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An image showing a FlyNamibia ERJ145 over a Namibian desert
FlyNamibia now on global travel network, in association with South Africa’s Airlink
24th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

Namibian privately-held domestic and regional airline FlyNamibia is, from Monday, promoting its flights and services to travel agents around the world on the Global Distribution System (GDS), as a... 


ATNS control tower at OR Thambo
ATNS now using space-based tracking, surveillance system
21st July 2023 By: Darren Parker

South African air navigation service provider Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) has started using global aircraft tracking and surveillance system manufacturer Aireon’s space-based... 


An image showing a RwandAir flight landing
RwandAir set to launch daily direct London flights
21st July 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Airline RwandAir will soon launch daily direct services between London’s Heathrow airport and Kigali, as it continues to expand its European network and meet additional demand for UK flights. The... 


An airport baggage carousel
Airline industry seeking to restore passenger confidence in the handling of their baggage
20th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The incidence of mishandled baggage on commercial flights worldwide reached an incidence of 7.6 per thousand passengers in 2022, representing a year-on-year increase of 74.7%, SITA Director of... 


IATA to hold its first integrated safety and operations conference in September
19th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the representative body for the global airline industry, has announced that its first World Safety and Operations Conference (WSOC) will... 


Airlink CEO and MD Rodger Foster
South African airline Airlink receives prestigious international award
18th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African regional airline Airlink has been declared the winner of the Africa and Middle East category in the 2023 FlightGlobal-Korn Ferry Airline Strategy Award. The award was presented to... 


IATA, Atkins develop toolkit to calculate embodied carbon in airport construction
17th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

Global airline representative body, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), and design, engineering and project management consultancy company Atkins (part of the SNC-Lavalin Group)... 


Cape Town International
ACSA seeking to improve its operations, customer experience through digitalisation
17th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has highlighted its plans to digitalise its operations, to increase efficiency and improve the experience of the passengers using its airports. The... 


Airlink’s jet-black jet
Airlink unveils an airliner in a special livery
13th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African private-sector regional airline Airlink has painted its latest and recently-acquired Embraer E195 airliner in a special all-black colour scheme, in order to promote the carrier’s... 


IATA unveils collaboration to assess the financial aspects of reaching net-zero in aviation
12th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Aviation Impact Accelerator (AIA) are to collaborate to evaluate the financial aspects of achieving aviation’s and global governments’... 


SAA Technical completes overhaul of key aircraft components in record time
11th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African Airways Technical (SAAT), a subsidiary company of the State-owned South African Airways (SAA) Group (and so, a sister company to the SAA airline), has reported that its has overhauled... 


Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga
Transport sector has role to play in sustainable economies – Chikunga
10th July 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The transport sector is not untouched by climate change and also has considerably high negative externalities, and this necessitates innovative thinking around the opportunities to renavigate... 


Artist’s impression of an A350-1000 in Ethiopian colours
Rolls-Royce and Ethiopian Airlines sign servicing agreement for new engines
7th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

UK-based global major power and propulsion systems group Rolls-Royce and Africa’s largest carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, have announced that the latter has signed a service agreement with the former... 


Passengers disembarking from an Airlink flight in Nairobi
Air passenger travel continues to recover strongly, worldwide, reports IATA
6th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has reported that air passenger traffic continued to grow strongly in May. Total air... 


IATA reports that the decreasing trend in air cargo demand decelerated in May
6th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the global representative body for the airline industry, has reported that the year-on-year (y-o-y) decline in air cargo demand... 


A view of the floor of the new Wing Technology Development Centre
Airbus opens new wing technology research and development centre
5th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

Airbus officially opened its new Wing Technology Development Centre (WTDC) on Tuesday. Located at the group’s site at Filton, in England, the new centre will build and test demonstrator wings for a... 


An aircraft being refueled
IATA data shows uneven air passenger traffic recovery across Africa during the first quarter
4th July 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has published a graph charting the recovery (in percentage terms, not absolute numbers)... 


Kenya Airways on course for turnaround next year
30th June 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

Kenya Airways, the country’s public private partnership national flag carrier, expected to achieve turn-around next year. This was reaffirmed at the airline’s 2023 virtual annual general meeting... 


Cape Town to have direct air link with São Paulo in Brazil
30th June 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

Cape Town Air Access, an initiative led by Western Cape provincial trade, tourism and investment promotion agency Wesgro, and the Western Cape provincial government, have welcomed the decision by... 


