
<p>Flights across South Africa&#8217;s airspace have dropped to a standstill as airlines ground planes to stop the spread of coronavirus. Stills from flight tracking service Flight Radar 24 reveals a massive reduction in planes flying over the country. </p>



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<p> Fewer planes are flying as countries around the world go into lockdown and airlines cut services. According to the International Air Transport Association,  airlines will lose an <a href="https://www.iata.org/en/iata-repository/publications/economic-reports/third-impact-assessment/">estimated $113 bn in passenger revenues worldwide</a>. <br> </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/empty-skies-chart.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1110" height="444" src="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/empty-skies-chart-1110x444.png" alt="" class="wp-image-365901" srcset="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/empty-skies-chart-1110x444.png 1110w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/empty-skies-chart-300x120.png 300w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/empty-skies-chart-768x307.png 768w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/empty-skies-chart-696x278.png 696w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/empty-skies-chart-1068x427.png 1068w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/empty-skies-chart.png 1148w" sizes="(max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px" /></a><figcaption>The number of flights tracked by Flight Radar24 has dropped by 50%</figcaption></figure>



<p>Earlier this month, Dubai-based Emirates Airlines <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/22/emirates-airline-to-suspend-all-passenger-operations-by-march-25.html">suspended all passenger flights </a>for a renewable period of two weeks as the&nbsp;United Arab Emirates&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://wam.ae/en/details/1395302832346" target="_blank">halts all inbound, outbound and transit passenger flights</a>&nbsp;in its effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus.&nbsp; </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="740" height="416" src="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/105715107-1549037812276gettyimages-1055511710.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-365902" srcset="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/105715107-1549037812276gettyimages-1055511710.jpeg 740w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/105715107-1549037812276gettyimages-1055511710-300x169.jpeg 300w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/105715107-1549037812276gettyimages-1055511710-696x391.jpeg 696w" sizes="(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px" /><figcaption> An Airbus A380-800 passenger plane of the Emirates Airlines at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport.<br>Mikhail Tereshchenko | TASS | Getty Images </figcaption></figure>


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Flight tracker reveals empty South African skies as planes stop flying during coronavirus lockdown


<p>NAIROBI (Reuters) &#8211; Kenya Airways plans to double its fleet over the next five years, its chairman said on Monday, as the loss-making carrier combats regional rivals like Ethiopian.</p>



<p>The Kenyan airline, which is 48.9% government-owned and 7.8% by Air France-KLM, restructured $2 billion of debt in 2017 and is opening new routes as it seeks to return to profit.</p>



<p>It had a fleet of 41 airplanes at the end of last year, comprising a mix of wide and narrow body Boeing planes, compared with Ethiopian which operates more than 100 planes.</p>



<p>Kenya Airways, which also operates Bombardier and Embraer planes on its short and medium haul flights, is restructuring its aircraft leasing agreements and its other debts to free up cash for investment in new planes, Chairman Michael Joseph told a shareholder meeting.</p>



<p>“We intend to double the size of the fleet over the next five years if we can find the right financial structure to do this,” Joseph said.</p>



<p>Efforts by the airline to boost its revenue by taking over the running of Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport were thwarted by a parliamentary committee last month.</p>



<p>The cabinet had backed a plan last year to hand over management of the profitable airport, the largest in the country, to Kenya Airways to revitalise its balance sheet and allow it to buy new planes and open new routes.</p>



<p>Kenya Airways wants to emulate rival carriers who operate airports, taking advantage of profitable services such as catering, fuel distribution, cargo and maintenance.</p>



<p>The parliament’s transport committee has instead proposed that the government considers other ways of helping the carrier, including exempting it from paying taxes.</p>



<p>Chief Executive Sebastian Mikosz, who was hired in 2017 to help turn around the airline, said last month he would resign at the end of this year for personal reasons, casting its recovery into doubt.</p>



<p>The chairman however said the airline’s management was intact despite Mikosz’s planned departure, adding he would leave behind a solid team but declining to say when a replacement for Mikosz will be chosen.</p>



<p>Editing by Duncan Miriri and Alexander Smith </p>


How Kenya Airways plans to double its fleet over the next 5 years


<p>NAIROBI (Reuters) &#8211; Kenya Airways reported a rise in annual revenue on Tuesday while trimming its pretax loss.</p>



<p>The airline, in which Air France-KLM holds a 7.8 percent stake, reported revenue of 114.45 billion shillings ($1.13 billion) for the 12 months to December 31, up from 106.17 billion a year earlier.</p>



