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Corporate Executive Air Charter Flights Kenya|Uganda|Rwanda|Burundi|East Africa & Africa Continent

Due to the growing economy in Africa demand for private executive air charter flights has increased and the air charter companies in Africa are on their toes to ensure they meet these needs. In East Africa many international organization has opened their branches in Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and they need to evaluate the performance.Also the directors would want to meet their clients to ensure they are satisfied with their services or products or research to see where they can improve and by doing so busy business executives of companies who are based out of Africa or elsewhere in Africa would want to have a day visit to check on their investments thus the need to charter a corporate executive private charter.

In Africa we do have the corporate executive aircraft such as Beech craft 1900C/D 19 seats normal seating and 14 seats for executive seating. These aircraft is operated by 2 crew and it is weather equipped and certified to fly at night as it has GPS,Satellite Tracking with a pressurized cabin flies at 25000 feet above sea level on VIP configuration it have a toilet and in-flight attendant and lunch,breakfast,champagne,hot and soft drinks, snacks provided on board with spacious regroom.The pilots have over 5000 hours flying experience with 1,500 hours on the Beech craft 1900 and they have attended a simulator and type training which they also undergo after a year and have attended training at Flght Safety International. Night flying can only be done from International airport to international airport and when inquiring you needs to find out these if you are flying at night or flying back at night so that there is no misunderstanding. These aircraft is operated by two crew who are both qualified and type rated on the aircraft due to comfort and safety of the corporate executives and any other person flying on that flight. These aircraft has upto 7 hours 30 minutes endurance thus it can do 5 hours and half flying non-stop. These aircraft needs along runway for both landing and take off and also

Corporate executive air charter flights are operated using the Beech craft 200/350i which has a pressurized cabin flying at 25000 feet and 30000 feet respectively. These aircraft can be configured into normal seating 10 and VIP 7 seats at a short time. These aircraft need along runway for both take off and landing due to its performance so before it flies to an airstrip the information on that airstrip has to be availed and confirmed by operators into that airstrip or airport. Corporate Executive flights are very expensive and you cant afford to depart and the pilot returns due to the airstrip being unserviceable and also it is good as if in doubt then transport can be arranged in advance as if unable to land give the alternate airstrip or airport where you can easily be picked.

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Citation Bravo Jet 550/560 are of the Cessna family of the light business jet category ideal for personal jet and corporate jet charters for business executives and owners. These jets with a pressurized cabin flying at 42000 feet above sea level operated by two pilots who have over 6,000 flying experience with 2000 hours on type. The Citation Bravo Jet 550/560 are VIP Configured from factory with a toilet, kitchen,DVD,Sateliite Phone, Internet connection Hifi, around table for conference inbuilt, with flight attendant and champagne, hot and soft drinks ,lunch,breakfast,snacks served as per your order and likewise champagne. These can do non-stopt corporate flights from Nairobi to Johannesburg and two stop overs from Nairobi, Kenya to Frankfurt, France and it has 7 hours and half endurance and very reliable,efficient,effective ,durable and cost effective on long-haul flights.

The corporate safari is charged on per hour basis and the rate per hour on Beech craft is half of the Citation Bravo Jet but on flying times the jet is one and three quarters faster than the Beech craft 200/1900.The difference between the jet and beech craft is that the jet is faster and it is an in-built corporate aircraft from the manufacture whereas the Beech craft can be configured.

The Beech craft 200/350i can operate to some airstrips /airports in Kenya national parks for example Kilanguni, Amboseli, Kichwa Tembo, Keekorok, Mara Serena, Ngerende which are in national parks and game reserves. The Beechcraft can only operate into Amboseli, Kilanguni airstrips while the Citation can only fly to Kilanguni in Kenya. Beech craft 200/350i/1900 can fly to some major cities in Kenya namely,Mombasa,Malindi,Lamu,Ukunda,Kisumu,Kakamega,Kitale,Eldoret,Lodwar,Lokichogio,Mandera,Moyale,Elwak,Wajir,Garissa,Marsabit,Kakuma.Citation Bravo Jet can fly to Wajir, Marsabit, Lodwar, Lokichogio, Garissa,Mombasa,Malindi,Lamu in Kenya.

Corporate executive charter flights on Citation and Beech craft operate into and out of major airports in Eastern & Central Africa namely,Jomo Kenyatta airport, Nairobi, Kenya, Wilson airport, Nairobi Kenya,Moi airport, Mombasa, Kenya,malindi airport,Kenya,Lamu airport, Kenya In Tanzania to Kilimanjaro airport, Zanzibar airport ,Daresaalam airport, Mwanza airport, Kigoma airport,Mbeya airport, Dodoma airport,Musoma airport,Iringa airport,Tabora airport,Mtwara airport. In Uganda to Entebbe airport, Kitgum airport, Soroti airport, Arua airport, Gulu airport, Kampala airport, Jinja airport. The private executive charter flights are operated to other airports into/out of Kigali airport, Rwanda, Bujumbura airport, Burundi in DR Congo to and from Kinshasa airport, Goma airport, Bukavu airport, Lubumbashi, Mbujimayi, and Bunia, Benin.

