{"id":34852,"date":"2026-05-19T12:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34852"},"modified":"2026-05-19T12:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:59:14","slug":"africa-aviation-summit-opens-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/africa-aviation-summit-opens-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa aviation summit opens in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Africa&#8217;s aviation future has taken centre stage as the Airlines Association Aviation Stakeholders Convention officially kicked off in Johannesburg, South Africa (SA), Gauteng Province bringing together key industry leaders and stakeholders from across the continent.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Association African Airlines Association (AFRAA), in partnership with SA\u00a0Airways are hosting the 14th Aviation Stakeholder Convention and 3rd African Aviation Summit 2026.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Held under the theme &#8220;Resilient African Aviation: Partnerships &#8211; Empowerment &#8211; Profitability&#8221;, the gathering is one of Africa&#8217;s leading forums for air transport industry stakeholders to dialogue, exchange knowledge and experiences for the development of the travel ecosystem.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A high-level continental gathering bringing together senior African airline executives, global\u00a0aviation\u00a0leaders, regulators, and key industry stakeholders to engage on the challenges, opportunities, and strategic priorities shaping the future of African aviation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Discussions include critical conversations around collaboration, connectivity, safety, operations, and the future growth of African aviation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Abderahmane Berth\u00e9 Secretary General AFRAA says the event seeks to promote and enhance the safety level in the African region and share operational best practices.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33593,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[],"class_list":["post-34852","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34858,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34852\/revisions\/34858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=34852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}