<p>The company has changed to a calendar year from a financial year ending March 31.</p>



<p>Its pretax loss narrowed to 7.59 billion shillings from 9.44 billion.</p>



<p>The airline was forced to restructure $2 billion worth of debt in late 2017 after a slump in Kenyan travel following militant attacks.</p>



<p>($1 = 101.3000 Kenyan shillings)</p>



<p>Reporting by Duncan Miriri; editing by Jason Neely</p>


Kenya Airways reports higher annual revenue, what you need to know

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<p>The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has suspended the Air Operator’s Certificate of First Nation Airways indefinitely.</p>


NCAA Suspends First Nation Airways indefinitely

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<p>The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria says it will not return Arik Air and Aero Contractors to their original owners until the airlines clear their indebtedness to the corporation.</p>


Assessing AMCON’s intervention in Arik & Aero contractors

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<p>Airline operators in Nigeria say the high cost of aviation fuel is eroding profitability of the sector. Oladipo Ojikutu, an Aviation Security Consultant joins CNBC Africa to discuss this and other developments in Nigeria’s aviation sector.</p>


Airline operators slam high cost of aviation fuel

<p>By Hassan El-Houry, Group CEO, NAS</p>
<p>Africa is a single continent, comprising of 54 separate countries. Trade with the rest of the world can often be difficult and complex. Thirteen of the countries are landlocked, making air travel the best mode of transportation &#8211; especially considering the poor land infrastructure and terrain.</p>
<p><strong>High population with low international movement</strong></p>
<p>Africa is going through an economic boom and tourism in Africa grew by nine percent in 2017, the highest increase of any region. However it is interesting to note that even though Africans total 12 percent of the world population, they make up only three percent of the world’s travellers.</p>
<p>There are many factors influencing this gap. The lack of domestic flights causes significant issues, with stopovers causing double or triple the journey times on many routes. For example, when traveling from Abidjan to Kampala, both notable economic powerhouses, you have to fly via Istanbul and reconnect because there are no direct flights.</p>
<p>High-ticket prices also cause complications for Africa’s aviation industry. It’s expensive traveling to and from Africa, but it’s also expensive to travel within Africa, a factor driven by lesser competition and local airlines.</p>
<p>Non-African carriers currently cover eighty percent of the African market. While there is a steady increase in the number of African carriers like Ethiopian Airlines, South African, Kenyan Airways, Air Cote d’Ivoire, Royal Air Marco and Egypt Air, they still cannot fully compete with the likes of European or Middle Eastern carriers.</p>
<p><strong>Disparity in quality</strong></p>
<p>Intra-region visa restrictions are another major impediment to travel and economic prosperity in Africa. According to the Africa Visa Openness Index, on an average, Africans need visas to enter 55 per cent of states within the continent.</p>
<p>The African Union (AU) has attempted to address this issue of free movement within the region for the last 30 years by introducing a common African passport in 2016, with a goal to distribute them to all citizens by 2020.</p>
<p>While the number of countries becoming more liberal has increased, a visa-free Africa still seems like a dream for the continent’s entrepreneurs, doctors, aid workers, college professors and reuniting families.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, figures show that aviation in Africa has evolved significantly. Thirty or forty years ago, most of the traffic from the continent to other areas of the planet was to Europe or the United States. Now, there’s a lot of traffic between Africa, the Middle East and Asia, as well as between Africa and the rest of the world. For airports in Africa, this has meant that hubs serving all these destinations have grown and improved considerably due to increases in footfall and therefore income.</p>
<p><strong>The future of Africa’s aviation industry</strong></p>
<p>Relationships between African cities and countries, and their Asian and Middle Eastern counterparts have strengthened and deepened. As intra-African trade has increased and visa restrictions have decreased, travel within the continent will also continue to grow significantly.</p>
<p>Aviation impacts all our lives, on both a macro and micro level. A lot of products that are integral parts of our lives come to us through air travel, including food, electronics and medicines.</p>
<p>The ability to travel freely has dramatically changed our understanding of life as it enables a high level of mobility. By making air travel easier and accessible, we are encouraging more and more people to travel and increase interpersonal interactions across multiple borders.</p>
<p>By bridging geographic gaps, removing complexity and bringing people closer, aviation will boost the creation of shared value in our fractured world.</p>


