Rolls-Royce’s transformation programme delivered a strong first half 2024 performance

UK-based global major power and propulsion systems group Rolls-Royce has reported a strong performance during the first half of this year (1H24). The group credited this performance to the success... 

Global air passenger demand continued to grow in June

Total global air passenger traffic increased by 9.1%, year-on-year (y-o-y), in June, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. IATA was the global representative body for the... 

South African food inflation decelerated in June

South African food inflation in June decelerated to 4.6%, in year-on-year (y-o-y) terms, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has reported, in its latest 'BFAP Food Inflation Brief'.... 

Airbus reports on its first-half performance: revenues up, Ebit adjusted down

Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus has reported on its performance during the first half of this calendar year (1H24). While its consolidated group revenues, which came to... 

Air cargo demand in June continued to show strong growth

June was the seventh consecutive month in which air cargo demand showed year-on-year (y-o-y) growth that was in double-digits, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. (IATA... 

Investment group and startup accelerator partner to support black-women-owned startups

Entirely black-owned broad-based investment holding company, the Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC), and Cape Town-based specialist startup accelerator company Grindstone, have entered into a... 

Defence industry association welcomes efforts to boost South African defence spending

The South African Aerospace, Maritime and Defence Industries Association (AMD) has welcomed the commitment made, earlier this month, by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military... 

Airbus partnering with lessor Avolon on hydrogen aviation and LanzaJet on SAF production

Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus and Ireland-based global major aviation finance and aircraft leasing company Avolon have announced that they are partnering to support the... 

US company successfully executes regional-range test flight with hydrogen-electric air taxi

US-based electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi company Joby Aviation announced on Thursday that its hydrogen-electric demonstrator air taxi had successfully completed a 523-mile... 

First SKA dish assembled on site in the Karoo

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Observatory (SKAO) has announced that the first telescope dish for its SKA-Mid array has been assembled on site, in the Karoo region in the Northern Cape province.... 

ACSA seeking to grow its air cargo business at OR Tambo

The State-owned Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) is to step up its activities to stimulate air cargo traffic growth, particularly at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA). This... 

African airlines forecast to acquire 600 new smaller jetliners and turboprops by 2043

Over the next 20 years, African airlines will acquire 380 new jet airliners in the small single-aisle (or small narrowbody) segment – that is, aircraft with fewer than 150 seats – and 220 new... 

Satellite communications company launches new solution for African miners

UK-based fully integrated satellite communications and connectivity services and solutions company Avanti Communications (Avanti) has launched, in Johannesburg, its new solution for the global... 

Rolls-Royce awarded grant by UK Space Agency to advance its space nuclear reactor project

UK-based global major propulsion and power (including nuclear power) systems group Rolls-Royce has announced that it has been awarded £4.8-million by the UK Space Agency, to further develop and... 

Global major aerospace groups call for more research into aviation non-carbon emissions

The Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) of global major aerospace groups Airbus, Boeing, Dassault Aviation, GE Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, RTX (formerly Raytheon), and Safran have issued a joint statement... 

Siemens, BAE Systems to collaborate in digital innovation for manufacturing

US company Siemens Digital Industries Software (Siemens), part of the Germany-based major multinational Siemens technology group, and the Air sector of the UK-based global major aerospace and... 

Airbus and partners launch fund to invest in sustainable aviation fuels, worldwide

Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus announced, at the Farnborough airshow on Tuesday, that it was, with airline, energy and financial partners, co-investing in a Sustainable Aviation... 

Embraer reports increased aircraft deliveries and order backlogs during the second quarter

Brazil-based global major aerospace group Embraer has reported that, during the second quarter of this year, it delivered 170% more commercial jets (airliners) than it had done during the first... 

Cape Town’s Atlantis SEZ aiming to become green-industry heartland

This month, July, will see the Greentech-focused Atlantis Special Economic Zone (ASEZ) mark two milestones, namely the breaking of ground for the first new factory to be built there, and the start... 

