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Cape Town International recorded 11.1m two-way passengers in 2025
Updated 5 hours ago By: Schalk Burger

Cape Town International Airport saw a record-breaking 11.1-million two-way domestic and international passengers during 2025, and also surpassed its December 2024 international passenger record.... 


An Airlink E190 aircraft
Airlink buys two Embraer E190 airliners from Dutch company
13th January 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African domestic and regional airline Airlink has announced the purchase of two Embraer E190 smaller single-aisle airliners from TrueNoord, a Netherlands-based company. Although a specialist... 


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Airbus reports year-on-year increase in airliner deliveries for last year
13th January 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus has released its commercial aircraft delivery and order figures for 2025. It delivered 793 airliners throughout the year. These aircraft were... 


The ATNS tower at OR Tambo International
ATNS assures that air traffic services at OR Tambo International Airport are working normally
12th January 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

South Africa’s air traffic management and control agency, Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS), has confirmed that air traffic services at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport... 


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Ethiopia begins $12.5bn construction of 'Africa's biggest airport'
12th January 2026 By: Reuters

Ethiopian Airlines on Saturday officially started a $12.5-billion construction project for what officials say will be Africa's biggest airport when completed in 2030 in the Ethiopian town of... 


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Africa was star performer in November air traffic demand, capacity growth, IATA reports
8th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) finds in its latest set of data for November that global passenger demand increased by 5.7% year-on-year, as measured in revenue passenger... 


An Airlink aircraft
Airlink reports flight delays on Sunday due to issues at ATNS
5th January 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African domestic and regional airline Airlink has expressed sincere regrets about flight delays that affected its operations to and from Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport on... 


Angola deploys passenger information, name record gateway at Luanda airport
12th December 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Angola has deployed air transport industry technology services company SITA's advance passenger information (API) and passenger name record (PNR) gateway at the Dr António Agostinho Neto... 


The above image depicts RSA Aero MD Nicholas Ferguson
Airport expansion project receives environmental authorisation
12th December 2025 By: Lynne Davies

After an initial investment by real estate investment company Growthpoint Properties, the privately owned Cape Winelands Airport (CWA) – which is owned by private airport operator RSA Aero – has... 


Ethiopian airlines
African airlines suffer higher costs, lower profit margins despite booming air traffic growth
11th December 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects global air passenger traffic to grow by 4.9% from five-billion passengers this year to 5.2-billion passengers in 2026. In Africa, the... 


SAA aircraft
SAA, Turkish Airlines sign codeshare agreement
10th December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The national flag carriers of South Africa and Türkiye, South African Airways (SAA) and Turkish Airlines, have signed a codeshare agreement, which will take effect on March 1, 2026. Under the terms... 


man refueling plane
IATA cuts 2025 SAF forecast, warns EU, UK mandates stalling progress
10th December 2025 By: Darren Parker

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has lowered its forecast for global sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production for this year, stating that government mandates in the EU and the... 


WBHO CEO Wolfgang Neff and RSA Aero MD Nick Ferguson sign the construction agreement. RSA Aero owns the Cape Winelands Airport
WBHO seals the deal to build the R8bn Cape Winelands Airport
9th December 2025 By: Irma Venter

The Cape Winelands Airport has appointed Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon (WBHO) to take responsibility for the technical development and construction of its new R8-billion airport, set to be built in... 


IATA director-general Willie Walsh
IATA forecasts that global airline profitability will stabilise next year, but Africa will lag
9th December 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has issued its financial outlook for the sector for next year. It is expected that... 


From left AFRAA secretary general Abdérahmane Berthé, Afreximbank intra-African trade and export development EVP Kanayo Awani and Kenya Airways CEO Allan Kilavuka
West and Central Africa lead the continent into a new era of regional air traffic control
9th December 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has celebrated the full operational deployment of the Free Route Airspace (FRA) concept across the continent’s Western and Central African (WACAF) region,... 


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Qantas now operating direct Perth-Johannesburg flights
8th December 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Australian national flag carrier Qantas has launched its new direct service between Perth, Western Australia, and Johannesburg. This complements the airline’s existing service between Sydney and... 


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Aviation and tourist sector entities urge State to adopt digital border control technologies
8th December 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

International air transport sector-owned technology company SITA and global private sector travel and tourism industry non-profit promotion entity, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), have... 


Enviro nod for Winelands Airport
5th December 2025

The R8-billion Cape Winelands Airport project in Cape Town has received environmental authorisation from the Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEADP). The... 


IATA reports strong air passenger growth in October
1st December 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has reported strong year-on-year growth in air passenger traffic in October. Total... 


Record air cargo growth in October, reports IATA
1st December 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Global total air cargo demand recorded record year-on-year growth in October, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. IATA is the global representative body for the airline... 


