(Dassie Persaud-van der Westhuizen) My nascent airline career may have been halted by the COVID-19 pandemic – but it will restart. A question that bothers me in the meanwhile is whether airlines will be able survive the pressure by the environmentalists who love to use air travel – and itsRead More →
(Yolanda Mackay, Director; Norton Rose Fulbright) A deep dive into international aviation law and precedent shows that airlines may be liable if a passenger gets infected by Covid-19 on a flight. This article explores the extent to which carriers may be considered guarantors of the safety of their passengers and how the lawRead 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 →
“Did you truthfully buy your licence? Or did you earn it by working hard, gaining appropriate experience and then qualifying before an impartial board of examiners?” That’s one of the problems we’ve got in Africa today. During recent decades, the civil aviation authorities of many Third World countries have beenRead More →
Constantly changing COVID-19 regulations world-wide are causing disruptions, often with no warning. Requirements for boarding need to be checked regularly with the airline, as well as the specific country entry requirements. Flights into and out of South Africa are still not normalised, and extra care is need when booking. LufthansaRead 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 →
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted society and ordinary citizens on a scale not seen since the Second World War. Whole continents have been paralyzed, economies have been shut down, and civil rights have been restricted in an effort to fight the virus. One aspect of this society-wide shock has beenRead More →
Visa-free access to South Africa has been restored for the citizens of 11 countries. At the start of lockdown that access had been suspended. But South Africa’s red list means tourists from five of those countries remain banned from entering SA. The citizens of 11 countries may now enter SouthRead More →
With the decline in SAA and the shrinking of job opportunities young pilots are looking abroad to get a career going. There has been an enormous upturn in interest in how to convert a South African licence to a European one. N The Return of the Pink Panther, Inspector ClouseauRead More →
Aviation authorities the world over have the responsibility of overseeing aviation safety and security as well as developing the aviation industries in their countries. Aviation safety and the development of aviation are two things that are mostly at loggerheads with each other: a terrific safety record can be achieved byRead More →
