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Sweden’s Northvolt to make batteries for electric planes

By: Bloomberg 25th April 2023 Swedish car-battery maker Northvolt is expanding into aviation, as it targets the nascent field of decarbonizing commercial flight. Lower-weight, higher-density lithium metal batteries developed by Northvolt’s Cuberg subsidiary improve upon lithium ion, which is suitable only for test flights and... →

Airlink’s service between Johannesburg and Nairobi has started

By: Rebecca Campbell 25th April 2023 South African regional airline Airlink started its new service between Johannesburg and Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday. The carrier is the first private-sector airline to operate this route, and the commencement of this service means that business and leisure travellers now have greater choice... →

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Airlink E-190 ZS-YAU receives the traditional water cannon salute on arriving in Nairobi

Public Enterprises dept insists Takatso has the capacity to fund, run SAA

By: Rebecca Campbell 24th April 2023 The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has defended its due diligence of the Takatso consortium, selected to be the strategic equity partner for the currently State-owned national flag carrier, South African Airways (SAA). It has also expressed confidence in Takatso majority shareholder... →

Hanekom to lead new SAA interim board

By: Rebecca Campbell 18th April 2023 Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has announced a new interim board of directors for State-owned airline South African Airways (SAA). The board has to be interim as it will function only until the carrier is taken over by the Takatso consortium. Takatso will own 51% of SAA, with the... →

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SAA interim board chairperson Derek Hanekom

Zero-carbon aerospace, liquid hydrogen production companies team up

By: Rebecca Campbell 17th April 2023 Zero-carbon emissions aircraft powertrain developer ZeroAvia on Monday announced a partnership with liquid hydrogen technology company Absolut Hydrogen. The two companies will cooperate on examining liquified hydrogen production, storage and refuelling at airports. ZeroAvia is an Anglo-US company... →

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ZeroAvia’s modified Dornier D 228 takes off on its first flight with a hybrid-electric powertrain, in January

Pursuing a future with green hydrogen aircraft

By: Tracy Hancock 14th April 2023 While Western Cape drone developer FlyH2 Aerospace is making headway with the development of its long endurance, remotely piloted aircraft system hydrogen-electric aircraft, the Dragonfly V, it is establishing a new division, FlyH2 Energy, to develop fuel cells and water electrolysers for... →

A rendering of the FlyH2 Dragonfly V commercial hydrogen-electric drone in flight.

FlyH2 Aerospace’s Dragonfly V drone, a long endurance, remotely piloted aircraft system hydrogen-electric aircraft, successfully complete its first test flight

Global airline body welcomes UAE’s ratification of protocol to deal with unruly passengers

By: Rebecca Campbell 13th April 2023 The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has welcomed the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE’s) ratification of the Montreal Protocol 2014 (MP14). This gives the UAE jurisdiction over passengers who are unruly on flights arriving at the... →

Air Seychelles announces new international route to Asia

By: Rebecca Campbell 13th April 2023 Air Seychelles, the State-owned national flag carrier for the Indian Ocean archipelagic country, has announced that it will institute a new international service in late June, between its home base of Mahe, and Colombo in Sri Lanka. The carrier also reported that it will shortly conclude a... →

Last month saw surge in sustainable aviation fuel deals and developments, reports IATA

By: Rebecca Campbell 12th April 2023 In its latest “Fly Net Zero Media Update”, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) – the global representative body for the airline industry – has highlighted a wave of significant developments regarding the rollout and use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) during March alone. This... →

IATA reports that declines in air cargo demand seem to be levelling off

By: Rebecca Campbell 6th April 2023 While global air cargo demand in February was down 7.5% in year-on-year terms, it was also 2.9% higher than it had been in February 2019, before the Covid-19. This was reported by the representative body of the global airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), in its... →

Global air passenger traffic continues a strong recovery in February

By: Rebecca Campbell 6th April 2023 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported that global air passenger traffic continued to recover strongly from the Covid-19 pandemic in February. IATA is the representative body for the global airline industry. In year-on-year (y-o-y) terms, total air passenger traffic in... →

IATA forecasts very positive outlook for African airlines over next 12 years

By: Rebecca Campbell 4th April 2023 Africa’s air passenger traffic was expected to double, to more than 260-million passengers, by 2035, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has predicted. It also forecast that in 2035 aviation would, in Africa, support 7.7-million jobs and $63-billion in gross domestic product. (IATA... →