Africa’s aviation industry has a problem, but this could be the future

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<p>Africa&#8217;s aviation despite its major challenges is an industry that has very big potential for future growth in Africa says Hassan El-Houry, CEO National Aviation Services. He said this speaking to CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop on the side-lines of WEF Davos 2018.</p>


Africa’s aviation industry has great potential – National Aviation Services CEO

<p><em>By: Ethiopian Airlines</em></p>
<p>Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, is pleased to announce that it has finalized the shareholders agreement with the Government of Zambia for the re-launch of Zambia Airways. The Government of Zambia will be the majority shareholder with 55% and Ethiopian will have 45% stakes in the airline.</p>
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<p>Mr. Tewolde Gebremariam, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines remarked:</p>
<p>“In line with our Vision 2025 multiple hubs strategy in Africa, we are very happy that the discussions with the Zambian government have been crowned with success. The launching of Zambia Airways will enable the travelling public in Zambia and the Southern African region to enjoy greater connectivity options, thereby facilitating the flow of investment, trade and tourism, and contributing to the socio-economic growth of the country and the region.</p>
<p>As an indigenous and truly Pan-African airline, we firmly believe that it is only through partnerships among African carriers that the aviation industry of the continent will be able to get its fair share of the African market, currently heavily skewed in favor of non-African airlines, and play its rightful role in availing efficient air connectivity within Africa as well as with the rest of the world. ”</p>
<p>The airline is meant to initially serve national and regional destinations before embarking on international flights.</p>
<p>The establishment of multiple hubs in Africa being an overarching strategy of Ethiopian under its Vision 2025, the national flag carrier currently operates hubs in Lomé (Togo) with ASKY Airlines and Malawian in Lilongwe (Malawi).</p>


Ethiopian Airlines Partners with Zambian Government to develop Lusaka as an aviation hub for Southern Africa

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<p>The AU will launch the Single African Air Transport Market during its 30th Ordinary Session scheduled for 25th to 28th January in Addis Ababa this year. Aviation Expert at SADIM Airline Management Solutions, Michael Otieno joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Opening up Africa’s airspace is long overdue – Aviation Expert

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<p>CNBC Africa spoke to the out-going Secretary General of the African Airlines Association Dr Elijah Chingosho, about the relevance of member states ratifying the Yamoussoukro Decision.</p>


Implementation of the Yamoussoukro Decision vital to Africa’s aviation

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<p>The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria has condemned the recent rating by Sleep-in-airports website which ranked Lagos and Port Harcourt airports as the 5th and 3rd worst airports globally.</p>


FAAN condemns rating on Nigeria’s airports

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<p>African Aviation carries over 70 million passengers a year, supporting more than 6.9 million jobs. Aviation lobbyist have however urged African governments to focus not only on national issues but also on the strategic development.</p>


Africa urged to improve its aviation infrastructure

<p data-reactid="39"> State-owned airport operator Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) reported a 10.8 percent rise in full-year profit on Monday, lifted by growth in international traffic.</p>
<p data-reactid="40">ACSA, which runs all the country’s major airports, said profit rose to 2 billion rand ($151.63 million) in the year to the end of March from 1.8 billion rand the previous year.</p>
<p data-reactid="41">Domestic passenger numbers rose by 2.2 percent, but international departing passengers grew by 6.1 percent, helping to increase total revenue to 8.6 billion rand.</p>
<p data-reactid="42">The firm draws most of its revenue from charging planes for landing and parking, passenger tariffs and renting retail space at its airports.</p>
<p data-reactid="43">ACSA Chief Executive Officer Bongani Maseko said the company continued to be resilient, despite sluggish economic growth, and had been able to reduce its debt over the past five years.</p>
<p data-reactid="44">Debt, primarily in the form of bond issues, stood at 9 billion rand at the end of the financial year, down from 17 billion rand in 2012, the company said.</p>
<p data-reactid="45">ACSA has been paying off expensive debt it took on between 2009 and 2010 to revamp and expand its airports before the 2010 soccer World Cup.</p>
<p data-reactid="47">ACSA has often performed better than some of its state-owned peers such as power utility Eskom and airline South African Airways, which are seen as a drain on the government’s purse and have been singled out by ratings agencies as a threat to the country’s investment grade rating.</p>
<p>($1 = 13.1898 rand)</p>
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<p class="Attribution_content_27_rw" data-reactid="49">Reporting by Tanisha Heiberg; Editing by Adrian Croft</p>
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International passengers lift Airports Company South Africa’s profits

