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IATA welcomes release of some blocked airline funds by Nigeria

By: Rebecca Campbell 31st January 2024 The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the global representative body for the airline industry, has welcomed the announcement by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that it has released another $64.44-million in blocked airline funds. The association was, however, consulting... →

Three of Africa’s five youngest airliner fleets are in East Africa

By: Rebecca Campbell 30th January 2024 The five African airlines which currently have the youngest airliner fleets are, in order from youngest to less young, Uganda Airlines, Jambojet, Air Tanzania, Air Cairo and Air Austral. This was highlighted by airline data and news company ch-aviation, in its “World’s Youngest Aircraft Fleet... →

Global economic growth expected to stagnate this year

By: Darren Parker 30th January 2024 Global economic growth is expected to be subdued, if not stagnant this year, with global trade also expected to be sluggish, financial services provider Investec reports. According to the World Bank, global trade growth for this year is expected to be only half the average growth achieved in the... →

Investec logistics head Denys Hobson

Airline association and European regulator agree on global threat posed by GNSS jamming

By: Rebecca Campbell 29th January 2024 The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), have agreed on the dangers posed to aircraft by the jamming or distortion (“spoofing”) of global navigation satellite system (GNSS)... →

A pilot monitoring the navigation system on an SAA aircraft

IATA, ICAO extend cooperation on air transport of dangerous goods

By: Rebecca Campbell 22nd January 2024 The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), and the intergovernmental agency responsible for overseeing the regulation of civil aviation, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), have extended their cooperation... →

Airlink updates on aircraft runway excursion incident in Mozambique

By: Rebecca Campbell 22nd January 2024 South African regional and domestic airline Airlink on Monday issued an update regarding one of its Embraer ERJ135 37-seat regional airliners, which suffered from a runway excursion when landing at Pemba in Mozambique, on Thursday afternoon. The runway was wet at the time. The aircraft,... →

Photo by Airlink
An Embraer ERJ135 of Airlink

Multibillion-rand Cape Winelands Airport aims to receive first passengers in 2027

By: Irma Venter 22nd January 2024 Cape Town’s proposed second big commercial airport, the Cape Winelands Airport (CWA), should receive its first passengers in 2027, says RSA.Aero MD Nick Ferguson. RSA.Aero is the project developer, with the first phase expected to cost between R5-billion and R7-billion. →

An artist's impression of the proposed Cape Winelands Airport

Airlink to restart Durban-Bloemfontein air service

By: Rebecca Campbell 18th January 2024 South African regional and domestic airline Airlink has announced that it is to reinstate direct flights between the cities of Durban and Bloemfontein. This service will recommence on February 26. This step is part of the airline’s programme to make Durban its third hub airport. The carrier... →

Photo by Airlink/J de Reuck
An Embraer ERJ140 regional jet of Airlink.

ATNS takes over air traffic control at Grand Central Airport

By: Rebecca Campbell 16th January 2024 Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS), South Africa’s air traffic management (ATM) agency, has assumed responsibility for air traffic services at Grand Central Airport, in Gauteng province, with effect from Monday. Privately-owned Grand Central, in Midrand, about halfway between Johannesburg... →

ATNS CEO Nozipho Mdawe

December international air passenger traffic through Cape Town Airport sets new record

By: Rebecca Campbell 15th January 2024 Cape Town Air Access (CTAA) announced on Monday that December had seen a monthly record number of two-way international passengers passing through Cape Town International Airport (CTIA). These passengers numbered 317 000. The previous record, set in January 2020, had been 290 000. It was... →

Global air cargo demand recorded strong growth in November

By: Rebecca Campbell 10th January 2024 Global total air cargo demand grew strongly in November, year-on-year, the International Air Transport Association (IATA – the global representative body for the airline industry) has reported. While this was partly a result of air cargo’s weak performance in November 2022, it was also part of... →

Global air passenger traffic now almost at pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels

By: Rebecca Campbell 10th January 2024 Global total air passenger traffic in November last year passed 99% of the figure for November 2019, which was the last November before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, reports the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Total air passenger traffic in November was up 29.7%,... →

Boeing marks centenary of aerial refuelling development

By: Donna Slater 20th December 2023 Major aircraft manufacturer Boeing marked 100 years of aerial refuelling technology and platform development this year, with the first successful aerial refuelling being performed by the US Army in 1923. In the century that followed, the US Air Force and Boeing have evolved the aerial refuelling... →