Private executive jet charter flights operate within Africa to North Africa, South Africa, West Africa, Central Africa Republic, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan regions. Corporate charter flights operate into /out of the following airports,Djibouti,Addis Ababa, Mogadishu, Galgayo, Bosaso, Hargesia, Juba, Rumbek, Khartoum,Port Sudan, cairo, Accra, Abuja, Abijan, Freewton, Johanessburg,Cape Town,OR Tambo,Windhoek,Lusaka,Ndola,Bulawayo,David Livingstone,Harare,Djamena,Maputo ,Bangui, Blantyre, Duoala, Kisangani, Mauritius, Luvua, Moroni,Salisbur,Antanarivoand many others just to mention afew.There is a 24/7 operations which is reachable on cell phones ready to work out an instantly charter quotation free of charge and arrange for aflight based on availability of the aircraft.

Charter rates do remain constant for one year unless the government increase cost per mile or fuel then the charter rates will be adjusted accordingly and the charter cancellation, booking and confirmation terms and condition applies.

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Airbus Flies with UCT to Study “Flocking Formations”

Airbus has entered into a partnership with the University of Cape Town (UCT) to study the potential benefits and impact of formation flying and explore if this could be applied to passenger services to reduce fuel burn.

“Large birds benefit from co-operative flying to save energy, giving them increased range, “explained Professor Christiaan Redelinghuys, Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, which is undertaking the two-part study.

“When they fly in formation, the leading bird’s wings generate trailing vortices of air- just as fixed wing aircraft do. But the birds following behind get a free lift from these vortices, which mean they use less energy to fly. If we could safely harness those benefits, we could reduce the aviation industry’s consumption of fossil fuels,” he added.

“The first element of the work at UCT focuses on the effects of atmospheric turbulence on fuel saving while the second part will look at the impact of turbulence on the comfort and ergonomics for passengers, pilots and cabin crew,” outlined Dale King, senior manager for Research and Technology Partnerships at Airbus.

“Grouping together aircraft flying similar routes, for example from Europe to Africa, could in theory provide a reduction in fuel burn and emissions, but we have to take into account all other operational factors. We are delighted to be working with UCT to investigate this further,” added King.

UCT and Airbus are adopting a biomimicry approach in the exploration of formation flight. Nature’s lessons have the potential to yield enormous benefits, especially in helping to minimize mankind’s environmental impact.

As part of this overall project, Airbus is also supporting studies at Stanford and Bristol Universities.

Airbus partnership with UCT is the latest in a string of South African research and technology projects being sponsored by the aircraft manufacturer .In 2006 Airbus, together with South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry’s National Aerospace Centre of Excellence and the Department of Science and Technology ,launched a collaborative programme to identify and co-fund a range of studies into new materials and methods which had potential applications in the aerospace and air transport sectors.

Other South Africa partners in the programme include the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Stellenbosch University, and the University of the Witwatersrand.

Airbus is also calling for African students to participate in biennial Fly Your Ideas contest.

Students worldwide are challenged to develop new ideas for a greener aviation industry. Entrants stand to win over r 300000(Euros 30,000).

Airbus CEO Jumps from A400M

A ten-man team of parachutists who jumped from the new Airbus Military A400M airlifter recently included Airbus president and CEO, Tom Enders, and the A400M programme Manager at the OCCAR organization for the management of European defense programmes, Bruno Delannoy.The two men, both accomplished skydivers, were part of a highly experienced team of Airbus staff and other experienced sport parachutists with 35000 previous descents between them. They jumped from the ramp of development aircraft, Grizzly 3, over the La Juliana drop-zone near Seville, Spain, where the aircraft was assembled.

Cessna’s Expects International Markets to Assume Increasing Importance

International demand will make an important contribution to the business jet markets gradual recovery and account for an increased proportion of future sales, according to Trevor Esling, Cessnas vice president for international sales.

Speaking at the recent Future of Business jets conference in London, Esling said:”Cessna expects that increased customer demand will first become apparent in certain international markets, and that regions such as Eastern Europe and Russia, Latin America and the Middle East will become more significant markets alongside the United States and European Union.”

Esling also observed that China and India would grow in importance as business jet markets in the medium term, with the potential for increased demand for all categories of business aircraft.

