Africa: Keyamo Calls for Aircraft Maintenance Hubs in Africa to Stop Capital Flight

Africa: Keyamo Calls for Aircraft Maintenance Hubs in Africa to Stop Capital Flight

Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has called for urgent and unified action to transform Africa’s aviation sector, insisting that the region must become self-sustaining in aircraft maintenance to curb current capital flight from the continent. Speaking at the 2026 Ethiopian Aviation Forum in Addis Ababa, Keyamo commended Ethiopian Airlines and described…

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Africa: Keyamo Calls for Aircraft Maintenance Hubs in Africa to Stop Capital Flight

Africa: ‘Aero Maintenance Facility Will Effectively Service Airlines in W’africa’

The Director General, Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Rev. Stephen Wilfred Arthur, said Aero Contractors’ Aircraft Maintenance Organisation (AMO) will effectively service all commercial aircraft operating in West and Central Africa approved for maintenance in the facility. Arthur stated this at the weekend after the facility tour of the maintenance facility located at the Aero…

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Africa: Keyamo Calls for Aircraft Maintenance Hubs in Africa to Stop Capital Flight

Africa: Ethiopian Airlines Expands Aircraft Maintenance Capabilities Beyond Africa

– Ethiopian Airlines has officially inaugurated a series of cutting-edge aircraft maintenance facilities, significantly expanding its Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) capabilities to serve not only Ethiopian carriers but also aircraft from across Africa and beyond. The airline unveiled three major new facilities: a wide-body aircraft hangar, an advanced component maintenance center, and a highly…

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