On June 27, 1923 two DH-4B US Army biplanes conducted history’s first aerial refuelling exercise

International air cargo group opens pharmaceuticals handling facility at Cape Town

By: Rebecca Campbell 14th December 2023 The International Airlines Group’s (IAG’s) freight business, IAG Cargo, announced on Thursday that Cape Town had become its latest station to receive approval to handle the shipment of temperature- and time-sensitive healthcare products. These included bioscience and healthcare inputs and... →

Gordhan withholds key documents on SAA sale from Parliament

By: News24Wire 13th December 2023 Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan has refused to provide two crucial documents on the sale of SAA to Parliament, with the matter now referred to the Speaker to decide further action. Gordhan, who handled the sale of 51% of SAA to the Takatso Consortium singlehandedly, without... →

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan

AI, flying taxis identified as emerging megatrends in the air transport sector

By: Rebecca Campbell 13th December 2023 Global air transport industry information technology (IT) provider SITA has identified both generative artificial intelligence (AI) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) as among the emerging megatrends in the industry. It did so in its latest “Meet the Megatrends” report. No fewer than 97% of airlines... →

Airbus, BMW Group open submissions for transport quantum computing challenge

By: Schalk Burger 8th December 2023 Aerospace company Airbus and automotive manufacturer BMW Group have launched the global Quantum Computing Challenge, seeking candidates to develop a solution to mobility challenges, such as aerodynamics, automated mobility, sustainable supply chains and corrosion inhibition, and then run them on... →

IATA determined to help improve aviation safety in Africa

By: Rebecca Campbell 7th December 2023 The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the global representative body for the airline industry, “is still very focused on Africa”, assured IATA regional VP Africa and Middle East Kamil Alawadhi in a virtual media briefing on Thursday. He highlighted IATA’s Focus Africa... →

IATA is urging governments to prioritise the production of sustainable aviation fuels

By: Rebecca Campbell 7th December 2023 The production of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) is not receiving the priority it needs, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has warned. SAF is essential if commercial aviation is to achieve net-zero carbon emissions status by 2050. (IATA is the global representative body for the... →

Air passenger traffic continued a strong recovery in October

By: Rebecca Campbell 6th December 2023 The International Air Transport Association (IATA – the representative body for the worldwide airline industry) reports that total global air passenger demand continued to recover strongly in October, year-on-year (y-o-y). Total demand was up 31.2%, reaching 98.2% of its levels before the onset... →

Global air cargo demand continues on an upward trend

By: Rebecca Campbell 6th December 2023 October was another month that saw increased year-on-year (y-o-y) air cargo demand, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. (IATA was the global representative body for the airline industry.) Total global demand in October was up 3.8%, while international demand rose by... →

South African woman appointed to head Brussels aircraft maintenance facility

By: Rebecca Campbell 5th December 2023 Aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) company ExecuJet MRO Services Europe has appointed South African Nadia Coetzee as GM of its facility at Brussels International Airport. She was previously supervisor of the technical services department at ExecuJet global head office at Lanseria,... →

Photo by ExecuJet
Nadia Coetzee

Airlink has upgraded its Johannesburg – Richards Bay service

By: Rebecca Campbell 4th December 2023 South African regional and domestic airline Airlink has announced that it has significantly upgraded its service on its Johannesburg-Richards Bay route, with effect from Monday. Previously operated by turboprop Jetstream 41 regional airliners, the route is now operated by Embraer E170 jet... →

Campaign launched to promote tourism to George, the Garden Route and Klein Karoo

By: Rebecca Campbell 4th December 2023 Inter-agency and public private partnership Cape Town and Western Cape air connectivity initiative Cape Town Air Access (CTAA) has announced it is partnering with Cape Town-based and leading African online travel agency Travelstart, to promote tourism to the town of George, and the adjacent... →

Wesgro CEO and CTAA official spokesperson Wrenelle Stander

ACSA urges airline passengers to adhere to hand baggage regulations

By: Rebecca Campbell 1st December 2023 With the high-demand Christmas season about to start, the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has called on airline passengers to adhere to the regulations regarding hand baggage (the bags that passengers can carry with them into airliner cabins). These regulations were not new, but the company... →