Finding The Place

Aids to the navigation of aircraft improved enormously between 1945 and 1960 in Southern Africa. Radio beacons were installed on all the main routes and even at some of the most outlandish spots.

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Large aircraft, and many light ones, were equipped at least with a radio compass’ (automatic direction finder-ADF), in addition to the mandatory magnetic one.

But it was a very different story before World War 11.There were few, if any, radio beacons and the one or two aircraft which were equipped with a radio compass(ADF) could only tune into broadcast stations, which allowed the pilot to “home” on his destination.

Those of us whose aircraft were not blessed with radio luxuries had to find our way around the country with a magnetic compass and maps. The latter were not always reliable, so most of us had our own pet methods of finding our way around. Some of us learned some hard lessons.

Railways, rivers and roads were essential and elementary aids to navigation and, for the most part, they were reliable; but not always.

When I learned to fly my instructors impressed upon me how preferable it was, if caught in bad weather, to follow a railway line rather than a road, because the gradient of a road could be much steeper. And generally speaking this was true, but the first time I put this profound piece of advice to the test I received a sharp lesson.

Finding myself in misty conditions between Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown, I picked up the railway line near Alicedale and soon found it ascending into the hill at a gradient equal to the maximum rate of climb of my small, but heavily laden aircraft.

And if this wasn’t enough, the confounded railway suddenly disappeared into a tunnel through the highlands! I don’t recall exactly how I solved the problem, but it must have involved some rather heart-stopping man oeuvres through the cloudy trees!

But despite such incidents, railways were of enormous value to the inexperienced pilot and a copy of the railway guide was a “must” in every pilots well-equipped briefcase .If one was uncertain of ones position, one could always descend to a low altitude and read the name of the first siding or station that might appear.

Then you could work out where the devil you were from the guide and how far to the next station.

Rivers-they are generally safe to follow when flying downstream, but waterfalls can be a hazard when flying upstream. The bridges are usually sufficiently substantial to be seen in good time, even in poor visibility, but there are other snags along rivers. For example there are a couple of telephone wires strung across the Mazoe river near Tete, in Mozambique, which have been dismantled by low flying aircraft on at least three occasions to my certain knowledge.

And one would assume that once a river starts to flow in a given direction it would stay like that, but not so with the Botletle river, near Maun, in Botswana, which connects the Okavango Swamps with the Makarakari salt pans. Depending on the amount of water in these two areas, the river with either flow north-west or south-east .This was a sure trap for a pilot trying to find Maun before his fuel ran out.

Roads, generally, were not as reliable as railway lines and rivers, as new ones had a habit of appearing which were not marked on any but the most up-t-date maps. They did have the advantage, however, that if in reasonable repair, they could be relied upon as a landing ground if the engine stopped.

Most landmarks take the form of fixed geographical features, like mountains and lakes, from which to take a bearing. But not so with a herd of elephants that used to remain more or less stationary on the track between Salisbury (now Harare) and Bulawayo between the Umniati and Umsweswe rivers. A pilot who sighted them knew that he couldn’t be far off track.

Although a pilot always used his eyes for navigation, there are another sense that could greatly assist him. The whaling station at the Bluff, near Durban, could be smelled from many miles away when the wind was in the right quarter. And during the orange blossom season the delightful scent of the trees on the Zebedelia estate near Petersburg (Polk wane), or the Mazoe citrus estate, could be detected many thousands of feet above the ground.

Kasama (Zambia) was not the easiest place to find, but the public spirited inn-keeper of the hotel near the airport had been sufficiently co-operative to install an old farm house PK (toilet) . I’ve been told on unimpeachable authority that old-time pilots in conditions of poor visibility would open their cockpit window and home in’ on the aroma.

I have not had the pleasure of visiting Kasama for some 15years, but hopefully the plumbing has been modernized and a new radio beacon has been installed coding Papa Kilo!

Boeing Proposes Embraer Link In Bid For Brazilian Contract

Boeing is offering to partner with Brazils Embrear on a new fighter jet in an effort to strengthen its bid for a multi-billion-dollar Brazilian defense contract.

Joseph McAndrew, Boeings vice president for Europe, Israel and America, said that the firm proposed 10 partnership projects with Brazil’s aviation leader, including building a new plant in the country to build parts for Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet.

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Flight News On Aviation Sports and Showcasing Of Helicopters,Business Jets,Military Aircrafts in Cape Town ,South Africa

As the gates opened on the first day of the 2010 Africa Aerospace and Defence show at the Ysterplaat Air Force Base, in Cape Town, on September 21, the numerous trade visitors spreading out over the exhibition area were greeted by arguably the largest concentration of military and civilian fixed-and rotor-winged aircraft yet seen at a single venue in Africa.

