In a media briefing in January, IATA’s Alexandre de Juniacsaid that the world airline industry’s situation is still perilous. “While we still see airlines turning cash positive within the year, the near-term picture is bleak. Instead of a boost from the year-end holiday period, we got even more restrictions. Governments tightened borders inRead More →
Pilatus Aircraft has delivered its 100th PC-24 jet. The Swiss plane maker delivered its first PC-24 in February 2018, and the now 100-strong fleet has logged more than 33,500 hours globally. Four PC-24s have now been delivered in Southern Africa from agents Pilatus PC-12 Centre based at Rand Airport. TheRead More →
Nor are they responsible for the level of transformation in the aviation sector. (Grant Back – Saapa) The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) and the South African Airways (SAA) businesses rescue practitioners (BRPs) have been very vocal recently in their criticism of the pilots of SAA and the SAA Pilots’ AssociationRead More →
The headquarters of the United States Space Command was supposed to be based in Colorado. Since then-President Donald Trump revived the command in 2018, the state had been its temporary home, and last February, when the search for a permanent location was still on, he had teased that the current arrangement couldRead More →
Details have come to light on the four ex-Israeli Air Force F-16s headed to North America. Top Aces is the first private contractor offering red air adversary support by getting its hands on fourth-generation fighters. During their previous combat careers in Israel, three of these jets brought down Syrian MiGs duringRead More →
Qantas plans to make vaccination mandatory on overseas flights in the future. But the World Travel and Trade Council, the world’s leading travel authority says it would be discriminatory. One of the world’s leading travel authorities says it disagrees with any plan to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for international travel.Read More →
Elon Musk, who on Thursday surpassed Jeff Bezos to become the world’s richest person, says he is selling all his possessions. The billionaire wants to have as much capital as possible to fund a future colony on Mars. Elon Musk has grand plans for spending his roughly $188 billion net worth. Read More →
Giant Australian airline Qantas has revised its international restart date amid optimism surrounding Covid-19 vaccines. Flights to and from South Africa, which were initially halted until October 2021, are now due to resume in July. Qantas CEO Alan Joyce says all international travellers aboard Qantas aircrafts will likely need to beRead More →
Starting with 9 aircraft and just 27 routes, will the new SAA be successful? In the 2019-2020 year, every airline globally suffered devastating impact from COVID-19. The damage to SAA was even more severe than that suffered by others. It had already been driven into business rescue by years ofRead More →
Countries and airlines have banned flights from South Africa, due to the new variant of the Coronavirus in South Africa which may be responsible for the recent surge in infections. Sudan has banned travellers from South Africa, Britain and the Netherlands from 23 December 2020. The ban will last 3Read More →
