AviaDev Insight Africa

Today's podcast focuses on the next generation.

In September, with the support of Embraer, we embarked on the African Aviators Webinar Series which spotlights a different aviation profession each month. Our aim is to feature both aspiring and serving aviators that can offer practical advice on how to get involved in our great industry.

As part of the event, we run a live quiz which tests aviation knowledge and our first winner was Kingsley Okoli, who is an active member of the African aviation Facebook group.

After his win, I caught up with Kingsley and he is a remarkable young man and that is why we are here today as his story is similar to so many others out there.

He is actively looking for his next role, so connect with him here https://www.linkedin.com/in/kingsley-okoli-617651121/

Kingsley has also written a though provoking article expanding on the points raised in the podcast, which you can read via his LinkedIn profile.

This podcast is a recording of the first Skyheroes Africa that took place on 7th October 2021.

Skyheroes is an AviaDev innovation, aiming to keep the African aviation community, informed, educated and entertained in equal measure. Expect strong opinions, fierce debate and to raise a smile.

Our sky heroes are:

Aaron Munetsi, CEO, Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA)

Sean Mendis, Aviation Expert

Kwame Bekoe, Aviation Professional

On 30th September, Etihad, the Abu Dhabi based international airline announced that they will be launching 3 new routes to the African continent.

Starting in November, the airline will begin serving Cape Town, Johannesburg and Zanzibar.

In this episode, we are going to discover why these routes were chosen, how Etihad views Africa as an opportunity and how it views cooperation with airline partners in the sun-Saharan region.

To do this, I was joined by Javier Alija, the Head of Network Planning and alliances at Etihad.

You can plan and book your next trip with Etihad at www.etihad.com

This episode was guest hosted by Kojo Bentum-Williams, Publisher of VoyagesAfriq and host of the VA tourism podcast, which you can subscribe to here: https://thetourismpodcast.podbean.com/

Kojo was attending the Africa Travel and Tourism Summit hosted by South African Tourism and took the opportunity to discuss the following with Thomas:

Regional market attractiveness

The financing of the operation

The fleet and expansion plans

In this episode, I am joined by Toni Ukachukwu, Founder of Aviators Africa, an integrated PR, marketing and consulting company.

He joins me to talk about the Maiden Edition of the Aviators Africa tower awards and 3rd CEO's forum, taking place 27-28th October 2021 live in Lagos and online too.

Nominations can be made here. Deadline 10th September 2021

Connect with Toni here

This episode is dedicated to a new webinar series focused on offering practical advice to the next generation of African aviators.

Joining me for the discussion is the Publisher and Editor of Airspace-Africa, Derek Nseko and Chidozie Uzoezie, Founder of the African Aviation Group on facebook, which boasts over 260,000 members.

Over the next 6 months, we will convene monthly to focus on a different industry discipline bringing qualified Africans to share their experience and advice.

The series is brought to you by AviaDev, Airspace-Africa and the African Aviation Group (on facebook) and proudly supported by Embraer.

At the end of each discussion, there will be a live aviation quiz with prizes provided by our event partner, Embraer.

Registration is open now here

In today´s episode we discuss with Arran Rice (CEO & Founder at Simple Flying), Joanna Bailey (Managing Editor at SimpleFlying) and Jon Howell (CEO & Founder at AviaDev) new online event: The Future Flying Forum.

The event is brought to you by SimpleFlying and powered by AviaDev. Safely strapped into your own comfortable seat, we'll follow the sun from East to West, touching down along the way to chat with aviation's leading CEOs.

More information and registration is available at futureflyingforum.com.

Moses Ngwanah is now based in Madagascar, having gained experience working for Camair-Co in his native Cameroon and ASKY in Togo.

Moses recently released an article all about why and how Africa must unite in terms of civil aviation rulemaking and how this can support the implementation of SAATM. You can read that here:

In this episode we explore the following:

• Why is African aviation so fragmented in its rule-making?
• What is the specific solution and what are the benefits for all stakeholders?
• Which industry actors should be responsible for implementation and do they have sufficient power?
• How would it be funded and where do we start?

To connect with Moses, click here

My guests for this episode are Dr. Andre Schulz, General Manager, South and Eastern Africa at the Lufthansa Group and Marco Götz, Chief Revenue Officer at Eurowings Discover.

Together we discuss the launch of a new leisure carrier from the Lufthansa stable that launched operations to Mombasa and Zanzibar on 25th July 2021.

We discuss:

• Why Eurowings Discover was created and the gap it aims to fill?
• Why Mombasa and Zanzibar?
• Where next?
• How big a part cargo plays in the operation?
• The types of destinations the carrier is looking to serve
• What Discover is looking for in an approach from a destination/ airport
• The fleet

You can connect with Andre here

You can connect with Marco here