African cabin crews qualified Air Tanzania signed a contract with the national carrier EgyptAir to provide training programmes to Tanzanian cabin crew and pilots. The deal was reached during a visit of a delegation from Air Tanzania to the national carrier's facilities in Cairo last week. "We have been providing support and training courses to crews in Africa and the Middle East for years," explained Captain Hani Azmi, director of EgyptAir Training Centre. "The centre is accredited to qualify pilots and cabin crew to fly the B777 B737, A320,A330, A340." According to Azmi, the centre won a similar contract last February under which Ethiopian Airlines is to send its cabin crew to attend training programmes to be qualified to operate the B777. Arab expansion to Kigali QATAR Airways has just launched daily flights to Rwanda's Kigali International Airport effective from 21 March. Joining the airline's aggressively expanding route map, Kigali is the third destination launched by the carrier so far this year and the latest to the African continent. In February, the airline began services to both Azerbaijan and Georgia. Operating via Entebbe, Kigali becomes Qatar Airways' 17th route in Africa, joining its ever-growing global network that currently spans 112 destinations. Further expansion is planned across East Africa during 2012 with new services to Mombasa, Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro. Key feeder markets include India, Australia, China, the United States and United Kingdom. The exposure of Rwanda to the world through the airline's global network will enable the country to attract more tourists, with several attractions focusing on wildlife and natural scenic beauty. Qatar Airways currently operates a modern fleet of 106 aircraft to key business and leisure destinations across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North America and South America. During 2012, the carrier plans to launch 14 new routes from Doha, namely Baku, Tbilisi, Kigali, Perth, Zagreb, Gassim, Helsinki, Belgrade, Erbil, Baghdad, Yangon, Mombasa, Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro. Airports and environment A MONTHLY seminar organised by the Civil Aviation Ministry covered the process of developing human resources over two days. On Monday and Tuesday, the central department for quality, affiliated to the Aviation Ministry, came to an agreement which reflected the high importance of improving and developing the skills and enhancing the performance of all aviation staff." This is one ring in the chain of cultural activities which aim to increase environmental awareness among our employees," commented Aviation Minister Hussein Massoud. "We have started to promote environmental education among the staff so that we can all share the thinking and decision making," explained Massoud. "In February, we had our first seminar which aimed to increase awareness of quality administration systems. This seminar targets the environment and pollution at airports and methods to monitor engines pollution, carbon trade and noise pollution." A clean and healthy environment helps increasing productivity and improves the lives of the Egyptian people," Massoud added.
