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Western Uganda has quietly crossed an important threshold. On 27 September 2026, Kabalega International Airport in Hoima received its first passenger aircraft, turning years of construction drawings and progress reports into something tangible on the tarmac. The arrival was small in scale but significant in meaning, and the Afri… read more
A quiet but meaningful shift is taking place in the skies between the Gulf and East Africa. Qatar Airways has formally closed the chapter on its Airbus A330 passenger operations, and rather than let a pool of highly experienced pilots sit idle, the Doha-based carrier is placing some of them on short-term assignment with … read more
Nigeria's domestic aviation market has produced a genuine good-news story. On Friday, 25 September 2026, Ibom Air welcomed its five millionth passenger — a figure reached aboard the carrier's 65,787th scheduled commercial flight since the airline first took to the skies.
Numbers of this ki… read more
Flight disruptions are part of everyday aviation life, but how an airline behaves after things go wrong is what truly matters in the eyes of Nigeria's regulator. That is the central message from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), which has moved to correct a widespread belief among passengers that every delay, cancella… read more
Kenya's main coastal gateway is preparing for a much bigger role in the region's tourism business. The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) wants to raise yearly capacity at Moi International Airport in Mombasa from 2.5 million to 4.5 million passengers. The plan includes upgraded terminals and a modern passenger loun… read more
Senegal's national airline is resisting an order to hand back its two widebody Airbus A330neo aircraft, in a legal confrontation with a Luxembourg-registered special purpose vehicle that goes to the heart of how African carriers finance their fleets. The Commercial Court of the High Court in London ruled in February 2026 that the two jets should… read more
The NCAA data covers 15 domestic airlines, not 14, and the 7,961 flights are the recorded total for August 2026 rather than a monthly average; the figures were … read more
Anyone selling Zambia regularly learns quickly that the country's domestic air network runs on two very different machines, and that the difference between them shapes what can realistically be sold to a client. Proflight Zambia, the country's principal scheduled domestic operator, builds its entire route map around this split, … read more
The number that should interest anyone selling West African air travel is 1.19 million seats. That is Nigeria's scheduled airline capacity for September 2026, according to OAG data presented at an industry conference in Abuja this week. It is 37.4 percent more than the same month in 2025, and the fastest growth … read more
The headline number is large, yet the timing is what African network planners should note. Turkish Airlines has placed a firm order for 100 Boeing 737-8 aircraft, with options for 50 more 737 MAX jets, in what Boeing calls the carrier's largest single-aisle order. Deliveries are scheduled between 2033 an… read more
Hoima opens the skies: Kabalega Airport welcomes first flights as western Uganda prepares for AFCON
Kigali gains Gulf-trained A330 crews as RwandAir speeds up its widebody growth plan
Ibom Air Hits 5 Million Passengers, Proving Reliability Sells in West African Skies
Nigeria Clarifies Passenger Rights Rules as Duty of Care Becomes the Real Test for Airlines
Mombasa Airport Targets 4.5 Million Passengers as MPs Demand Land Report
Air Sénégal fights to keep its two A330neos in a London court battle with lasting lessons for Africa
Nigeria's 15 Domestic Airlines Fly Just 260 Flights a Day as Capacity Gap Widens
Proflight Zambia's two-fleet formula is how remote safari country stays reachable from Lusaka
Nigeria Seat Capacity Jumps 37% as Lagos Terminal Two Weighs Slot Controls and No-Bag Zone
Turkish Airlines Buys 100 Boeing 737-8s, But Africa Waits Until the 2030s for Capacity