Added on this were the numerous indoor and outdoor display stands featuring virtually every imaginable item of aeronautical hard- and software from fasteners, nuts and bolts through the whole spectrum to the latest state-of-the-art avionics, ordinance, missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles-you name it and it is a pound to a penny bet that somewhere, perhaps in the many cavernous halls, you would have found it on display or being promoted in some way.

The more than 200 exhibitors came from 30 countries around the globe which also set a new record for the biennial series.

It was not long before the turnstiles began clicking over with the rapid tattoo of machinegun fire as AAD 2010 headed steadily towards being what will no doubt go down in the annals as the biggest aviation exhibition South Africa has ever seen, giving a clear signal that the industry was convinced that, at least as far as it was concerned anyway, the economic crisis appeared to be coming to an end, or at least easing.

Business Jets in Plenty

This show was the occasion for most of the top-of-the-range corporate jet manufacturers to display their best.

At Ysterplaat, they ranged from the “heavy iron” such the VIP-configured Boeing 727 displayed by paramount; a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 showcased by Elite Jet with AirQuarius showing off one of its Fokker F.28 Fellowships, to be followed by the equally luxurious, but slightly smaller, Gulfstream G550, Dassault Falcon 7X and the Embraer Legacy 650(which is making its public debut in Africa at the show).

Both Airbus and Boeing, although not having “in the flesh” examples on display, nevertheless had models and literature promoting their corporate jets based on the A320 and B737 families respectively.

Embraer, at AAD 2008, surprised both the organizers and the crowd by arriving with one of its regional jetliners half-way through the show and, at the time of writing, it was not beyond the bounds of possibility that it might do the same again this year.

The Brazilian manufacturer also had examples of both its phenom 100 and phenom 300 smaller jets on view.

Bombardier fielded a Learjet 45XR and a Canadian 300 with the possibility of a Learjet 60XR also on view later in the week.

Cessna had the new Citation CJ4 making its maiden appearance in South Africa showcased alongside a Citation Sovereign and its entry level Mustag on view, as well as turboprop Caravan.

National Airways Corporation, distributor of Hawker Beech craft Products did not want to be outdone and they showcased the flagship Hawker 4000 corporate jet, along with the new Beech King Air 350i turboprop, both making dramatic entrances having flown from Johannesburg using Sasol’s new 100% synthetic jet fuel announced at the show.

The PAC750 turboprop and a chartered Boeing 737 were involved in this fuel venture. National Airways Corporation also fielded a Beech 1900 Missionator.

Airbus versus Boeing

As is the norm at most air shows where the two giant airframe manufacturers are present, there were claims and counter-claims about their various aircraft types bandied about at AAD.Both Airbus and Boeing were heavily represented by their respective military and civilian divisions.

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On the civilian side, Airbus concentrated more on its new A350XWB and Boeing on its 787 Dreamliner.As far as flying examples of their respective aircraft were concerned, they had to rely on the good offices of the airlines which took part in the Public Day flying displays.

But the Russian pavilion had a trump card up its sleeve as far as the airliner side of the show was concerned .As it did at the recent Farnborough International Show in England, the Irkut Corporation heavily promoted what is dubbed as “Russia’s 21st Century Airliner”. Irkut is the prime contractor for this aircraft, the MC-21, which is already attracting sizeable orders.

Airbus and the University of Cape Town have agreed to launch a biomimicry-based research project which could prompt a mindset change to how large commercial jetliners are flown on long routes. The project forms part of Airbus’ global research and technology program me.

In conjunction with the South African Department of Trade and Industry’s National Aerospace Centre of Excellence, Airbus has also engaged the University of Stellenbosch, the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, University of Pretoria, WITS University and Industrial Research, which are involved in several research projects for Airbus.

Records Galore

Public turnout figures for the Friday and Saturday air show days will be made known in November” show wrap-up” feature, but here,too,record attendance figures were possible if the weather played ball.

Another record set by the first day was the concentration of helicopters of all shapes and sizes ranging from the locally manufactured A600 Talon light helicopter from Rotorway,through the EC-120,EC-130 B4 and AS350 B3 helicopters from Euro copter to the Bell 429 which was officially launched in South Africa at gala presentation at NAC headquarters at Lanseria International Airport five days before hand and then flown to AAD to make its first official public appearance.

Another helicopter which made its South African debut at AAD 2010 was the light Ansat Russian-built,multi-purpose helicopter, its unique performance and equipment allowing it to operate around-the clock in all weather conditions.

This was one of the many different types and sizes of helicopters heavily promoted in the Russian pavilion by the Russian Helicopters Conglomerate.