An Embraer E190 in Airlink livery
Airlink announces changes to its Johannesburg-Nairobi schedule
27th November 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African regional and domestic airline, Airlink, has announced changes to its flight schedule on its Johannesburg-Nairobi route. The service is operated every day, using Embraer E190... 


An image of Cape Town airport
Fuel association clarifies Jet A-1 supply constraints at Cape Town airport
21st November 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Fuels Industry Association of South Africa has responded to recent media reports regarding Jet A-1 supply constraints at the Cape Town International Airport (CTIA). The association emphasises... 


Major international aviation safety electronics conference held in South Africa
20th November 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The International Federation of Air Traffic Safety Electronics Associations (IFATSEA) recently held its 53rd General Assembly in Cape Town, South Africa’s Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS)... 


A LATAM aircraft
Cape Town secures another new international air route, to South America
20th November 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Public-private partnership initiative Cape Town Air Access (CTAA) welcomes the announcement by major South American airline group LATAM that it will institute a direct service between Cape Town and... 


A Boeing 777 in Emirates' livery
Emirates announces enhanced codeshare agreement with SAA, adds third daily flight to Cape Town
19th November 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Dubai, United Arab Emirates- (UAE-) based global major airline Emirates has announced that, with effect from July 1 next year, it will operate a third daily flight on its Dubai-Cape Town route.... 


Luggage on an airport carousel
ACSA adds baggage-tracking feature to its mobile app
19th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

State-owned Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has introduced a real-time baggage-tracking feature to its mobile app, enabling passengers to monitor the progress of their checked-in baggage from... 


Air Côte d’Ivoire orders Embraer jetliners to modernise its fleet
18th November 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Brazil-based global major aerospace group Embraer has announced that Air Côte d’Ivoire, the national flag carrier of the West African State of Côte d’Ivoire, has ordered four E175 small... 


An Airlink aircraft
Airlink signs parts agreement for its new airliners with airframer Embraer
17th November 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African regional and domestic airline Airlink has signed a Component Pool Programme agreement with Brazil-based global major aerospace group Embraer. The agreement provides support for the... 


The 2019 crash site of a 737 MAX jet in Ethiopia
Boeing ordered to pay more than $28m to 737 MAX crash victim's family
13th November 2025 By: Reuters

A jury in federal court in Chicago ordered Boeing on Wednesday to pay more than $28 million to the family of a United Nations environmental worker who was killed in the 2019 crash of a 737 MAX jet... 


Dube Cargo Terminal, at King Shaka International Airport, reports good year-on-year growth
12th November 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Dube Tradeport Special Economic Zone has announced that the Dube Cargo Terminal, located at Durban’s King Shaka International Airport (KSIA), had registered 7% year-on-year (y-o-y) growth... 


An Airbus A350-1000ULR
Qantas’ ultralong-range ambitions take major step with assembly of new Airbus type
7th November 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Australian national flag carrier Qantas has highlighted that the airframe for it first Airbus A350-1000ULR airliner has been completed, at Airbus’ Final Assembly Line, in Toulouse, France. The... 


The St Helena airport
St Helena Tourism, Airlink announce 18-month flight schedule
6th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Tourism organisation St Helena Tourism has, in partnership with its airline partner Airlink, released an 18-month forward flight schedule to the island, providing visitors and residents with... 


Nozipho Mdawe
ATNS, CEO agree to part ways
6th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

State-owned Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) has announced that it and CEO Nozipho Mdawe have agreed to end their working relationship, with effect from October 31 – well ahead of the... 


A Boeing 737 MAX aircraft
Boeing settles with families of three 737 MAX crash victims
6th November 2025 By: Reuters

Boeing has reached settlements in three lawsuits brought by the families of victims who died in the March 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX, the attorney representing the families... 


IATA reports that global airline passengers increasingly using digital and biometric systems
5th November 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has released its 2025 Global Passenger Survey (GPS), compiled from 10 000 responses in... 


An image of the new The new Proteas-branded plane
FlySafair, Cricket South Africa launch new Proteas livery for plane
5th November 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aviation company FlySafair and national cricket governing body Cricket South Africa (CSA) on November 4 unveiled a newly completed Proteas-themed aircraft livery, marking another step in the... 


People boarding a plane
Air passenger demand continued to grow in September – IATA
3rd November 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the global representative body for the airline industry, reports that total global air passenger demand increased by 3.6%, year-on-year... 


In September, global air cargo continued to reroute itself to avoid US tariffs
3rd November 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The global representative body of the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has reported that global total air cargo demand in September increased by 2.9%,... 


An Airlink aircraft
Airlink to start flying to Nacala in Mozambique next year
3rd November 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African domestic and regional airline Airlink has announced that it is to start services from Johannesburg to the Mozambican coastal city of Nacala in February next year. Nacala will be the... 


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