AFRICAN AIRLINES ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION DES COMPAGNIES AERIENNES AFRICAINES 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
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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
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
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.
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NB: Data is for all Passenger flights, both non-stop and flights with stops
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%