Cape Town’s Atlantis SEZ aiming to become green-industry heartland

This month, July, will see the Greentech-focused Atlantis Special Economic Zone (ASEZ) mark two milestones, namely the breaking of ground for the first new factory to be built there, and the start... 

Necsa welcomes regulatory approval for extending the life of Koeberg’s first nuclear reactor

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has welcomed the decision by the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) to authorise the extension of the operational life of the first reactor (known... 

Macpherson highlights the work of Infrastructure South Africa

The work of Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) has been hailed by Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson. He was delivering the keynote address, on Tuesday, at the Infrastructure... 

Zambian Minister stresses importance of infrastructure development and the role of PPPs

Zambian Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development Minister Charles Lubasi Milupi, himself an engineer, has highlighted the importance of infrastructure development for his country and for the... 

Public Works Minister determined to accelerate South African infrastructure development

National Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson announced on Tuesday that he was establishing an Infrastructure Advisory Committee, in his office, to help drive forward... 

Airlink increases the number of its Durban-Harare flights

South African regional and domestic airline Airlink announced on Monday that it would increase the frequency of its flights between South Africa’s main Indian Ocean coast city, Durban, in... 

Parliamentary Defence Committee concerned about underfunding of SANDF deployments 

The new Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans regards the proper funding of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) as a matter of the “utmost urgency”, it has... 

Nuclear industries association welcomes proposed new nuclear build programme

The Nuclear Industry Association of South Africa (Niasa) has “warmly” welcomed Energy and Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa‘s “significant” announcement that the country is close to... 

NRF environmental data node wins prestigious award

The National Research Foundation (NRF), which is the agency responsible for supporting and promoting scientific and technological research in South Africa by means of funding, human skills... 

Aviation technology group SITA’s takeover of Materna IPS has been approved

Global air transport industry technology solutions group SITA announced on Friday that it had completed all the legal procedures and regulatory formalities for its acquisition of Germany-based... 

US company successfully executes regional-range test flight with hydrogen-electric air taxi

US-based electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi company Joby Aviation announced on Thursday that its hydrogen-electric demonstrator air taxi had successfully completed a 523-mile... 

Defence industries association calls for greater investment in underfunded SANDF

South African Aerospace, Maritime and Defence Industries Association (AMD) CEO Sandile Ndlovu has issued an open letter to the country’s next (and currently not yet known or appointed) Defence... 

Qatar Airways continues its expansion in Africa, with extra flights to Uganda

Qatar’s national flag carrier, Qatar Airways, has announced a further expansion in its services to and from Africa. It will be adding three more flights a week to the route between its hub, Doha,... 

First SKA dish erected in the Karoo

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Observatory (SKAO) has announced that the first telescope dish for its SKA-Mid array has been assembled on site, in the Karoo region in the Northern Cape province.... 

Saps investigating the non-violent deaths of four SANDF soldiers at an Orkney mine shaft

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has announced that the South African Police Service (Saps) is undertaking an investigation, in preparation for an inquest, into the deaths of four... 

ACSA seeking to grow its air cargo business at OR Tambo International Airport

The State-owned Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) is to step up its activities to stimulate air cargo traffic growth, particularly at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA). This... 

Industry body urges new government to reset South Africa’s maritime agenda

South African non-profit advocacy company, the Maritime Business Chamber (MBC), has called on the incoming seventh administration of democratic South Africa to re-set the country’s maritime agenda.... 

Botswana to enter space with its first satellite, now being developed in joint project

Southern African country Botswana is developing its first satellite, in a joint programme between the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) and Bulgarian space company... 

Global air cargo continued strong growth in May, with Africa seeing the greatest increase

Global air cargo demand in May continued to show strong year-on-year (y-o-y) growth, the world representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has... 

IATA urges South Africa to prioritise country’s aviation sector

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), on Tuesday called on the new South African Government to continue to prioritise aviation... 

Major restructuring in global aerospace sector confirmed – Boeing, Airbus, absorb Spirit

In one of the most important merger and acquisition deals in the global aerospace sector in years, US-based Boeing has announced that it is acquiring another large US group, aerostructures...