IATA launches new Africa-focused initiative

By: Rebecca Campbell 4th April 2023 The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), on Monday afternoon launched its Focus Africa initiative, to help the continent’s commercial aviation industry achieve its potential. Currently, Africa was home to 18% of the world’s... →

ACSA CFO Siphamandla Mthethwa resigns

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 3rd April 2023 Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) CFO Siphamandla Mthethwa has resigned with effect from April 3. His last day in the employ of ACSA will be June 30 or an earlier date yet to be negotiated. →

Air China restarting flights to South Africa

By: Rebecca Campbell 31st March 2023 Air China, the national flag carrier for the People’s Republic of China, is resuming its flights to South Africa. This follows a three-year break in the service, which was caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and China’s especially strict lockdown response to it. “The Beijing-Shenzhen-Johannesburg... →

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An Air China Airbus A350-900 takes off on its delivery flight from Toulouse, in France

Single air transport market could add impetus to lagging recovery of African carriers

By: Rebecca Campbell 31st March 2023 The post-Covid-19-pandemic recovery of the African airline industry is lagging behind that of other regions of the world, but it is recovering, International Air Transport Association (IATA) External Affairs & Sustainability: Africa & Middle East regional business development manager Sandile... →

Delays as several South African airports see air traffic navigation procedures suspended over noncompliance

By: News24Wire 30th March 2023 The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has suspended certain air traffic navigation procedures at more than ten airports due to noncompliance. An affected procedure, for example, could be that the instrument landing system (ILS) - usually used when visibility is poor - is suspended.... →

Zambian airline to resume flights to Durban

By: Rebecca Campbell 30th March 2023 Zambian airline Proflight Zambia has announced that it is to resume scheduled flights between the central southern African country’s capital, Lusaka, and South Africa’s third major metropolitan hub city, number one port, and major tourist destination Durban. Located in the province of... →

The Western Cape seeks to grow air cargo traffic through Cape Town International Airport

By: Rebecca Campbell 29th March 2023 While Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) had 25% of South Africa’s air cargo capacity, it currently accounted for only 15% of the country’s air cargo traffic, pointed out Wesgro Cape Town Air Access project manager David King. “We need to work on that,” he affirmed. (He was addressing the... →

Kenya Airways reports another loss-making year, last year, but on recovery course

By: Rebecca Campbell 29th March 2023 Kenya Airways (KQ), the East African country’s national flag carrier, this week released its results for the full year of 2022. (The airline is currently a public private partnership, with the Government of Kenya as the biggest, but not majority, shareholder.) It recorded net losses, after tax,... →

ACSA aims to complete OR Tambo cargo terminal expansion in the next five years

By: Schalk Burger 29th March 2023 The Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) intends to conclude an expansion of the cargo terminal at the OR Tambo International Airport within the next five years. The existing cargo terminal is currently constrained, necessitating the expansion, ACSA Cluster 1 regional GM Jabulani Khambule... →

The OR Tambo International Airport's passenger terminals have sufficient capacity

Germany affirms value of green energy research cooperation with South Africa

By: Rebecca Campbell 28th March 2023 Germany sees international cooperation as the only way to deal with the issue of climate change and views South Africa and South African research institutions as valuable partners in this regard. This was a message conveyed by Federal German Government Education and Research Minister Bettina... →

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German Federal Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger

Testbed aircraft flies in level flight using only hydrogen-electric power

By: Rebecca Campbell 27th March 2023 UK-US zero-emission aviation technology company ZeroAvia has posted, on social media platform Facebook, that its 19-seat Dornier Do 228 testbed aircraft had flown, in level flight, using only its hydrogen-electric power train. This was noted and reported by renowned UK aerospace website... →

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ZeroAvia’s modified Dornier D 228 takes off on its first flight with a hybrid-electric powertrain, in January

Air traffic through Cape Town continues to recover

By: Rebecca Campbell 24th March 2023 Cape Town Air Access, a division of the Western Cape tourism, trade and investment promotion agency Wesgro, reports (in its latest Route Network Update) that Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) has continued its recovery from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Last month, passenger traffic... →

Airlink to start flights between Johannesburg and Nairobi

By: Rebecca Campbell 24th March 2023 South African regional airline Airlink has announced that it is starting a major new international route, between Johannesburg and Nairobi, Kenya, next month. Airlink will become the first private-sector airline to operate on this route. This will make Kenya the third East African country, and... →

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One of Airlink’s Embraer E190s

