Turkish Airlines has announced the results of passenger and cargo traffic in May. The airline achieved the highest first five-month load factor (LF) in its history with 80.7 percent. The national flag carrier has maintained its position on the global aviation agenda with the high LF performances it has reached, especially in recent periods.

The total number of passengers carried went up by 4 percent reaching 6.1 million passengers, and the load"...

Ethiopian Airlines has finalized preparations to launch new flight services to Barcelona, Spain as of July 01, 2018, deploying the ultra-modern B787– 800 Dreamliner.

Barcelona, the capital and largest city of Catalonia and the second most populous municipality of Spain, is also the second largest trade fair and exhibition Centre in Europe.

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Kenya’s national carrier, Kenya Airways, has unveiled three non-stop flights to Cape Town South Africa.

The new flights to the country’s second-most populous urban city, will depart Nairobi every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 3:30pm.

The airline said the new flights is in line with its strategy to assert its presence and expand connectivity across Africa"...

Rwanda and Singapore have signed new investment and airline agreements that will make it easier for businesses to operate between both countries.

Under the Bilateral Air Services Agreements, RwandAir will be permitted to expand its flights into Singapore while also allowing airlines from the Asian nation to operate in Rwanda. While the new investment agreement will give foreign investors from the two countries the same freedoms as local businesses.

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(AETOS Wire) -- Vantiv, now Worldpay, Inc. (NYSE:WP) and IDEMIA are spearheading the first North American pilot of the MOTION CODE™ debit card, a dynamic payment card that aids in the fight against card-not-present (CNP) fraud and against hackers to offset the repercussions banks face as a result of data breaches. The average cost of a data breach in the U.S. in 2017 was $7.3 million (1). In a 44 percent increase over 2016, there were 1,579 data breaches in the U.S. in 2017, 302 of which resulted in the exposure of full credit and debit card numbers (2). The MOTION CODE™ payment card replaces the static CVV code printed on the back of cards today with an e-paper mini-screen, which displays a dynamic security code that automatically changes at regular intervals. Because a MOTION CODE™ debit card constantly changes its security code, stolen data is rendered useless to bad actors within hours, if not minutes. “Worldpay prides itself on being at the forefront of fraud prevention in the U.S.,” said Bill Hampton, senior leader and head of issuer......

(AETOS Wire) -- Neustar®, Inc., a trusted, neutral provider of real-time information services, today announced that Scandinavian Airlines, has selected Neustar’s advanced marketing analytics solution to understand the impact of its marketing contributions on sales. Scandinavian Airlines sought a partner like Neustar to drive greater impact of its marketing activities and to pinpoint more efficient marketing investments. As an authoritative, neutral provider connecting analytics to business growth, Neustar MarketShare® will provide Scandinavian Airlines with the data-driven insights to guide day-to-day marketing planning and buying decisions. Scandinavian Airlines selected Neustar for its industry-leading Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM) approach as it allows the airline to examine key sales channels and essential regions to determine the optimal mix for driving bookings and other business outcomes. In addition, to give Scandinavian Airlines a holistic view across their media activities, Neustar MarketShare models will capture various impact drivers –......

Kenya Airways and its subsidiary Jambojet are set to face stiffer competition on Africa routes as President Yoweri Museveni announced plans to revive the Ugandan national carrier.

Kenya Airways, known by the short code KQ, and its low cost subsidiary JamboJet, have been enjoying a big presence in Uganda capitalising on the lack of a national airline.

Mr Museveni on Wednesday"...

Entebbe, Uganda. Air Serv has deployed an aircraft to Khartoum, Sudan to support efforts assisting displaced people who have been forced from their homes due to drought and conflict. In addition to surges in violence, affected populations are also threatened by crisis level food insecurity. While aid worker access to communities has improved since the lifting of U.S. sanctions last October, it still remains significantly restricted and is further hindered by limited road travel outside of Khartoum.

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A Kenyan airline has submitted a formal request to fly its commercial planes over Sudanese airspace for flights from Kenya to Israel.

The request, submitted by Kenya Airways, comes weeks after Saudi Arabia granted permission for the first time to Air India to use its airspace for a commercial flight route to Israel. The first Air India Boeing 787 touched down at Ben-Gurion"...

Global air services provider dnata has expanded its partnership with Egyptair in Dubai.

Starting today, dnata will provide the airline with premium cargo handling services from its best-in-class facility at Dubai World Central (DWC). EGYPTAIR will initially operate one cargo flight a week between Dubai and Cairo using an Airbus A300F aircraft.

dnata has been providing"...