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NEWS DIGITAL

WE ARE EXPANDING!!

what may!
So we are on a big drive to get the name of our magazine -
In every challenge there is an opportunity. This is the code that Africa’s oldest and largest circulation aviation magazine - out there
World Airnews lives by. and in the public eye, broaden our audience and expand our wings.
We are very proud of the fact that since the Covid-19 virus lock First off we have appointed an advertising manager Hes von
down hit our shores in March we have continued to bring our Weilligh who is based in Gauteng and added to this two more
supporters, subscribers, advertising clients and all our stakehold- business development officers Larkin Keyser and Mark Jefferies.
ers a print and digital version. And we will continue to do so - come More are coming! So who are these new members of staff? Q
MEET THE TEAM READERSHIP TREND
With the advent of the internet and the rise
of digital magazines - the whole of Africa has
opened up. No longer is World Airnews ruled
HES VON WIELLIGH by postal strikes or wars in different areas. We
Hes brings with her a total of 13 years’ are now - more than ever - able to maintain
experience in mixed aviation sectors including an excellent presence in the whole of Africa.
cabin crew member, operations, VIP lounge In fact over the past few years our digital
hostess and customer liaison in maintenance as database has grown and it is climbing! World
well as other sectors. She has excellent people/ Airnews continues to be well received by the
communication skills and strives to maintain a aviation fraternity in Africa.
high level of customer satisfaction. And that is Below please find an analysis of our
why she heads up our team. readership by country in Africa.
Apart from all of this she has her private First column is the digital and the second is
pilot’s licence and training in business and life the printed copy (posted)
coaching. She is kept busy with a ‘little one’ and Algeria 67 3
is always ready for a challenge. Angola 98 5
Contact her on +27 (0)83 472 8834 email: B
hes@airnews.co.za or http://linkedin.com/in/ Benin 26
hes-von-wielligh-1017651b3 Botswana 52 19
Burkina Faso 18
LARKIN KEYSER Burundi 93
Larkin completed her commercial pilot licence C
at SAFTA in Heidelberg and before lock down Cabo Verde 52 2
was flying with Federal Airlines. She has Cameroon 18 4
captained a C208 and a PC12, has acted as first
officer on a B1900, done line training for a C208 Central African Republic (CAR) 59
and the PC12. She has notched up over 3075 Chad 7
hours and has ratings on a C152, C172, C210, Comoros 37 1
PA34, C208, C208EX, PC12 and a B1900. Congo, Dem Rep 119 9
In her spare time during school holidays she Cote d’Ivoire 56
worked at Phakisa Corporate Service and learnt D
administrative, filing, data capturing and payroll Djibouti 7
duties. She is also based in Gauteng. E
Contact her on +27 (0) 79 367 7720 email:
larkin@airnews.co.za or linkedin https://www. Egypt 134 5
linkedin.com/in/larkin-keyser-7b688a9b/ Equatorial Guinea 11
Eritrea 4
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)18 8
MARK JEFFERIES Ethiopia 134 4
G
Mark is our aviation industry specialist. He Gabon 67 3
comes to us with more than 20 years in the
sector. Mark has worked his way up from pilot Gambia 26 1
and engineering assistant to chief pilot and is Ghana 37 7
currently an industry consultant to the African Guinea 22
charter operations. He got is commercial pilot Guinea-Bissau 20
licence in 1997 and completed N1- N5 in aircraft K
maintenance theory. His areas of expertise Kenya 452 68
include aviation policies and procedures, L
aviation logistics, flight planning, maintenance,
safety and security and risk mitigation. Mark Lesotho 7
lives on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal. Liberia 18
Contact him on +27 (0) 78 323 0001 or email: Libya 97 4
mark@airnews.co.za or linkedin https://www. M
linkedin.com/in/mark-jefferies-83ba4114a/ Madagascar 89 3
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