Hong Kong-based major international airline Cathay Pacific has announced that, with effect from July 1, it will increase the number of its flights between its home base and Johannesburg. Under the... 

The recently released Draft Domestic Aviation Sector B-BBEE Scorecards and Amendments could be implemented, but only if government does its part. This point was made by Airlines Association of... 

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has issued a Ministerial order to the Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) board to engage in a mediation process with Airports Coordination Services (ACS).... 

Global production of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) continues to ramp up, the global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has... 

Seven of the ten countries and currency blocs which are the leading blockers of the repatriation of airline funds are in Africa. Top place on this list is now held by Mozambique. The list was... 

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the representative body for the global airline industry, has updated its financial outlook for the sector, for this year. The update... 

Global total air passenger traffic grew strongly in April, in year-on-year (y-o-y) terms, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. (IATA was the global representative body... 

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has reported that the air cargo sector showed good growth in April. Total air cargo... 

Global aviation industry specialist ICT company SITA has launched a new service – SITA Managed Satellites. Making use of low Earth orbit satellites, it provides airports with communications that... 

US-based global major carrier United Airlines has announced the start of its newest route linking the US with Africa. This is an all-year thrice-weekly direct connection between Washington DC and... 

Family members of people killed in two fatal crashes of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max jets are urging the US Justice Department to reject a possible deal that would allow the planemaker to avoid a criminal... 

The integrated transport sector is set to face some of the most stringent broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) requirements in the country, following proposals unveiled by Integrated... 

Global airline Qatar Airways has announced that, with effect from June 1 this year, one of its seven weekly flights between Doha and Cape Town will be operated by a Boeing 777, instead of the usual... 

Aviation Co-ordination Services (ACS) has welcomed the Gauteng High Court ruling on May 2, which dismissed Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) and the South African Civil Aviation Authority’s... 

Global air passenger traffic increased again in March, in year-on-year (y-o-y) terms, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. IATA is the global representative body for the... 

The International Air Transport Association (IATA – the global representative body for the airline industry) has reported that March saw air cargo hit a record level for that month. In year-on-year... 

The National Audit Office of Tanzania has recommended that national carrier Air Tanzania, in cooperation with the Tanzanian government, undertake a study to determine what the most suitable... 

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has been encouraged by Egypt’s plan to stimulate the production of sustainable aviation... 

US aerospace giant Boeing has opened a new office, in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. This office is intended to be the group’s administrative hub for its activities and operations... 

Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) is pursuing the automation and digitalisation of air cargo, ACSA CEO Mpumi Mpofu assured the inaugural International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Global... 

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global representative body for the airline industry, has highlighted the importance of safety and security to the air cargo sector. IATA is... 

The global representative body for the airline (including air cargo) sector, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has highlighted the importance of air cargo to the global economy.... 

Brazil-based global major aerospace group Embraer has announced that it has signed a service support agreement with Kenya Airways. The agreement sees the East African carrier joining the Embraer... 

Air transport industry IT company Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques (SITA) and IT and electronics company NEC Corporation have signed an agreement to accelerate the... 

South Africa’s air traffic management and air traffic control agency, Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS), which has come under heavy fire for its failure to meet its regulatory obligations... 

US planemaker Boeing Co reached settlements with the families of two people who died in the March 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX on the eve of a trial, the company and lawyers... 

South African regional and domestic airline Airlink has been awarded International Air Transport Association (IATA) Environmental Assessment (IEnvA) certification, the carrier announced on... 

Kenyan President Dr William Samoei Ruto has highlighted the importance of aviation to Africa. He was welcoming the fact that the thirty-seventh IATA Ground Handling Conference (IGHC) is to be held... 

Global aviation industry-owned information, communications and related technologies group SITA (not to be confused with South Africa’s State IT Agency) has announced the conclusion of its take-over... 

Total global air passenger traffic rose by 2.6%, year-on-year (y-o-y), in February, the International Air Transport Association (IATA – the global representative body for the airline industry) has... 

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has reported that global air cargo demand declined, year-on-year (y-o-y) in February,... 

The Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has announced that it is launching an enquiry into reported procurement irregularities. More specifically, the board of the State-owned company has stated... 

It is now time to scale up the use of digital ID systems across the global commercial aviation industry, SITA senior VP Jeremy Springall has affirmed. (SITA is the aviation industry’s specialist IT... 

Drone specialist company RocketDNA has achieved a groundbreaking milestone as the first company in South Africa and Australia to secure approval for remote unmanned aerial system (UAS) docking... 

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), with their ability to provide real-time data, high-resolution imagery and rapid assessment capabilities, are fast becoming indispensable tools for effectively and... 

At the 2025 edition of its annual, sustainable aerospace-focused, Airbus Summit, the Europe-based global major aerospace and defence group reaffirmed its commitment to develop and market a... 

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced that it has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with the Ethiopian Airlines Group for the financing of the new $7.8-billion Abusera International... 

The global representative body for the air transport sector, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has announced that the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Registry that it has...