Added to these helicopters was the wide range of military “whirly birds” fielded by both the South African and United States air forces.

The USAF had on display a wide variety of attack and transport helicopters, all of which were flown to South Africa aboard two C-5 Galaxy heavy-lift transports and a C-17 Globe master 111.These helicopters were the Euro copter UH72A Lakota, the type only recently having joined the air force fleet; Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Knight, a combat cum-search and rescue version of the HH-60 PAVE Hawk; an MH-60 Night Hawk and a Bell OPH-58 Kiowa.

The SAAF DISPLAYED THREE Agust Westland A109 light utility models; at least one Oryx medium helicopter; three Euro copter BK.117s,four AgustaWestland SuperLynx 300 maritime helicopters and,one of the surprises of the show, two South African-manufactured Rooivalks fresh from having their grounding restriction lifted.

The SAAF helicopter line-up formed part of a 60-plus turnout of the forces aircraft both new and old as part of the SAAFs 90th anniversary celebrations.

Heading the list were the Griped fighters-both single- and two-seat versions; the Hawk Mk.120 lead-in fighter trainers, a large turn-out about 20-plus Pilatus Mk.7 Astra turboprop trainers, two C130BZ Hercules transports, anumber of CASA 212 and Cessna Caravan light transports/liaison aircraft and four Douglas C-47TP transports.

Topping off this array, were the unforgettable formation aerobatic displays by Silver Falcons.

This mass display by the SAAF is also considered to be something of a record, at least as far as a peacetime exhibition is concerned.

Meanwhile, Euro copter and ATE have begun local firing tests on their collaborative stand Alone Weapons System (SAWS), which is a low-cost self-defence weapons module designed to be installed on Euro copters light and medium products. A SAWS equipped AS-550″Fennec” was on exhibition at AAD 2010.

Euro copter also hosted the second Air bone Law Enforcement seminar at AAD 210 for Southern African Law enforcement and crime prevention agencies. This was a fitting curtain-raiser ahead of the delivery of a new AS350BE Squirrel to the Namibian Police which took place at the expo.

Heavy Lift Competition

The C-17 Globe master was joined by a Lockheed Martin C-130J to bolster the United States’ bid to capture the South Africa Air Forces requirement for long-range, heavy-lift transport aircraft now that the SA Governments order for the Airbus A400M turboprop airlifter has been withdrawn.

Airbus has not given up hope on the failed contract, and was operating “behind the scenes” at the show, as was Embraer no doubt with its still in-the-design-stage KC 390.

Another SAAF competition is designated “project Saucepan” which is the code name for the SAAFs requirement for a replacement maritime-cum-light transport aircraft and here Airbus Military will be punting its CASA 295 and the Italians their Alenia C27J Spartan, the latter on show “in the flesh”.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

AAD 2010 was also used extensively to promote unmanned aerial vehicles(UAV) with both SouthAfrican and United States much to the fore.

For example ,Boeing brought its Scan Eagle to the show which was displayed alongside the General Atomics MQ-1 Predator and the AAI RQ-7Shadow.Anumber of South African exhibits in this field were due to have been on show, but no specific announcement had been made by the time of going to press.

On the other hand, a very interesting exhibit was to be found on the African Astronautics stand where the company showcased its Flying Robots FR-102 soft-wing UAV.

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Aviation News On Demand For 26000 Airliners,Delayed Forecast For Business Jets& Airfield Directory For Southern Africa

Airbus foresees demand fore 2600 airliner but

Almost 26000 new passenger and freighter aircraft valued at US$ 3, 2 trillion will be needed between 2010 and 2029, to satisfy demand according to Airbus Global Market Forecast (GMF).

This demand is primarily driven by replacement of aircraft for newer more eco-efficient models in mature markets, dynamic growth in new emerging markets, low-cost carriers, particularly in Asia, further market liberalization and capacity growth on existing routes.

The 2010 GMF forecasts 900 additional new passenger aircraft deliveries over the 2009 GMF reflecting a slightly higher growth rate of 4,8% compared to 4,7% in 2009.These aircraft will mainly be in the single aisle sector in which the A320 Family competes.

Out of the almost 26000 additional passenger and freighter aircraft needed, around 25000 will be passenger aircraft valued at over US, 9-trillion.Of these additional passenger aircraft, 10000 will replace older less eco-efficient aircraft and some 15000 will be for growth.

Taking into account today’s passenger fleet of over 14000 aircraft, the world passenger fleet will rise to some 29000 aircraft by 2029.

The recovery is stronger than predicted and reinforces both the resilience of the sector to downturns and that people want and need to fly, “said John Leahy, Airbus chief operating officer customers.” The single aisle sector is particularly strong, and our A320neo meets this future demand by providing our customers with the latest innovations and technologies while maintaining maximum commonality.

