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Lufthansa launches direct Munich to Johannesburg route

By: Schalk Burger 3rd September 2024 German airline Lufthansa waved off the first flight from OR Tambo International Airport, with one of the airline's new Airbus A350-900's landing at 06:45 and then departing at 08:20 for Munich on September 3. This marks the resumption of the direct, nonstop route after it fell away in 2005.... →

SITA announces new head for its Middle East and Africa region

By: Rebecca Campbell 2nd September 2024 Global air transport IT group SITA (not to be confused with South Africa’s State IT Agency) has announced the appointment of a new president for its Middle East and Africa region. He is Selim Bouri. “This regional leadership change comes as SITA expands its reach and capabilities, opening an... →

Global air passenger traffic continued solid growth in July

By: Rebecca Campbell 30th August 2024 Global air passenger traffic in July continued to show solid growth, at 8% year-on-year, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. IATA was the global representative body for the airline industry. “July was another positive month,” affirmed IATA director-general Willie... →

Global air cargo demand continued strong growth in July

By: Rebecca Campbell 29th August 2024 Global air cargo demand continued to grow strongly during July, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. (IATA is the global representative body for the airline industry.) “Air cargo demand hit record highs year-to-date in July with strong growth across all regions,”... →

Boeing delays force top Africa carrier Ethiopian to lease planes

By: Bloomberg 28th August 2024 Boeing Co’s delays in fulfilling orders has forced Africa’s biggest carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, to lease aircraft to stay on track with its expansion. The Addis Ababa-based company has waited since April to receive 737 Max jetliners and 777 freight carriers, Chief Executive Officer Mesfin Tasew... →

A Boeing 737 Max painted in Ethiopian Airlines' livery

ACSA has terminated a digital and biometrics project for its airports

By: Rebecca Campbell 27th August 2024 The Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) announced on Tuesday that it had terminated a contract with French technology company IDEMIA. No reason was given for the ending of the contract. The contract covered an Automated Border Control, e-Gates and single token project initiated by ACSA. The... →

Inside the OR Tambo International Airport

Qatar Airways to make 25% equity investment in South African carrier Airlink

By: Reuters 20th August 2024 Qatar Airways will take a 25% stake in South Africa-based regional carrier Airlink as both airlines seek to boost services and passenger numbers across Africa, they said on Tuesday. Qatar Airways CEO Badr Mohammed Al Meer, speaking alongside Airlink's CEO Rodger Foster in Doha, told reporters the... →

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Airlink CEO Rodger Foster and Qatar Airways CEO Badr Mohammed Al Meer

Airlink and AviAssist partner to promote African aviation safety

By: Rebecca Campbell 19th August 2024 South African airline Airlink has partnered with African non-profit aviation safety promotion organisation, the AviAssist Foundation, to present a Human Factors in Aviation course. The course is being sponsored by the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, and... →

Photo by Airlink
Airlink’s Training Centre of Excellence – note the Airlink E-Jet flying above

Ethiopian Airlines signs deal for design of 'biggest airport in Africa'

By: Reuters 12th August 2024 Ethiopia has signed an agreement for the design of a new four-runway airport that will be Africa's biggest when construction is completed in 2029, the head of state-owned Ethiopian Airlines said on Friday. Located near the town of Bishoftu, around 45 km from the capital Addis Ababa, the airport... →

An Ethiopian Airlines aeroplane at an airport in Addis Ababa

Airlink announces new service from Cape Town to Gaborone

By: Rebecca Campbell 6th August 2024 South African regional and domestic airline Airlink has announced that it is to introduce a direct flight between Cape Town, South Africa, and Gaborone, Botswana. The new service will commence on April 1, next year. “As Botswana’s capital, Gaborone is an important regional destination for... →

Global air passenger demand continued to grow in June

By: Rebecca Campbell 2nd August 2024 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 airline industry. International air passenger demand jumped 12.3% while domestic passenger demand... →

Passengers waiting to board at an airport

ATNS reports progress in instrument flight procedure maintenance programme

By: Schalk Burger 1st August 2024 Air traffic management agency Air Traffic Navigation Services (ATNS) says it is making progress in the ongoing instrument flight procedure maintenance programme, which needed to be carried out as part of routine global safety protocols. ATNS will be submitting all procedures related to the... →

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The ATNS tower at OR Tambo International

Airlines Association calls on Creecy to address disruptions to air travel

By: Schalk Burger 31st July 2024 Industry organisation the Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) has called on Transport Minister Barbara Creecy to intervene and ensure that avoidable failures affecting air travel are resolved quickly before economic harm is done to the sector and jobs are sacrificed. Flight schedule... →

Fireblade Aviation prepares to serve growing private aviation market

31st July 2024 Private aviation company Fireblade Aviation spent three years laying the foundations for it to become a sustainable private aviation business, having been founded originally as a flight department for international mining major Anglo American. Schalk Burger has the story. →

Fireblade Aviation prepares to serve growing private aviation market

Air cargo demand in June continued to show strong growth

By: Rebecca Campbell 30th July 2024 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 was the global representative body for the airline industry.) Total y-o-y demand last month grew by... →

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

By: Rebecca Campbell 26th July 2024 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 development of hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft. The partnership will operate within the framework of... →

‘Unconscionable’ to return allocated money instead of fixing potholes – Creecy

By: Irma Venter 26th July 2024 Transport Minister Barbara Creecy says “immediate attention” will be given to the “critical issue” of the underspending of funding allocated to road maintenance and road construction by both Department of Transport (DoT) entities and provincial transport departments. “In a country where citizens... →

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

By: Rebecca Campbell 25th July 2024 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 turboprop airliners. This is the forecast of Brazil-based global major aerospace group Embraer, in its... →

