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A RwandAir plane at Kigali International Airport. The Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed that it received an International Aviation Safety Assessment Category 1 rating. File

Rwanda gets first US aviation safety assessment

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

The national carrier, RwandAir's plane taking off at Kigali International Airport. Rwanda has been chosen among 17 countries that are set to participate in an implementation pilot project of the Single African Air Transport Market. Courtesy

Rwanda among countries to pilot single air space market

Thursday, November 17, 2022

Kenya Airlines Pilots Association Chairman Captain Timothy Njoroge (right) and Secretary General Murithi Nyagah before the Labour Relations Court on November 8, 2022 at the Milimani Law Court. Photo internet

Kenya Airways pilots call off strike

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

Minister of Infrastructure, Ernest Nsabimana and Kerrie Symmonds, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados sign an air agreement in Kigali on November 9. / Courtesy

Rwanda, Barbados aviation deal 'to boost trade'

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

Delegates interact at the opening session of the Africa-Indian Ocean Planning and Implementation Regional Group in Kigali
on Monday, November 7. Aviation experts have called upon governments to reduce or eliminate specific taxes that are being
paid by airliners as a way of trying to address the issue of costly intra-African air travel. Photo: Courtesy.

Aviation experts push for cheaper intra-African travel

Tuesday, November 08, 2022

RwandAir inaugural flight to London. / Courtesy

RwandAir launches direct flight to London

Monday, November 07, 2022

RwandAir 's airbus at Kigali International Airport in January 2020. The National carrier, RwandAir, has put in place a preferential freight tariff for Rwanda exporters under the African Continental Free Trade Area (file)

Rwanda issues special freight tariff for AfCFTA traders

Sunday, November 06, 2022

RwandAir's airplane at Kigali International Airport. The national carrier will, effective November 6, launch direct flights to London Heathrow. File

RwandAir maiden direct flight to Heathrow set for November

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Delegates follow the official opening of the second EAC Tourism Expo in Bujumbura. / Courtesy

Private sector pushes EAC states to liberalize airspaces

Monday, September 26, 2022

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RwandAir wins three accolades at World Airline Awards

Sunday, September 25, 2022

Delegates during a guide tour of Embraer's latest E195-E2 aircraft that was displayed at Kigali International Airport. This aircraft is the latest generation of technology that the world has to offer. It has high bypass ratio engines. / Photos: Olivier Mugwiza

Inside Embraer’s latest next-generation aircraft

Monday, September 19, 2022

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RwandAir set to join global alliance of commercial airlines

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

A delegate during a tour of the exhibition at the 6th Aviation Africa Summit and Exhibition that kicked off in Kigali on Monday, September 12. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza

Aero-manufacturers urged to leverage African market

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

President Paul Kagame with senior delegates at the 6th Aviation Africa Summit and Exhibition that kicked off in Kigali on September 12. While addressing the two-day summit that has brought together over 100 global aviation companies, Kagame said that the liberalisation of air transport in Africa can act as a catalyst to speed up the industry’s recovery by increasing connectivity, stimulating demand, and creating jobs. Photo by Village Urugwiro

Kagame on why Africa must liberalise airspace

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

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Rwanda to host Aviation Africa summit and exhibition in September

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Bernard Dzawanda, Senior Transport Economist with COMESA (2nd right), speaks on Day 1 of the three-day workshop on operationalisation of the Single African Air Transport Market, in Kigali on Monday, August 29. The workshop is set to deliberate on findings of a study on training needs analysis in the continental air transport sector. Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.

How protectionism hurts Africa’s aviation industry

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Silas Udahemuka, Director General of Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority (left), and his Tanzanian counterpart Hamza Johari (right), alongside Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Infrastructure Fidèle Abimana (centre), during the signing ceremony in Kigali on August 16. Photo: Courtesy.

Rwanda regains control of upper airspace 5 decades later

Wednesday, August 24, 2022