“Our entire product range is very well positioned to meet the economic and environmental needs for sustainable growth for the decades ahead,” he added.

In passenger traffic growth terms, emerging economies are leading the recovery. Domestic Indian traffic growth (9,2%) is the fastest of any major market and the third fastest growth overall, after traffic between the Middle East and South America, and between North Africa and the peoples Republic of China(PRC) .Seven out of the top 20 fastest growth flows connect China (PRC) to the rest of the world.

“Airlines is Asia-Pacific including China and India will carry one third (33%) of the passenger traffic by 2029, making it the largest region, overtaking Europe (25%) and North America (20%) ,” SAID Chris Emerson, Airbus head of product strategy and market forecast.

Aircraft are getting bigger as airlines capitalize on the benefits of larger aircraft to absorb traffic growth, minimize airport congestion, and reduce costs and to increase eco-efficiency.

Demand for very large aircraft (VLA) passenger and freighter aircraft like A380 ,is more than 1700 valued at over US0-billion(this represents 18% by value and 7% by units). Of these, some 1320 will connect the worlds increasing number of “mega “cities.

In the twin-aisle aircraft segment (seating from 250 to 400 passengers), some 6240 new passenger and freighter aircraft will be delivered in the next 20 years, valued at some US$ 340-billion (representing 42% by value and 24% by units).Of these, 4330 aircraft will be small twin-aisle (250 to 300 seater) and about 1910 intermediate twin aisles (350 to 400 seats).

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These segments are covered by the A330/A340 FAMILY. From 2013, the A350XWB family will cover the entire spectrum of twin aisle requirements, forecasts the GMF.

In single-aisle segment, almost 17900 aircraft worth some US$ 1274-billion (40% by value, or 69% units), will be delivered in the next 20 years.

This is an increase over previous forecasts due to the accelerating demand for single aisle aircraft particularly in Asia Pacific, the emergence of low-cost carriers and increased route liberalization.

Delayed Recovery Forecast for Business Jets

Despite Airbus’ optimistic forecast for airliners, US-BASED Forecast International, in a new study released recently, projects that a total of 11437 business jets, worth an estimated $ 217,5-billion,will be produced from 2010 through 2019.

Called “The Market for Business Jet Aircraft,” the study also indicates that business jet production, which has dropped sharply since late 2008, will continue declining this year.

A recovery in overall business jet build rates will not occur until 2012, according to the Forecast International projections.

The study also examines in detail the various trends and factors that drive the business jet market, including the changing nature of the fractional ownership industry. Aircraft demand from fractional programmes helped spur the market to great heights in past years, but deliveries to fractional fell off substantially in 2009.

“The fractional are mainly concentrating on the operational side of their business in order to generate cost savings. New order activity by fractional has been sparse during the downturn, but is starting to pick up,” according to Forecast International senior aerospace analyst, Raymond Jaworowski, who added:” The focus of many fractional providers is on improving operations, reducing costs, and consolidating aircraft fleets.

“The business jet market is not yet in recovery, but the worst of the market downturn is over,” said Joworowski.”Order intake remains sluggish, but the massive wave of order cancellations and delivery deferrals experienced in the late 2008 and much of 2009 has receded. The market is no longer in freefall.”

Order backlogs were a shadow of what they were two years ago but, nevertheless, hundreds of business jet orders were still on the books, the study pointed out.

Meanwhile, the downturn has impacted the light and mid-size business jet sectors far more than it has the large-cabin and long-range segments of the market. While production rates of all types of business jets have been slashed since late 2008,the production cutbacks have been much deeper for light and medium jets than for the larger types. Demand is already starting to recover for larger, high-value business jets, but it remains moribund for small and medium models.

The Forecast International projections indicate that the top three manufacturers in unit production during the 2010-2019 forecast period will be Cessna, Embraer, and Bombardier. When the market is measured in terms of the monetary value of production, the top three are Gulfstream, Bombardier, and Dassault.

A number of new business jets are on the way, as manufacturers are hoping that new products will stimulate market demand and kick-start the recovery. The top end of the market in particular is drawing considerable attention, with Bombardier recently launching its new Global 7000 and Global 8000 models to battle the Gulfstream G650.

Start On First A350XWB Fuselage Barrel

Airbus has started making the first carbon fibre barrel for the A350 XWB fuselage at the company’s production plant in IIIescas, Spain.

The carbon fibre placement process used for producing the 5, 5 metre long, 56 square metre fuselage barrel, known as section 19, will be completed in the coming weeks.

