For more than 25 years Lufthansa

Consulting has provided specialist

expertise in all areas of commercial

aviation and offered its services to

airlines, airports, aviation authorities

and related industries in the sector.

Since its founding, the company has

successfully concluded more than

2,000 projects.

“By locating our new, central head-

quarters at Frankfurt Airport we have

created ideal conditions that will give

us even faster access to our customers

Embraer Executive Jets

opens new facilities at its

Contact Center

Airbus A350 XWB completes its Route Proving World Tour

T he Airbus A350-900 has successfully completed a

series of Route Proving

trials, receiving an enthusi-astic welcome at each of the 14 cities it

has visited over the past three weeks.

At the technical Route Proving the aircraft must demonstrate its readiness

for airline operations on a global scale.

This last series of trials is required for

Type Certification, which is expected in Q3 this year.

“The aircraft has performed remarka-bly well confirming the high level of

maturity that it has been demonstrating

all the way during our development and certification tests. We are set for

the Type Certification in the coming

weeks, as planned”, said Fernando

Bombardier showcases its

business aircraft at

LABACE 2014

Courses/ Seminars/Workshops/Training carried out in the month of August

Managing People Perfor-

mance and Instructional

technics for RwandAir AFRAA carried out a course on In-

structional Technics for RwandAir

from 25 – 29 August 2014. The course

was designed for the RwandAir cabin

crew instructors who required recerti-

fication to enable them instruct the

cabin crew. The instructors will also

undergo instructional design to refresh

their skills and be current as well as

be competitive. A total of 20 partici-

pants attended the course.

Through AFRAA, RwandAir has

engaged in a 4 phase training to equip

in-house safety trainers in order to

reduce training costs for its growing

personnel. Managing People Perfor-

mance course was the last phase of

Alonso, Senior Vice President Flight & Integration Tests, and added: “I

truly believe that the aircraft is fit to

enter into service and perform to the expectations of our Customers.”

Source: Airbus

MTU releases new Communication on Progress for UN Global Compact

M TU has submitted its third Communication on

Progress in line with the

reporting guidelines issued by the UN Global Compact, in

which the company provides an update

on its activities to ensure the sustaina-bility of its business. In the publication

now released, MTU sets out its new

climate strategy, which aims to achieve a reduction in carbon dioxide

emissions by 40 percent. Earlier this

year, MTU introduced a Code of Con-duct that requires all of its suppliers

worldwide to comply with its policies.

“MTU views climate change as one of

the greatest challenges facing society,

politics and the economy,” says MTU

CEO Reiner Winkler. “For the past few years, MTU has already been working

to address this challenge and has now

integrated all of its contributions to-wards eco-efficient air transport into a

new climate strategy.”

Pursuant to this strategy, MTU will be

developing engine components to help

the aviation industry stabilize its CO2 emissions in the medium term and cut

them in the long run. MTU aims to

reduce carbon dioxide emissions of engines by as much as 40 percent by

the year 2050. The first major step

towards this goal is a new geared tur-bofan engine developed in partnership

with Pratt & Whitney, which is slated

to go into production in 2015. It will

already reduce aircraft fuel consump-tion – and hence aircraft CO2 emis-

sions – by 15 percent.

Another goal in MTU’s climate

strategy is to come up with solutions

to support the use of fuels from re-newable sources in aviation in the

future. The Communication on Pro-

gress is available for download from MTU’s Web site. Source: MTU

worldwide as well as to our internal

clients at Lufthansa. Moreover, shar-

ing office premises will also optimize

our internal processes to the benefit of

our customers,” says Dr. Andreas

Jahnke, Managing Director of

Lufthansa Consulting. Source:

Lufthansa Consulting

the training in which the instructors

were equipped with skills for estab-

lishing winning teams within the

airline. The course was attended by 20

participants. So far, the 20 partici-

pants have gone through the Instruc-

tional Technics, Instructional Design

and Training Needs Assessment.

Participants who have successfully

passed the four courses are eligible for

AFRAA Diploma in Training.

Lufthansa Consulting moves into new corporate headquarters

SITA’s FMS Wind Uplink enables more effective fuel use

F ollowing extensive trials on

its international routes, Air China has deployed SITA’s

FMS Wind Uplink service on

all international and domestic routes to constantly update key weather infor-

mation for Flight Management System

(FMS) calculations while en route. This enables the crew to adjust its

flight path in-flight according to

changing wind and weather condi-tions, so the aircraft uses fuel as cost

effectively as possible.

With SITA’s Wind Uplink service, the

aircraft’s FMS can constantly analyze

weather conditions on the route ahead to determine optimum altitude, fuel

burn and arrival-time predictions. This

helps reduce fuel consumption.

Issued by the African Airlines Association

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Volume 6, Issue 8 Page 6

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

Source: AFRAA/OAG Source: AFRAA/OAG

Forthcoming courses

I n view of the recent developments

on the Ebola outbreak and its

impact on air travel, the African

Airlines Association issued a

statement detailing useful information

from the World Health Organization and

ICAO. The information is available on

the AFRAA website through the link:

http://afraa.org/index.php/component/

k2/item/358-statement-on-the-ebola-

outbreak-and-air-travel

Information on Ebola

outbreak and its impact on

air travel

August 2013 August 2014

Capacity Data

F ree IATA AFRAA

Root Cause Analysis

course scheduled for

15 – 19 August 2014.

The course will be held at the

AFRAA headquarters in Nairo-

bi, Kenya. For registration pur-

poses, please contact Ms. Elin

Bukhala, ebukhala@afraa.org

A maximum of 3 slots will be

allocated per organization for

participation in this course.

T he Third session of

Quality Management

Systems – Lead Audi-

tor course will

be hosted by Aviation Compli-

ance Solutions, ACS, and AFRAA

scheduled for 13 – 17 October

2014 at the discounted price of

$1,200 USD per person; this in-

cludes all course material,

handouts, lunch and certificates

from Exemplar Global. Further

requests to be obtained on request

from Ms. Elin Bukhala ebukha-

la@afraa.org

We are looking to invite the right

selection of experienced person-

nel for the course. Interested

participants are requested to for-

ward a copy of their current CV

to Andrea Scarpetta ascarpet-

ta@acsgroup.aero The cut-off

date for registration is Friday 19

of September.

African Airlines Other Carriers

August 2014

flights seats %

African

Carriers flights seats

%

Other

Carriers

Intra Africa 78,490 8,046,274 93.48% 3,305 561,332 6.52%

Africa Europe 7,698 1,251,530 38.66% 9,876 1,985,777 61.34% Africa - N. America 329 102,203 66.16% 226 52,278 33.84% Africa - M. East 3,149 583,199 37.72% 4,460 963,082 62.28% Africa - Asia 695 183,515 79.85% 176 46,302 20.15%

TOTAL 90,361 10,166,721 18,043 3,608,771

August 2013

Intra Africa 74,050 7,489,462 91.50% 3,719 695,784 8.50% Africa Europe 7,159 1,181,357 36.76% 10,016 2,032,102 63.24% Africa - N. America 311 92,251 61.63% 251 57,441 38.37% Africa - M. East 3,092 581,784 39.25% 4,314 900,499 60.75% Africa - Asia 713 179,202 82.05% 149 39,192 17.95%

TOTAL 85,325 9,524,056 18,449 3,725,018