North Africa

On Friday, June 7, 2024, Royal Air Maroc (RAM) announced the relaunch of its non-stop transatlantic route connecting Casablanca and São Paulo.

Royal Air Maroc and Safran have deepened their collaboration in aircraft engine maintenance, including expansion plans for its Casablanca facility.

The Aïd al-Fitr holidays this year, celebrated during the Ramadan festival, showcased exceptional performance for Cairo International Airport.

Linéa Aérea Conviasa has successfully launched its inaugural flight from Caracas to Algiers, marking the opening of a nonstop air route.

Mohammed Shlibek, Director of the Civil Aviation Authority, foresees the end of the European flight ban on Libyan airlines in April 2024.

Minors under 18 are now barred from jetting off to international destinations without their guardians, increasing policies around unaccompanied minors.

Two airlines are expanding into Morocco with unique routes from North America and Europe, including Marrakesh’s first long-haul market.

In a historic development for Libyan aviation, ITA Airways, the state-owned flag carrier of Italy, successfully operated the first commercial flight between Rome and Libya on July 24, 2023. Libyan interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh was on board the Airbus A320 as it departed from Leonardo da Vinci airport in Fiumicino, Italy and landed […]

Air Algérie, in its bid to renew its fleet, had secured financing from the Fonds National d’Investissement (FNI), Algeria’s state-owned national investment fund. The financing is expected to support the acquisition of 15 new aircraft, including eight Boeing 737-9 MAX, five Airbus A330-900 NEO, and two A350-1000 aircraft, which were ordered earlier this year. The […]

EgyptAir has recently announced a new addition to its route network with the launch of a new route connecting Cairo to Newark Liberty International Airport in the New Jersey. The airline plans to begin operating this new route starting June 3, 2023, with three flights per week using a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. The new […]