The majority of the A350 XWB fuselage is made from long carbo fibre panels which are easier to manufacture and to assemble than barrel sections. However, for the rear part of the fuselage which is tapered, Airbus has selected a barrel as being the optimum structure.

Airbus claims that, designed and manufactured with the right material and the right technology at the right place, the A350 XWB will shape the efficiency of medium-to-long haul airline operations from 2013 onwards.

New Airfields Directory for Southern Africa Available

The latest edition of Airfields Directory for Southern Africa has been published and is now available for purchasing from the publisher, Aviation Direct, or pilot shops, flight schools and selected bookstores.

Printed in full colour, this “bumper” edition is a valuable tool for pilots, charter companies and tour operators-to name a few.

The database for the Airfields Directory has been updated and an order for the directory will include: a hard copy of the directory, a Jeppesen Chart of Aerodromes and an aviation frequency guide.

This updated edition of the directory has an additional 100 colour pages of revised/updated airfield information with many photographs/airfield diagrams of airfields in ten Southern African countries, namely: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namimbia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Airfield information includes all frequencies, runway information and important telephone numbers for ATC, Met, Customs and Immigration, maintenance, hotel and leisure information.

Entry requirements for each country are shown at the beginning of the section including some notes and information about which the should know. Various chapters deal with valuable tips on flying in Africa, flight rules and flight safety issues, as well as emergency procedures.

The publication also includes first aid tips and many survival tips, flight planning and weather information, license validation, conversion tables, sunset and a “yellow pages” section which includes a listing of flight schools, charter companies, AMOs etc.

The electronic version (E-Version) of the Airfields Directory, which is also now available, goes hand in hand with the hard copy of the directory.

Further information on the Airfields Directory of Southern Africa (hard copy as well as E-Version) can be found on Aviation Directs’ website.www.aviationdirect.co.za.

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Air charter services are segmented into differentiated categories as follows, scheduled air cargo flights,private air cargo charter flights,private jet executive charter flights,VIP Executive Jet Charter flights,Air Ambulance,emergency & medical evacuation charter flights,relief supplies cargo & charter flights,humanitarian aid cargo & charter flights,aerial survey & photography flights,filming charter flights,scenic charter flights ,sight seeing charter flights,scheduled flights for passengers & cargo,aviation consultancy and many other aviation related activities.These services are available in Eastern & Central Africa in the following countries,Kenya,Tanzania,Uganda,Rwanda,Burundi,DR Congo,South Sudan, Somalia, Sudan and the entire Africa continent.There are scheduled services which are operated into major cities,national parks ad game reserves.To remote areas only private charter flights are available ranging from 1 person upto 37 which you have to check for aircraft availability and suitability before you book the flight as some airstrips are have unpaved runways and some aircrafts can not land in them.

Air operators in Eastern & Central Africa have specialized their services some handling only scheduled flights for cargo,scheduled flights for passengers,private charter flights for cargo,private charter flights for passengers,air ambulance,lease on ACMI for wet or dry lease,aerial survey & photography flights,consolidated cargo flights,humanitarian aid flights,relief & supplies flights.Most of the flights operating in Eastern & Central Africa for humanitarian aid & relief flights operates out of Kenya especially to Somalia.They operate freighter aircrafts ranging from 1 tone to 35 tones depending with each request using aircraft that have performance to operate in unpaved airstrips and have short takeoff and landing performance.We have United Nations,European Union and Non-Governmental organizations operating in Somalia,South Sudan,DR Congo,Chad with their regional offices based in Kenya,Uganda,South Sudan.These organizations have formed consortium and they contract air operators to fly for them based on 3,6,and 1 year contract on ACMI rates of either wet lease or dry lease and this cuts down on costs as with the consortium they have fly twice the guaranteed hours thus allowing them further reduction on cost per block hour. Some air operators only operate air ambulance and emergency medical evacuation flights which they have equipped their fleet with the required equipments for this services and are on 24/7 operations ready to execute these services.

