The U.S. National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) has recently released the 2014 accident statistics for the United States. The results indicate that, despite the decrease in fatal accident rates in 2014, the overall accident rate for the same period experienced a slight increase. The 2013 U.S. accident results showed an accident rate of 0.248 per 100,000 departures. However, this figure had increased to 0.311 per 100,000 departures in 2014. Despite this increase, the NTSB noted that no fatalities or hull losses (referring to an aircraft being written-off or destroyed) occurred in 2014.

Korongo Airlines, which was based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has officially ceased operations. On the 4th of September the airline’s key investors moved to discontinue funding to the airline after it had sustained significant financial losses. The airline commenced operations in 2012 and was partially owned by Brussels Airlines. The airline cited that the decision to cease operations was largely prompted by the recent introduction of the government funded start-up airline, Congo Airways. Additionally, the airline noted that the recent damage to its only aircraft, which was sustained in a minor incident in August 2015, prompted the airline to cease operations. The airline will now move to liquidate its remaining assets.

The Mozambican airport authority, Aeroportos de Moçambique (ADM), has recently cited plans to restrict international access to five of its current eight state-owned airports. The plans will reportedly focus all international traffic through Maputo, Nacala and Beira. ADM noted that it was planning to reduce its international gateways from eight airports to just three airports in order to make better use of the recent upgrades that have been made to Maputo, Nacala and Beira airports. The remaining five airports, which include Pemba, Nampula, Inhambane, Tete, and Vilanculos Airports, will be re-established as domestic only airports. It was not immediately clear when the prospective plan will be implemented.