AFRICAN AIRLINES ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION DES COMPAGNIES AERIENNES AFRICAINES From the editor Welcome to the June issue of the AFRAA Bulletin. With the commitment of seven member airlines, AFRAA is pleased to announce the launch the activities of the Ground Han- dling Steering Committee. The Secretariat invites other members to join this project as it is among AFRAA’s projects that are of significant value addition to its members. Also remarkably in June was the announcements of significant profit/strong results for Ethiopian Airlines, Air Seychelles and Air Mauritius. AFRAA would like to congratulate the airlines’ leader- ship and staff on their achieve- ment and pledges its continuous support to all its member airlines. Inside this Issue: KQ launches live TV broadcast service for its 2 Air Uganda joins IATA membership 2 ET ranked first in Africa by IATA in revenue 3 Air Seychelles reports strong first quarter per- formance for 2014 3 KQ Appoints new Group Managing Director and CEO 4 SITA announces strong business results 4 Boeing to conduct Oper- ations and Maintenance Safety Seminar 5 Volume 6, Issue 6 June 2014 Issue I n an effort to facilitate beneficial ground handling cooperation among airlines and with the view to adopt and implement cost-effective common solutions to address some of the handling challenges faced by airlines, AFRAA has established a Ground Handling Steering Committee for its members. Under the chairmanship of Mr. Mpho Phillip Sekhamane, Head of Department, Global Operations Control Centre - South African Airways, the Committee held its 5th meeting at the Emperor’s Palace in South Africa back- to-back with the 1st African Ground Handling conference. Present at the meeting were Ground Services Directors from the member airlines and experts from related departments who had fruitful discussions on the action plan of the Committee towards the launch of the first tender expected to be concluded by the end of 2014 and rolled out in 2015. The Committee will also focus on other activ- ities such as safety audits, joint investment in equipment, lobbying for reduction of han- Issued by the African Airlines Association AFRAA launches Ground Handling Project for its member airlines requested to contact the AFRAA Secretariat through Ms. Maureen Kahonge via email: [email protected]. Participants who were present at the meeting on 19 June include: Mr. Mpho Phillip Sek- hamane, Head of Department: Global Opera- tion Control Centre - South African Airways (Chairman), Mr. Yves Guibert, Ground Ser- vices Director - Kenya Airways (Vice Chair- man), Mr Carlos Anapaz, GM - Southern Africa - TAAG Angola Airlines, Mr. Mo- hamed Metwally, Contracts and Agreements Specialist Overseas Stations Management - EgyptAir Airlines, Mr. Richard Hunt, Manag- er: Ground Handling Operations - South African Airways, Ms. Lee-Anne Swart, Pro- curement Sourcing Specialist - South African Airways, Mr. Mzolisi Rungqu, Commodity Manager - South African Airways, Mr. Must- wafa Murad, Senior Accountant - Astral Aviation Ltd , Mr. Mekonnen Abebe, Ground Operations Manager - Air Uganda, Dr. Elijah Chingosho, Secretary General - AFRAA and Ms. Maureen Kahonge, Business Develop- ment Manager - AFRAA dling costs at selected airports among others. Current Members: Seven AFRAA member airlines have committed to participate in the Committee. They include: Air Uganda, Astral Aviation, Camair-Co, EgyptAir, Kenya Airways, South African Airways and TAAG Angola Airlines. Similar to the AFRAA Fuel Project, Ground Handling Project is among AFRAA’s projects that are of signifi- cant value addition to members. Member airlines interested to join are AFRAA Ground Handling Committee members - 19 June 2014 46th AFRAA Annual General Assembly, 09-11 No- vember 2014, Algiers - Algeria: mark your diaries T he African Airlines Associa- tion (AFRAA) is pleased to announce that it will hold its 46th Annual General As- sembly (AGA) and African Air Transport Summit at the Hilton Hotel, Algiers – Algeria from 09-11 Novem- ber 2014 under the theme: “Winning Together through Innovation and Collaboration” The AGA will be proudly hosted by Air Algerie. More information to be availed in due course. AFRAA BULLETIN
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A F R I C A N A I R L I N E S A S S O C I A T I O N
A S S O C I A T I O N D E S C O M P A G N I E S A E R I E N N E S A F R I C A I N E S
From the editor
Welcome to the June issue of the
AFRAA Bulletin.
With the commitment of seven
member airlines, AFRAA is
pleased to announce the launch
the activities of the Ground Han-
dling Steering Committee. The
Secretariat invites other members
to join this project as it is among
AFRAA’s projects that are of
significant value addition to its
members.
Also remarkably in June was the
announcements of significant
profit/strong results for Ethiopian
Airlines, Air Seychelles and Air
Mauritius. AFRAA would like to
congratulate the airlines’ leader-
ship and staff on their achieve-
ment and pledges its continuous
support to all its member airlines.
Inside this Issue:
KQ launches live TV
broadcast service for its
2
Air Uganda joins IATA
membership
2
ET ranked first in Africa
by IATA in revenue
3
Air Seychelles reports
strong first quarter per-
formance for 2014
3
KQ Appoints new Group
Managing Director and
CEO
4
SITA announces strong
business results
4
Boeing to conduct Oper-
ations and Maintenance
Safety Seminar
5
Volume 6, Issue 6
June 2014 Issue
I n an effort to facilitate beneficial
ground handling cooperation among
airlines and with the view to adopt and
implement cost-effective common
solutions to address some of the handling
challenges faced by airlines, AFRAA has
established a Ground Handling Steering
Committee for its members.
Under the chairmanship of Mr. Mpho Phillip
Sekhamane, Head of Department, Global
Operations Control Centre - South African
Airways, the Committee held its 5th meeting
at the Emperor’s Palace in South Africa back-
to-back with the 1st African Ground Handling
conference. Present at the meeting were
Ground Services Directors from the member
airlines and experts from related departments
who had fruitful discussions on the action
plan of the Committee towards the launch of
the first tender expected to be concluded by
the end of 2014 and rolled out in 2015.
The Committee will also focus on other activ-
ities such as safety audits, joint investment in
equipment, lobbying for reduction of han-
Issued by the African Airlines Association
AFRAA launches Ground Handling Project for its member airlines
AFRAA, is a trade organization of Airlines from the member states of the African Union (AU) whose aim is to foster commercial and technical cooperation for
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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Boeing to conduct Operations and Maintenance Safety Seminar from 19 – 20
August 2014 in conjunction with AFRAA KCAA and Kenya Airways
E mbraer will hold its 3rd Airline Business Seminar - Africa, in
Johannesburg, South Africa,
from 22-23 July 2014. The Em-braer Airline Business Seminar is an excel-
lent forum for constructive exchange and
generation of new ideas for the develop-ment of regional aviation if Africa. For