Private Jet Executive Business charter flights are operated using the most recent and equipped turbo prop and jet aircraft.The fleet for private jet executive charter flights comprises of Citation Jet Bravo 550/560,Super Kingair 350i,super kingair 200,CRJ 170/190,Beechcraft 1900 C/D which have been modified or manufactured with the status of the work they perform.In Tanzania private jet charter flights are available at Zanzibar,Daresaalam,Mwanza,Kilimanjaro,Arusha,Musoma,Mbeya,Dodoma,Iringa,Tanga,Mbeya airports to destinations within Africa and globally.In Eastern & Central Africa private executive jet flights operate in Kenya to Jomo Kenyatta Airport,Wilson Airport,Eldoret International,Moi Mombasa,Lamu,Malindi,Ukunda,Kisumu,Kakamega,Kitale while in Uganda these flights operates to and from Entebbe Airport,Kampala airport,Soroti Airport,Arua airport,Gulu airport and Jinja airports.In South Sudan private jet executive charter flights operates to Juba, Rumbek, Malakal, Yei, Akobo, Ponchalla, Bentiu, Borr,Akon,Yambio .In Somalia private jet executive charter flights operates to Mogadishu Internationa,Galgayo,Mogadishu K40,Bosaso,Bardera,Berbera,Balletuen,Garowe,,Hargesia,Kismayu airports.In DR Congo the private jet flights operates into and out of Kinshasha, Lubumbashi, Benin, Bunia, Goma, Bukavu, Kivu airports to any destinations within Africa and worldwide.Private jet executive charter flights arrives and departs at Kigali airport in Rwanda,Bujumbura airport in Burundi from Africa and worldwide.

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Other air charter flights provided in Eastern & Central Africa include VIP Executive Business Jet Flights which have differentiated services and the aircraft is weather equipped with WiFi ,DVD,refreshments like champagne,hot drinks,soft drinks,tea,coffee,,conference table,flight attendant, ,toilet, snacks, spacious legroom using a pressurized cabin aircraft turbo prop or jet.These are premium paying services and they are charged based on the services provided type of aircraft used and on per block hour basis or cost per mile and they are only economical on long haul flights are mainly used by business executives,head of missions for international organizations,Non-Governmental organizations,diplomatic diginitaries,and senior government officials.Special attention is given and they are treated in a special way and services are provided based on their instructions and wish.These services of private jet flights serves the purpose of privacy and business executives,government officials,head of missions,United Nations top officials with tidy scheduled that does not match commercial flights timetable.The aircraft used have pressurized cabin modernized with new technolody cabin,cockpit and Instruments with GPS maps.

Private air charter flights are provided by air operators in Eastern & Central Africa to various major airports in Kenya,Uganda,Tanzania,DR Congo,Rwanda,Burundi,South Sudan,Somalia,Sudan.Major airports and airstrips do provide private jet executive charter flight,scheduled passengers & cargo flights,VIP Executive Business Jet charter flights ranging from 1 seater to 37 seater aircrafts turbo prop,piston engine,single and twin engine and jets.Air charter flights are available at short notice and travelers all they need to do is to make a telephone call or send a request online and the air charter provide will give a quotation and confirm availability of the requested aircraft.Those who make earlier reservations and pay for enjoy a discounted charter price while those making inquiries at last minute pay expensively as it is at time of crisis and no negotiations can be made on better prices.

Scheduled flights do operate into and out of all the Eastern and Central Africa countries on daily basis or weekly depending with demand for both cargo and passengers.There are domestic daily flights from Wilson airport,Moi Mombasa airport,Jomo Kenyatta airport, Kisumu airport, Malindi Aiport,Lamu airport,Eldorret International airport, Kitale, Kakamega, Lokichogio,Masaai mara, Samburu, Amboseli, Nanyuki,Meru,Naivasha,Tsavo East,Tsavo West from Nairobi and Mombasa respectively.These scheduled flights serves individuals, groups,corporate and tourists.There are regional scheduled flights and international out of Kenya to major cities in Africa which operate cargo and passengers.Tanzania has commercial flights both domestic,regional and international arriving and departing at Kilimanjaro airport,Daresaalam airport,Zanzibar airport,Mwanza,Dodoma,Mbeya,Iringa ,Mtwara, Tabora, Musoma, Tanga and many others and into and out of national parks and game reserves.In Uganda we have domestic,regional and international commercial flights out of Entebbe airport,Kampala airport,Soroti airport,Arua Airport,Gulu airport,Kitgum airport and Jinja.These flights are for cargo and passengers besides providing other aviation related services like private air charter flights,VIP Executive business jet charter,air ambulance,emergency & medical evacuation flights,helicopter flights,humanitarian aid charter flights,relief supplies charter flights and many other aviation services.

In Somalia , DR Congo and South Sudan the main air charter services that are provided are for humanitarian aid for cargo and passengers charter flights,relief supplies for cargo and passengers charter flights,air ambulance and emergency medical evacuation charter flights as these are war torn areas.Road infrastructure is poor and due to insecurity unrest in these countries United Nations,International organizations,Non Governmental organizations,diplomatic missions,donors have opted to lease aircrafts for cargo and passengers which do operate and have contracted air operators all over the world on ACMI Rate of wet or dry lease.World Food Programme ,ICRC,Euro pean Union and Unicef are the major players in providing the basic needs of the citizens of these war torn area like Education,water & sanitary,food,medicine,clothing,agriculture,health centres among other basic needs.

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