Dammam, Saudi Arabia// – The National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) and Dammam Airports Company (DACO) are pleased to announce a strategic agreement focused on improving fire safety standards.
Category: Aviation
TAAG Angola Airlines Takes Delivery of its First Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Luanda, Angola//-Boeing [NYSE: BA] (www.Boeing.com) delivered the first of four 787 Dreamliner aeroplanes to TAAG Angola Airlines, debuting the airline’s new livery.
United States, Angola Sign Landmark Open Skies Agreement
Washington D.C., United States of America// — U.S. Ambassador to Angola Tulinabo S. Mushingi and the Republic of Angola Secretary of State for International Cooperation and Angolan Communities Ambassador Domingos Custodio Vieira Lopes signed an Open Skies Air Transport Agreement in Luanda to advance our countries’ bilateral aviation cooperation.
VFS Global Appointed to Roll Out Australian Biometric Collection Centres in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Department of Home Affairs, Australia, has appointed VFS Global to provide biometric collection services for Sub-Saharan Africa. VFS Global is the world’s leading outsourcing and technology service specialist for governments and diplomatic missions.
SITA Unveils Essential Protection for Aviation Network Communications
Geneva, Switzerland// – SITA, the global leader in air transport technology, today announced the launch of its new cybersecurity hardening solution, SITA Managed NAC (Network Access Control).
ECOWAS Advances Safer Air Transport Through Harmonised Regulation on Aviation Security Operations, Cost Reduction in West Africa
Abuja, Nigeria/ — ECOWAS is reinforcing its commitment to regional integration and the free movement of persons and goods by advancing the harmonisation of safer standards and operational procedures in aviation across West Africa.
Emirates Celebrates South Africa with Spectacular, First-ever A380 flypast
Johannesburg, South Africa//-Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, takes to the skies to celebrate its longstanding and ongoing commitment to South Africa, with the country’s first-ever A380 flypast.
SITA CDE Leverages Transformative Cradlepoint Cloud-based Tech
Geneva, Switzerland//– SITA, a leading technology company in the air transport industry, will be leveraging Cradlepoint, part of Ericsson, technology as part of its transformative cloud-based secure mobile to Wi-Fi solutions.
SITA Unveils Enhanced Global Wireless Solution
Geneva, Switzerland//-– SITA, a leading technology company in the air transport industry, is launching a new and improved version of its wireless solution, SITA Mobile Data Access (MDA) 2.0.
OSP Found No Evidence Of Corruption Against Mahama in Airbus Bribery Scandal
Accra, Ghana//-The Office of the Special Prosecutor has exonerated former President John Mahama from any acts of corruption in the controversial Airbus bribery scandal.