Photo by Airlink
An Embraer E190 of South African carrier Airlink

Boeing completes US deal to plead guilty over 737 Max crashes

By: Bloomberg 25th July 2024 Boeing has completed an agreement to plead guilty to criminal conspiracy in connection with two fatal crashes of its 737 Max jetliner, setting the stage for a possible courtroom confrontation with relatives of those who were killed. Details of the plea deal were disclosed Wednesday in a federal... →

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The site of the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash

Recovery in logistics sector continued in May, latest Ctrack index shows

By: Irma Venter 19th July 2024 The newest Ctrack Transport and Freight Index (Ctrack TFI) shows that the recent recovery in South Africa’s logistics sector continued in May, albeit at a slower pace. The index improved in May to reach a level of 125.6 – an increase of 1.7% compared with April’s level, and 2.5% above year-ago... →

Airlink increases the number of its Durban-Harare flights

By: Rebecca Campbell 15th July 2024 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 KwaZulu-Natal province, and the Zimbabwean capital city of Harare, to once every day. The new flights will... →

Photo by Airlink/J de Reuck
An Embraer ERJ140 of Airlink

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

By: Rebecca Campbell 12th July 2024 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 international automated passenger handling services provider, Materna IPS. This was a strategic... →

AA, Outa weigh in on new Transport Minister

By: Irma Venter 12th July 2024 Newly appointed Transport Minister Barbara Creecy is the eleventh minister in this portfolio since 1994, which is a cause for concern as continuity within government departments is vital, says the Automobile Association (AA) of South Africa. The AA says the need for an improved transport model in... →

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

By: Rebecca Campbell 11th July 2024 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, and the Ugandan capital of Entebbe, to cope with northern summer demand. This will increase the... →

Sapia changes name to Fiasa to reflect fuels industry changes

By: Schalk Burger 10th July 2024 Industry organisation the South African Petroleum Industry Association (Sapia) has changed its name to the Fuels Industry Association of South Africa (Fiasa) to reflect its commitment to a sustainable future for the fuels industry. "The shift from Sapia to Fiasa represents a pivotal evolution... →

Fiasa executive director Avhapfani Tshifularo

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

By: Rebecca Campbell 8th July 2024 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 will be achieved through various initiatives and infrastructure developments that will reduce... →

Boeing to plead guilty to fraud for violating deal over 737 Max crashes

By: Bloomberg 8th July 2024 Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to criminal conspiracy to defraud the US after the Justice Department concluded the planemaker failed to adhere to an earlier settlement stemming from two fatal crashes of its 737 Max jetliner. Under the agreement in principle with US prosecutors, Boeing faces a... →

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A Boeing 737 Max

Recovery in logistics sector continued in May – Ctrack index

By: Irma Venter 5th July 2024 The newest Ctrack Transport and Freight Index (Ctrack TFI) shows that the recent recovery in South Africa’s logistics sector continued in May, albeit at a slower pace. The index improved in May to reach a level of 125.6 – an increase of 1.7% compared with April’s level, and 2.5% above year-ago... →

Panel discusses SAF production in Africa, its use in decarbonisation

By: Sabrina Jardim 4th July 2024 Amid a global emphasis on decarbonisation, the adoption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) can contribute towards 2050 net-zero goals, panellists noted during a discussion on the second day of this year’s International Air Transport Association (IATA) Wings of Change Focus Africa conference. The... →

Panellists discuss state of Africa’s aviation infrastructure, economic regulations

By: Sabrina Jardim 4th July 2024 With global air traffic expected to double over the next 20 years, African countries need to ensure the required infrastructure is established to meet the needs for cargo and passenger flights. With this in mind, a panel discussion on the second day of this year’s International Air Transport... →

SAA to add 64% new destinations as it rebuilds

By: Bloomberg 4th July 2024 South African Airways (SAA) plans to add 64% new destination from its hub in Johannesburg by the end of April as it rebuilds its business to focus on regional and international routes after a deal with an investor collapsed. The company is aiming to add nine destinations to its existing 14 and... →

Speakers highlight role of aviation in improving connectivity, economic growth

By: Sabrina Jardim 3rd July 2024 The International Air Transport Association (IATA), on the first day of its Wings of Change Focus Africa conference, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, emphasised the need for African governments to take advantage of a strengthening aviation sector to maximise its benefits for economic and... →

IATA Africa and the Middle East regional VP Kamil Al-Awadhi

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

By: Rebecca Campbell 3rd July 2024 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 reported. May was the sixth month in a row in which air cargo demand registered double-digit y-o-y... →

Fireblade Aviation prepares for growth in private aviation

By: Schalk Burger 2nd July 2024 Private aviation company Fireblade Aviation has positioned each of its divisions to grow as international demand for aviation resources increases, particularly private aviation over the past three to four years. "We are seeing an upward trend in international travellers, including from Asia and... →

IATA urges South Africa to prioritise country’s aviation sector

By: Rebecca Campbell 2nd July 2024 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 sector development in the country, as a key impetus for economic growth and job creation. (With no... →

Recovery in logistics sector continued in April despite ports being lashed by storms – Ctrack index

By: Irma Venter 28th June 2024 After declining in the first two months of the year, the Ctrack Transport and Freight Index (Ctrack TFI) continued its momentum in April to reach a level of 123.4 – an increase of 2.8% compared with March. This is also 1.5% above the levels seen a year ago. →

Airbus has identified unserved air routes to, from and within Africa

By: Rebecca Campbell 20th June 2024 On Thursday, at the AviaDev Conference in Windhoek, Namibia, Airbus released its latest report on commercial aviation in Africa. The 53-page report is titled Exploring the horizons: A study of unserved air routes to, from and within Africa. “Despite significant traffic between certain city-pairs,... →

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