A passenger carrying a bag next to a carousel with luggage

Canadian airline orders another 25 jetliners from Embraer

By: Rebecca Campbell 30th November 2023 Brazil-based major aerospace group Embraer has announced that Canadian carrier Porter Airlines has ordered a further 25 E195-E2 airliners, which will take its fleet of this type to 75. The airline also has options on another 25 of the aircraft. The new order is worth, using list prices,... →

Photo by Porter Airlines
An Embraer E195-E2 of Porter Airlines

FlyNamibia to link Windhoek with Victoria Falls in joint strategy with Airlink

By: Rebecca Campbell 29th November 2023 Independent Namibian airline FlyNamibia has announced that it is to institute a new route on April 4 next year. This will connect the country’s capital, Windhoek, to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Because FlyNamibia is a franchisee of South African regional airline Airlink, this new route will open... →

IATA welcomes aviation decarbonisation conference agreements, but demands States act

By: Rebecca Campbell 27th November 2023 The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the global representative body for the airline industry, has welcomed the outcomes of the intergovernmental International Civil Aviation Organisation’s third Conference on Aviation Alternative Fuels (CAAF/3), which was held in Dubai.... →

IATA director-general Willie Walsh

Kenya Airways has resumed services to Bangkok

By: Rebecca Campbell 22nd November 2023 Kenya Airways (KQ), the national flag carrier of the East African country, has announced that it has resumed flights from its hub in Nairobi to Bangkok, in Thailand. This service will be operated five times each week. KQ originally instituted its Bangkok service in 2003, but suspended it with the... →

Hurdles cleared for sale of SAA - now for Takatso to show the money

By: News24Wire 22nd November 2023 The last hurdles are being cleared for the sale of 51% of South African Airways to Takatso - if it can come up with the money. A major blockage to the sale, brokered way back in June 2021, that the government covers all historic liabilities has been overcome, SAA interim chair Derek Hanekom told... →

Africa has huge potential for the production of sustainable aviation fuels

By: Rebecca Campbell 22nd November 2023 In the drive to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions aviation by 2050, Africa potentially has a great advantage, International Air Transport Association (IATA) regional VP Africa and the Middle East Kamil Al-Awadhi points out. IATA is the global representative body for the airline industry,... →

Aviation safety in Africa is improving, but airline industry seeks to always get better

By: Rebecca Campbell 21st November 2023 African airlines need to become more active in the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA’s) regional safety and flight operations groups (which are action oriented), IATA regional VP Africa and the Middle East Kamil Alawadhi has urged. IATA is the global representative body for the... →

African airlines still face government-imposed financial pressures that exceed global norms

By: Rebecca Campbell 21st November 2023 The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the global representative body for the airline industry, has again highlighted the problem of high commercial aviation costs in Africa and urged African governments not to increase them. These costs come from higher-than-global-average... →

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

Egyptair has ordered next-generation Airbus airliners

By: Rebecca Campbell 14th November 2023 Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus announced on Tuesday that Egypt’s national flag carrier, Egyptair, had ordered ten next-generation A350-900 widebody airliners. Next-generation airliners have airframes made predominantly from composite materials, and also use advanced alloys.... →

Photo by Airbus
Artistic impression of an A350 in Egyptair livery

Airbus reports strong demand for its airliners during the first three quarters of this year

By: Rebecca Campbell 10th November 2023 Europe-based global major aerospace and defence group Airbus has released its results for the first nine months of this year (9M23). Consolidated group revenues, at €42.56-billion, were up 12%, year-on-year (y-o-y). Earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit), adjusted, for 9M23 were €3.631-billion... →

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury

IATA has reported that air passenger traffic growth continued to be strong

By: Rebecca Campbell 10th November 2023 In September, global air passenger demand continued to recover strongly from the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. IATA is the global representative body for the airline industry. Total air passenger traffic in September jumped 30.1%, year-on-year... →

Kenya Airways has achieved IATA ground handling services accreditation

By: Rebecca Campbell 9th November 2023 Kenya Airways, the East African country’s national flag carrier, announced on Thursday that it, and its Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (Nairobi) hub, have been accredited by the IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO). IATA stands for the International Air Transport Association (the... →

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