The Demise of Comair
2022-06-10
Is Comair / Kulula gone for good? Find out more here with Guy Leitch.Read More →
A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR:
2022-06-09
IN ITS MAY INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL Report, IATA notes that airlines based in Africa experienced a 91.8% year on year growth rate in their international RPKs in March. Together with Asia, Africa’s international RPKs lag more than the other regions in terms of recovery to pre-pandemic levels, which are currently stillRead 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 →
THE UNEXPECTED IMPACT ON AFRICAN DEFENCE FORCES OF RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE
2022-04-29
Russia’s disastrous invasion of Ukraine has resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent Ukrainian civilians, the destruction of entire cities, and the justified imposition of extraordinary sanctions against Russia. ON TOP OF THIS, it’s causing severe and dangerous wider global impacts, ranging from wheat shortages, to inflation and economicRead 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 →
SAAF FUNDING
2022-03-23
(Part 1)- SA Air Force claims less than 25% availability Less than a quarter of the South African Air Force’s (SAAF’s) inventory of aircraft is operable as budget cuts, COVID-19 and Denel’s capabilities are being eroded. Only 46 of the SAAF’s 217 aircraft are now operable, according to an ArmscorRead 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 →
