2 June 2024
General Aviation Services has increased its Africa service footprint to include three new countries. It offers landing and overflight permitting assistance across the continent as well adding ground handling capabilities at airports in Botswana, Namibia, and Mozambique. The company celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.
UK-based trip support provider General Aviation Services (G.A.S.) has expanded its footprint to include Botswana, Namibia, and Mozambique, it said this week at EBACE 2024. The company—which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and marked its EBACE debut last year—serves customers by providing permits and ground-handling solutions across the African continent, while offering reliable and cost-effective fuel options globally.
Its business clientele includes trip support companies, aircraft charter and management operators, air ambulance, and cargo flights.
“EBACE provides an unparalleled platform for us to connect with our existing customers and forge new partnerships,” said founding director Mohammed Tewfik.
“We are excited to showcase our expanded services and demonstrate our unwavering commitment to supporting our customers’ missions across Africa.”
The company now lists offices in London, Mwanza (Tanzania), Kigali (Rwanda), Moroni (Comoros Islands), Maputo (Mozambique), Gaborone (Botswana), and Windhoek (Namibia). It works directly with the civil air authorities in all 54 African countries to arrange landing and overfly permits, and since 2020, it has arranged more than 12,000 such documents.
G.A.S. also announced its integration with Leon flight management software, allowing those customers to access its services directly through their flight management screen. This permits these customers to make immediate changes to flight plans, saving time and reducing logistical challenges.
“Our integration with Leon underscores [our] commitment to leveraging technology for the benefit of our customers, simplifying the mission planning process and ensuring efficiency,” said Tewfik.