Belgium diamantaire establishes presence in OR Tambo SEZ

By: Donna Slater 23rd March 2023 Belgium-based diamond jeweller Pluczenik has chosen to establish a local division – Pluczenik South Africa – at the OR Tambo Special Economic Zone (SEZ), in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. To commemorate South Africa and Belgium’s readiness to enhance political and economic relations, the OR Tambo SEZ – as... →

IATA launches new initiative to promote gender diversity in aviation, worldwide

By: Rebecca Campbell 23rd March 2023 The International Air Transport Association (IATA – the representative body for the global airline industry) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are working together to promote greater gender diversity in the aviation industry, worldwide. They are doing so through a virtual datathon, which was launched... →

Zero-emissions aviation company reports record-breaking fuel cell performance tests

By: Rebecca Campbell 10th March 2023 UK-US zero-emission aviation technology company ZeroAvia has announced that early tests of its High Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane (HTPEM) fuel cell systems delivered performances that were record-breaking. The tests were conducted at the company’s UK research and development (R&D) site and... →

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ZeroAvia’s modified Dornier D 228 takes off on its first flight with a hybrid-electric powertrain, in January

Global air passenger traffic continued very healthy recovery in January

By: Rebecca Campbell 10th March 2023 Worldwide, air passenger traffic continued its strong recovery, from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, in January, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. IATA is the representative body for the global airline industry. In year-on-year (year-on-year) terms, total air... →

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An Airbus A330neo widebody airliner

IATA reports challenging conditions for global air cargo in January

By: Rebecca Campbell 9th March 2023 The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has reported that the worldwide air cargo sector had a “soft” beginning to this year. In year-on-year (year-on-year) terms, total air cargo demand in January was down 14.9%, while... →

Airlink now has international marketing and sales representation on all five continents

By: Rebecca Campbell 9th March 2023 South African regional airline Airlink now has representation in markets in North America and Asia. This follows its appointment of Germany-based international aviation, tourism, hospitality, food and beverage brands communications company AVIAREPS as its General Sales Agent (GSA) in these... →

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An Embraer E190 airliner of Airlink

IATA reports improved overall commercial aviation safety last year

By: Rebecca Campbell 7th March 2023 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Tuesday released its Airline Safety Performance 2022 report. In nearly all respects, last year had been safer for airline operations than the year before (2021) as well as better than the average for the five-year period 2018-2022. (The IATA... →

Kenya Airways highlights its anti-human-trafficking policy and launches awareness campaign

By: Rebecca Campbell 7th March 2023 Kenya Airways, the national flag carrier for the East African country, on Monday launched a public awareness and outreach campaign against human trafficking and highlighted its own “Trafficking in Persons” (TIPS) policy. Both the TIPS and the public awareness campaign were developed in... →

IATA warns of consequences of incomplete application of new EU air cargo security measure

By: Rebecca Campbell 7th March 2023 Despite having had some four years to prepare, no fewer than 12 European Union (EU) countries were not ready when the EU’s new air cargo security augmentation initiative, the Pre-Loading Advance Cargo Information (PLACI) system, went live on March 1. Further, these countries – Austria, Belgium,... →

Bespoke crane to facilitate helicopter crew training

By: Tracy Hancock 3rd March 2023 Local crane manufacturer Condra’s Germiston workshop will soon take on the challenge of manufacturing a bespoke 5 t double-girder electric overhead travelling crane for the purpose of training helicopter crew and emergency personnel at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), in Gauteng, as part of a... →

Condra crane manufacturing facility in Germiston where orange and yellow painted cranes are being assembled by factory workers.

CONDRA’S FACILITY The AS365 Dauphin helicopter will arrive from Canada to facilitate testing of the crane being built for the University of Johannesburg at Condra’s Germiston workshop by the end of April

St Helena welcomes news that Airlink will resume extra summer flights later this year

By: Rebecca Campbell 2nd March 2023 St Helena Tourism, an official agency of the South Atlantic island’s government, on Thursday welcomed the news that South African regional airline Airlink was going to increase the number of its flights from Johannesburg to the territory, during the 2023/2024 Southern summer season. Currently,... →

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An Embraer E190 of Airlink

DHL Express launches logistics carbon emissions reduction initiative for its customers

By: Rebecca Campbell 1st March 2023 Logistics company DHL Express South Africa announced on Wednesday that, with effect from this month, the global DHL Express group’s GoGreen Plus initiative would be available to South African customers. GoGreen Plus allowed customers to reduce the carbon emissions generated by moving their... →

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Cargo is unloaded from an DHL Express freighter

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