The Demise of Comair
2022-06-10
Is Comair / Kulula gone for good? Find out more here with Guy Leitch.Read More →
CEMAIR – BOUNCING BACK STRONGLY
2022-05-16
As the airline industry slowly returns to a ‘new normal’, Johannesburg based carrier CemAir is thriving. The airline is pushing ahead, into the gaps in the market left by the departure of competitors such as SA Express and Mango, and the slow restart of SAA. CemAir CFO Dr Laura vanRead More →
A NOTE FROM The Editor
2022-04-26
THE CHINA EASTERN BOEING 737-800 crash has prompted a mass of disinformation from the internet. These range from duplicitous videos which only at the end say that it was not another Boeing Max crash, to outright deceit with fake videos from other crashes – most notably the Silk Air 737-300Read More →
HAS THE SACAA BEEN CAPTURED?
2022-04-07
It is an aphorism to say that aviation safety is a matter of life or death and thus safety must be non-negotiable. Using this justification, the South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) gets away with being quick to ground airlines for breaches of safety requirements. GROUNDING AN AIRLINE is theRead More →
A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR:
2022-03-02
THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT is pushing ahead with its part privatisation of SAA to “a Strategic Equity Partner”. The Takatso Consortium will own 51% of the airline and the Department of Public Enterprises 49%. The intention is to list the airline on the stock market as, “one way of addressingRead More →
A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR:
2022-02-17
ONE OF THE FEW CONSOLATIONS that we have had under the onslaught of Covid is that the disease will gradually become less virulent, even if only because, in the big scheme of things, it does a virus no good if it kills its host. The good news is that weRead More →
AIR TANZANIA ORDERS MORE JETS
2022-01-24
The financially embattled Air Tanzania has announced an order for four new Boeings: a 787-8, a 767-300 Freighter and two 737 MAXes. The order, valued at more than $726 million at list prices, was previously listed as unidentified on the Boeing Orders and Deliveries website, pending the announcement of theRead More →
THE FANTASY OF FLIGHT FOR SAA V2?
2021-09-20
(LETTER – HJK) – IN THE FINALISATION of the business rescue plan for South African Airways the Business Rescue Practitioners presented a business plan for the next 5 years. This business plan was the stepping stone to a new – viable and, in the long term profitable airline – orRead More →
Face to Face – CemAir – CFO LAURA VAN DER MOLEN
2021-08-25
CemAir is an airline that epitomises the resilience of the private sector under the immense pressures of the Covid-19 crisis. Guy Leitch spoke to Laura Van der Molen about how their airline survived Covid-19, and its growth plans for the recovery. A FEATURE OF THE AIRLINE that is probably uniqueRead More →
COVID-19 vs AIRLINES
2021-08-18
As the impact of Covid-19 is limited through vaccination and the development of herd immunity, and perhaps also an acceptance of the new normal, I get a sense that the entire airline industry is moving into a new phase. Most notable is the retirement of key industry stalwarts: Willie Walsh,Read More →
