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Qatar Airways to introduce Starlink connectivity on some Cape Town flights
7th May 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


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Court rules ACS can continue to supply hold baggage screening equipment to ACSA
5th May 2025 By: Darren Parker

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 continued to grow during March, IATA reports
2nd May 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


Global air cargo recorded further growth in March, but fell sharply in Africa
30th April 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


Tanzania’s audit office urges aircraft operation model review for loss-making Air Tanzania
29th April 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


IATA highlights Egyptian SAF programme and the benefits of aviation to that country
29th April 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


At the ribbon-cutting of Boeing's new office were (from left) Boeing Africa sales and marketing VP Anbessie Yitbarek; Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority director-general Getachew Mengiste; Ethiopia Transport and Logistics Minister Dr Alemu Seme; Boeing Middle East, Türkiye, Africa and Central Asia president Kuljit Ghata-Aura; US Ambassador to Ethiopia Ervin Massinga; Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Mesfin Tassew; and Boeing Africa MD Henok Teferra Shawl
Boeing opens new regional office for Africa
23rd April 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


ACSA CEO stresses importance of new technologies for air cargo operations
16th April 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


Safety and security crucial for the air cargo industry
15th April 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


IATA warns on trade tensions and the need to boost sustainable aviation fuel production
15th April 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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.... 


Manufacturer Embraer and Kenya Airways sign spare parts support agreement
11th April 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


NEC Corporation, SITA to accelerate global digital identity tech adoption for the travel industry
10th April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

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... 


The ATNS tower at OR Tambo International
ATNS reports significant progress in restoring instrument landing procedures at airports
8th April 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


Investigators at the site of the Ethiopian Airlines crash in 2019
Boeing settles lawsuits with two 737 MAX crash victims' families
8th April 2025 By: Reuters

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... 


An Airlink Embraer E195
Airlink achieves international environmental and sustainability accreditation
3rd April 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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
Aviation opens a world of opportunities for Africa, states Kenyan President
2nd April 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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 IT group announces takeover of airport interior design company
1st April 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


Luggage on a carousel at an airport
Global air passenger demand continued to rise in February
1st April 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


Global air cargo demand registered, in February, its first, although slight, decline since 2023
31st March 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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,... 


Inside the OR Tambo International airport
ACSA to have reports of procurement irregularities independently investigated
31st March 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


Aviation IT group SITA urges the scaling up of digital passenger ID systems for air travel
28th March 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


An image of the RocketDNA xBot
xBot transforms remote operations across industries
28th March 2025

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... 


An image of Kopano Tholo
Drones improve disaster management efforts in high-risk areas
28th March 2025

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... 


A mock-up image created in March 2025 to show what Airbus' fully electric, hydrogen-powered ZEROe aircraft will look like.
Airbus reaffirms its commitment to hydrogen aviation, by means of fuel cells
26th March 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


African Development Bank signs letter of intent to finance major Ethiopian airport project
25th March 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


IATA launches new body to oversee its global Sustainable Aviation Fuels Registry
24th March 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


An Embraer ERJ140 of Airlink
Airlink announces a new regional route, additional services to two other regional routes
19th March 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African regional and domestic airline Airlink has announced the start of a new route, and the increase of frequencies on two other routes. All three are regional ones. The new route is from... 


Aircraft flying over a runway
Single African Air Transport Market is beyond rescue, says outgoing airline CEO
18th March 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Upheavals in global political and trade relations mean that the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) initiative has run out of time, asserted outgoing South African regional and domestic... 


Nozipho Mdawe has been suspended as ATNS CEO
ATNS progressing workstreams, including flight procedures
17th March 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Air Traffic Navigation Services (ATNS) is making progress on four workstreams to fix issues that were identified at the State-owned entity and causing problems at airports, Transport Minister... 


Airlink CEO and MD Rodger Foster
Outgoing South African airline CEO blasts ATNS for creating a 'serious safety risk'
17th March 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

In a hard-hitting and wide-ranging final speech to the Board of Airline Representatives of South Africa (the representative body for international, regional and local airlines and ground handlers... 


The George airport runway
Two South African airports win awards at international event
14th March 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Two of Airports Company South Africa’s (ACSA’s) airports received awards at the Airports Council International World’s 2024 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Experience Awards, ACSA has announced. The... 


Logistics strain far from over, but rail moving in the right direction – Ctrack index
Logistics strain far from over, but rail moving in the right direction – Ctrack index
12th March 2025 By: Irma Venter

The Ctrack Transport and Freight Index (Ctrack TFI) declined for eight consecutive months to reach an index level of 112.8 in January, the lowest level since December 2022. This decline resembles... 


Qatar Airways aircraft
Qatar Airways increases frequency of flights to four African destinations
11th March 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Global major airline Qatar Airways announced on Monday that it has increased the frequency of its services to four of its destinations in Africa, including one in South Africa. The destinations... 


ACSA granted leave to appeal judgment that prevented it from procuring baggage screening equipment
4th March 2025 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) has been granted leave to appeal a judgment that stopped it from procuring baggage screening equipment in an open tender process and from... 


Mark van Wyk with the Dragonfly V
South African zero-emissions UAV to be launched onto the market this year
3rd March 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African zero-emissions aviation startup company FlyH2 Aerospace (FlyH2) has announced that its prototype uncrewed aerial vehicle, the Dragonfly V (five) is successfully continuing its flight... 


Global air passenger traffic demand accelerated in January
28th February 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

January saw a 10% increase, in year-on-year (y-o-y) terms, in total global air passenger traffic. This was reported by the global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air... 


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