An Airlink Embraer E195
Airlink leases additional airliners to meet growing demand
29th June 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African regional airline Airlink has announced that it is expanding it fleet by leasing three Embraer E195 aircraft from AerCap. Airlink is Southern Africa’s biggest regional carrier, and the... 


Weather services are essential to aviation
Latest weather service fees for aviation in South Africa have been published
27th June 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African Forestry, Fisheries and Environment Minister Barbara Creecy on Tuesday published the Regulations concerning the fees to be paid for aviation meteorological services to be provided by... 


One of Airlink’s ERJ-135s.
Airlink to reinforce its Johannesburg-Vilanculos link but axe its Mbombela-Vilanculos service
26th June 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African airline Airlink announced on Monday that, because of increasing demand, it will increase the number of its flights between Johannesburg and the resort town of Vilanculos in... 


Mauritius beach scene
Air Belgium doubles flights between Johannesburg and Brussels, and adds Mauritius
23rd June 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

Air Belgium announced on Friday that, because of its new interline agreement with Air Mauritius, it was doubling the number of its flights between its home base and Johannesburg. Henceforth, in... 


An A220-300 in the colours of Qantas (an image with TAAG colours is currently not available)
Angola’s TAAG contracts for nine more Airbus A220 airliners
22nd June 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

TAAG Angola Airlines announced at the 2023 Paris Air Show on Wednesday that it had firmed up orders for nine Airbus A220-300 single-aisle airliners, to be obtained via lease companies. This order... 


An artist’s impression of the D328eco
Sasol and Deutsche Aircraft deepen cooperation on green aviation fuels
21st June 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

German aircraft manufacturer Deutsche Aircraft and Sasol ecoFT, the sustainable fuels development business of South African petrochemical group Sasol, have announced a deepening of their... 


Airbus unit to demonstrate hydrogen fuel cell as source of airliner auxiliary power
20th June 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus’ wholly-owned technology innovation subsidiary, Airbus UpNext, has launched a new demonstrator programme, to test hydrogen fuel cells as sources for... 


An artist’s impression of A320 family airliners in IndiGo livery
Airbus wins biggest ever order for airliners, from Indian carrier
20th June 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

On Monday, the first day of the 2023 Paris Air Show, Airbus announced that it had been awarded the biggest single order ever for airliners. The firm order, for 500 A320-family single-aisle... 


Cape Town Air Access initiative attending major African air connectivity conference
13th June 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

Cape Town Air Access, a public private initiative led by Western Province trade, investment and tourism promotion agency Wesgro, is participating in the AviaDev Africa 2023 conference in Nairobi,... 


IATA urges support for increased sustainable fuel production and diversification
6th June 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has called on governments to ensure that aviation gets its fair share of the growing... 


A crashed aircraft
IATA calls on governments to fulfil their treaty obligations regarding air accident reports
6th June 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the representative body for the global airline industry, has urged governments to fulfil their obligations under the Convention of... 


A De Havilland Canada Dash 8 regional airliner converted into a hydrogen-powered test aircraft by Universal Hydrogen
IATA releases roadmaps for the route to net-zero carbon emissions aviation by 2050
5th June 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the global representative body for the airline industry and is currently holding its annual general meeting in Istanbul, Türkiye, has... 


An aeroplane on a runway
IATA significantly upgrades its prediction for airline industry profitability for this year
5th June 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), announced on Monday a major upgrade in its forecast for airline industry profitability... 


An Embraer ERJ-135 of Airlink
South African carrier Airlink announces it will start two routes to Malawi
2nd June 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African private-sector airline Airlink has announced that it will start services between Johannesburg and both Lilongwe and Blantyre in Malawi in early September. Flights to Lilongwe, the... 


IATA reports continued very strong recovery in global air passenger traffic
2nd June 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has reported that, worldwide, air passenger traffic continued to recover strongly in... 


The Dallas Fort Worth International Airport cargo terminal
Global air cargo demand decline slowed down in April, reports IATA
2nd June 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The year-on-year (y-o-y) decline in global air cargo demand decelerated in April, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. (IATA is the representative body of the global... 


Africa needs to digitalise its borders to stimulate intra-continental trade and travel
31st May 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

International air transport industry-owned multinational information technology company SITA (not to be confused with South Africa’s State Information Technology Agency) Senior VP: SITA at Borders... 


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