African Aviation Trails

Morocco is advancing ratification of a new air services agreement with Rwanda to strengthen bilateral aviation cooperation, while Royal Air Maroc has leased 13 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft from DAE to support fleet expansion from 2027. Air Peace signed a multi-year distribution agreement with Travelport to expand its global sales reach, and the African Development Bank partnered with Air Côte d’Ivoire to explore aviation financing, training, and sustainability initiatives across Africa. Ethiopian Airlines secured a five-year agreement with Aeroservices for ExxonMobil aviation lubricants, while Kenya’s Astral Aviation expanded its Middle East presence by appointing ANA Aviation Services as its General Sales Agent in the UAE.

African aviation and tourism recorded several strategic developments as Greece and Algeria strengthened tourism cooperation, Eswatini Air partnered with Nsingizini Hotspurs, AirlinePros became Proflight Zambia's Namibia sales agent, Nigeria advanced Enugu Airport's concession and United Nigeria Airlines' training partnership, while TAAG Angola introduced ticket instalment payments to improve travel accessibility.

African aviation strengthened regional cooperation through new SAA–CemAir and Etihad–Tunisair codeshare agreements, Liberia introduced free airport staff transport, Algeria partnered with IOM on migrant accommodation, and Kenya expanded aerospace education through a China-linked training initiative, enhancing connectivity, workforce development, operational efficiency and broader regional aviation collaboration.

Regional aviation cooperation strengthened as Oman and Rwanda signed an agreement on airport development and aviation investment, while Ethiopia and Djibouti formalised a civil aviation partnership to enhance regulatory collaboration, safety oversight, capacity building and air transport management, reinforcing efforts to improve connectivity and aviation governance across East Africa.