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BFK Aviation Expands in Africa, Plans International Growth
Both companies are on the look-out for new emerging market opportunities.
Nuno Pereira, managing director, Bestfly, left, and Morry Davis of Ethiopian's Krimson, center, put the seal on the launch of joint venture BFK Aviation, along with Ronaldo Alphonso, managing director of Guyana's Xen Aviation (Photo: BFK).
Nuno Pereira, managing director, Bestfly, left, and Morry Davis of Ethiopian's Krimson, center, put the seal on the launch of joint venture BFK Aviation, along with Ronaldo Alphonso, managing director of Guyana's Xen Aviation (Credit BFK).

When two of sub-Saharan Africa’s most prominent business aviation concerns announced a joint venture in Guyana in March, the industry took notice. Both companies saw their domestic performance plateauing, and international expansion seemed the next logical step.

“We came across an opportunity in South Africa, a project that we’d been working on since early 2022,” Dawit Lemma, CEO of Krimson Aviation, told AIN. As a ground-handling specialist, Krimson needed a flight services partner.