(ASKY) - Certified in October 2015, ASKY, the Panafrican Airline with the largest network of destinations in West Africa and Central Africa, is pleased to announce the renewal of its IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit) certification for the next (2) years.

The renewal of the IOSA certification is a confirmation of that ASKY’s operations are conducted according to the highest standards of international civil aviation and the airline’s commitment to avail safe and reliable service to its esteemed customers.

About IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit)

The IOSA certification program is an important evaluation system recognized and accepted internationally, aiming at the verification of operational management and control systems of an airline company. IOSA uses the international audit principles - quality achieved in rigorous, standardized, and consistent ways.

The IOSA program is developed to improve the operational capacity of airline companies in areas such as the organization and management of the company, flight operations, operational control, aircraft maintenance, cabin operations, floor operations, cargo operations and operational security.

An operator enters the register IOSA when the documentation checking and the implementation of each of the more than 1,000 IOSA Standards and Recommended Practices are performed.

IOSA standards and recommended practices are based on ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) standards and recommended practices, on national and community regulations and generally accepted practices in the commercial airline industry.

All IATA members are IOSA certified and must remain IOSA certified to keep membership in IATA. IOSA certification is renewable every two (2) years.

About ASKY

ASKY is the Panafrican Airline founded by the following regional institutions: the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), the West African Development Bank and the ECOBANK Group. Ethiopian Airlines, the partner, also participates in the capital. The Company is a commercial company under private law managed by experienced professionals mostly from Africa.

ASKY currently operates a fleet of a new generation of eight (8) aircrafts, composed of one (1) Boeing 737-800, three (3) Boeing 737-700, and four (4) Bombardier DHC-8-400 (Q400). The company today serves twenty-two (22) cities in nineteen (19) countries on the African continent.

www.flyasky.com.