AviaDev Insight Africa

🛫 This episode is an exclusive, guest presented by Kojo Bentum Williams the editor of Voyagesafriq and the host of the VA tourism podcast, which you should all subscribe to at this link: https://thetourismpodcast.podbean.com/

🌍 Kojo is a widely respected voice of African tourism and his partnership is vital to ensuring a more connected Africa.

This is one of the new CEO's very first interviews and we are grateful that Kojo has been kind enough to share this content with the AviaDev Insight Africa listeners.

You will hear about Mesfin's journey to becoming CEO, how stability, agility, and diversification have been key to Ethiopian's success and more details on the strategic partnerships and plans across Africa.

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In this episode, we head down to the gateway to the world's most famous game reserve, the Kruger National Park in South Africa to speak with Grant Ponting, the CEO of Kruger Mpumulanga International airport.

The airport has made some notable strides in terms of new route development and is continuing its drive for new services by attending AviaDev Africa in Cape town 29th June- 1st July.

🛫 In this episode, we discuss the following:

✈️ We get to meet Grant, the CEO

✈️ We understand some more about the catchment area and demographic the airport serves

✈️ We discuss the new routes that have been launched and are coming online later this year

✈️ We find out more about how the airport sees its immediate future in terms of growth and where it is focusing its efforts on development.

✈️ Finally, we discuss the approach to improving customer service across the airport and digitisation.

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🛫 In this episode, we explore the world of aviation operations, with Aviation Co-ordination services or ACS as they are known in the industry.

👩‍💻 Digitisation is a word hear often and trend that needs to be embraced and not ignored.

In this episode, we look at how ACS is driving the adoption of new technologies and looking to expand its operations beyond the borders of South Africa.

Connect with Duke here

Find out more about ACS

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With increased operational costs, airlines are laser-focused on delivering efficiencies, whilst also improving the passenger experience and opportunities to generate ancillary revenues.

In this episode recorded on location in Magical Kenya during the AFRAA Stakeholder Convention, I was joined by Francois Chazelle, VP, Commercial Middle East, and Africa at SITA for aircraft.

In this episode, we discuss:

🛫 The factors driving passenger behavior and what passengers expect onboard?

✈️ How route optimization software can deliver tangible results in terms of reducing fuel burn

🌿 How do SITA's solutions support the drive towards a more sustainable future?

📱The response of African airlines to new technologies and digitization.

You can connect with Francois here

Find out more about SITA's solutions here

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This episode was recorded on location in Magical Kenya, where AviaDev attended the AFRAA aviation stakeholders convention.

Kuljit Ghata-Aura is President, Boeing Middle East, Turkey, and Africa. Kuljit is a relatively new name and face in the African aviation industry, but his experience and African roots are deep as we discover on the podcast.

Together, we discuss:

🛫 Boeing's huge African footprint and the long-term outlook for the continent.

✈️ The aircraft types that will be needed for growth in Africa and whether that will be the single-aisle 737 family or the wide-body aircraft

🌍 The challenges and opportunities that will determine the growth of the African aviation market?

📦 The freighter market and interest in passenger to freighter conversions. Is this a long-term trend?

🌿 Sustainability. How Boeing is supporting the shift to sustainability and the technologies it believes will support the transformation

🤝 If you would like to connect with Kuljit, click here

This episode was recorded 10th May 2022 on location in Magical Kenya, where AviaDev attended the AFRAA stakeholders convention in Nairobi.

During the event, Airbus presented their view of the near future at the event so for those of you who were not fortunate enough to be here with us or want to dive deeper, our aim is to give you the insight into what was discussed?

Together, we discussed:

🌍 The current environment and the recovery in Africa

✈️ Fleet growth predictions. Just how much growth can we expect and what is the split between replacement and growth?

🛫 Where is the growth- single or twin aisle?

🌍 Where are the opportunities for new routes in Africa?

✈️ Why the A220 is the perfect tool to support this development?

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In this episode, I am joined by a new voice in African aviation, Dainius Staniulis, the Vice President Commercial at Avion Express.

Together, we explore a relatively new concept for African aviation that we touched on in episode 189 with Sylvain Bosc, CEO of Avico. The topic is wet-leasing or ACMI which stands for Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance.

✈️ We discuss how African airlines can use this solution to deploy capacity where and when required and not just as an emergency response.

🌍 We talk about seasonality and the opportunity to deploy capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa during the European "low season"

🛫 We also identify which airlines are the best fit for the solution?

You can find out more about Avion Express here

You can connect with Dainius here

Covid undoubtedly increased the complexity of travel. Alongside the usual stresses of visas and all the other logistics of any trip, the added health protocols made travel more difficult than ever before.

However, today, we discuss an active solution that came online in December 2021 in the Republic of Seychelles, a cutting-edge cloud-based system and biometric corridor that screens arrivals to the country in a touchless and speedy environment.

In this episode, we cover:

🛫 The concept of Travizory and the problem they set out to solve?

✈️ Why Seychelles chose to be the first African country to implement biometrics at their borders

🌍 How much the system costs, the speed of implementation and integration with the current systems, plus data protection

🏖️ How visitors responded to the system

You can find out more about Travizory here

You can connect with Tom on Linkedin here

You can connect with Alan on LinkedIn here

Cemair have undoubtedly been one of the pandemic's aviation success stories.

Established in 2005, Cemair is headquartered at OR Tambo International in Johannesburg and operates a variety of routes domestically and regionally.

In this episode, we gain an understanding of how Cemair have made it this far and how the pandemic experience changed the airline's strategy, what the fleet and network expansion plans look like and how the ongoing drive to create partnerships and interline agreements are supporting the business' goals.

Miles and Paul will be joining us at AviaDev Africa 2022. You can find out more and register here

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This episode focuses on an exclusive new report from the aviation consultancy team at MHIRJ, which is due to be released mid-2022. We focus on the 5 major trends that will shape African aviation over the next 30 years.

In the episode we cover:

✈️ The aim and methodology of the new report

✈️ The five major trends that will shape African aviation

🌍 Fleet development and fleet mix. Which sector of the market will show the most growth

🌍 Why connectivity opportunities between West Africa and Southern Africa are perhaps the most exciting

✈️ How partnerships, equity investments and national carriers will develop and co-exist

You can connect with Patrick here

Find out more about MHIRJ here