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<p>According to Nigeria’s Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun, the country’s federal government plans to impose a new tax on business class and first class flight tickets to raise revenue.</p>


Nigerians to pay tax on first, business class air tickets

<p>A new terminal at northern Nigeria&#8217;s Kaduna airport is still under construction with cables hanging from ceilings less than two months before it is due to become an aviation hub when the capital&#8217;s airport closes temporarily for runway repairs.</p>
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<p>Nigeria plans to shut Abuja airport for six weeks from March 8 to repair its runway and divert flights to Kaduna, an airport used primarily for domestic flights about 160 km (100 miles) to the north, after airlines threatened to stop flying to the capital.</p>
<p>Abuja-bound passengers will have to fly to Kaduna and travel in buses, guarded by security, on a road where kidnappings have taken place in the past few years.</p>
<p>Kaduna airport handled 12 flights in December 2015, the last month for which Nigeria&#8217;s airports authority has figures, compared with 812 that used Abuja.</p>
<p>The government hopes international carriers will use Kaduna during the closure but the new terminal, in the works for about four years, was still a building site when a Reuters team visited the airport on Jan. 10.</p>
<p>Bricks were stacked throughout what will be the lounges, cables hung from the ceiling and mounds of sand were dotted across the ground. Most of the workers, who numbered around 30, were sat idle outside.</p>
<p>&#8220;We will try and fast track the contractor to deliver the terminal building before the end of February so that we can take it over in March,&#8221; Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika told a forum of businesses and aviation industry figures this month.</p>
<p>&#8220;Whether that happens or not, we have an alternative,&#8221; he said, explaining that the existing terminal would be used.</p>
<p>Sirika said the building could handle up to 500 passengers, although a visual assessment by the Reuters team suggested the capacity may be far lower. The check-in desks have no computers and there is only one security checkpoint.</p>
<p>Airport officials, who did not want to be named, said modifications could be made to the building such as creating an extra entrance, covered by a canopy, to ease the flow of people.</p>
<p>An Aviation Ministry spokesman did not to respond to emailed questions on Monday about details of the contingency plan if the terminal is not finished on time and the size of its capacity.</p>
<p>&#8220;If the government says it will be ready, it will be ready,&#8221; Mohammed Joji, chairman of a government-appointed committee that is overseeing the temporary airport closure and transition, said last week.</p>
<p>The temporary closure of Abuja&#8217;s airport has been criticised by aviation labour unions, business leaders and diplomats.</p>
<p>&#8220;Some businesses will fold up and be unable to recover,&#8221; said three Nigerian aviation unions in an open letter, adding that the country&#8217;s aviation industry &#8220;will lose colossal sums of money&#8221;.﻿</p>
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Nigeria's Kaduna airport terminal still building site ahead of air hub switch

<p>Aviators flying vintage planes the length of Africa were showing them off in the skies over a Kenyan game park on Sunday, a day after one of the aircraft was wrecked in a forced landing.</p>
<p>The Vintage Air Rally, including biplanes built in the 1920s and 1930s, has flown from Europe past Egypt&#8217;s pyramids and through Sudan and Ethiopia, where participants were briefly detained because of a dispute over whether they had proper authorisation.</p>
<p>&#8220;They are tough conditions for the aeroplanes. It’s hot, it’s high and in the afternoons we get the thunderstorms,&#8221; rally organiser Sam Rutherford told reporters as the planes flew over a game park on the outskirts of Nairobi.</p>
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<p>&#8220;We did lose an aircraft,&#8221; he said of Saturday&#8217;s incident, when a vintage Boeing Stearman suffered an engine failure and made a forced landing northwest of Nairobi. The plane was &#8220;written off&#8221; but the crew were fine, Rutherford said.</p>
<p>The rally also briefly lost track of veteran pilot Maurice Kirk and his plane after the stop in Ethiopia last week. He was located on Saturday after landing in South Sudan, but not on a airfield, the organisers said.</p>
<p>Kirk and his plane are no longer part of the rally.</p>
<p>The remaining planes and support aircraft will continue their journey south on Monday, heading to Tanzania. They aim to reach Cape Town, South Africa, in about two weeks.</p>
<p>The rally began in Greece with several teams flying 24 aircraft, including support planes. The organisers did not say how many planes were still involved, but said it was not a surprise some would not complete the journey.﻿</p>
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