Guy Leitch The Aviation AFRICA Summit and Exhibition for 2024 was themed “Bridging Skies and Leveraging Growth.” Held in Johannesburg’s Sandton Convention Centre in September, it “exceeded expectations and set new milestones in aviation collaborations and innovation.” With participation from 34 African countries, 1,200 delegates, 92 airlines and operators, andRead More →
(Main Pic- Siza Mzimela) Hilka Birns of CH Aviation reports that – “Former South African Express and South African Airways CEO Siza Mzimela and SA Express ex-chairpersons Tryphosa Ramano and Trevor Abrahams are amongst six former executives who have applied to the South African High Court to stop an investigationRead More →
February 2023 – The poor quality of African accident investigation reports is once again in the spotlight. THE FALLOUT FROM THE TWO Boeing Max crashes has been enormous – not just in the 346 lives lost, but in the inestimable damage to the once proud Boeing reputation for engineering excellence.Read More →
THE RECOVERY of the southern African airline industry has been marked by striking successes and equally striking failures. The mix of winners and losers made it difficult to gauge the overall mood of the industry at the Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) Annual General Assembly outside Cape Town. MakingRead More →
THE EDITOR: October 2022 – SAA is at a cross roads – and all its options are dead ends. SAA FACES TWO DEADLINES: First, and most immediate, the 90-day deadline (to 3 November) to provide proof of its viability to the air services licencing council (ASLC). Second; its promise toRead More →
American Airlines in August announced that it had agreed to buy up to 20 jets from Boom Supersonic, with an option to purchase 40 more. BOOM’S OVERTURE JETS promise speeds of up to Mach 1.7 over water – twice the speed of today’s fastest commercial aircraft, are expected to rollRead More →
September 2022 – WHILE THE REST OF AFRICA tries to rebuild its airline route networks following Covid, the Western Cape is succeeding in getting European and US Based airlines to prioritise the Cape Town route – even while they are cancelling other global routes due to airport congestion. The CapeRead More →
I arguably write an inordinate amount about SAA. The reason is because this once world-class airline provides the spectacle of a Technicolor slow-motion train smash that has cost taxpayers billions. This train smash carries the hopes and dreams of so many of today’s youth, who have the sky in theirRead More →
Kenya Airways (KQ) has agreed to fly cargo for South African Airways (SAA). THE CARGO DEAL COMES at a time the two carriers are in talks to jointly expedite the implementation of common business plans to gain a competitive edge over rivals. The cargo agreement has KQ carry cargo onRead More →
SAA looks poised to return to its bad old days of fatal crashes. OVER ITS 88-YEAR HISTORY, SAA has been one of the more dangerous airlines in the world. Compared to Qantas with its famous (but spurious) claim never to have written off an airliner, let alone killed a passenger,Read More →
