Kenya Airways Cargo, a division of national flag carrier Kenya Airways (KQ), on Thursday received International Air Transport Association (IATA) Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators... 

Global air passenger traffic continued, in March, to recover strongly from the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. Total air passenger traffic in... 

Qatar Airways Cargo, a business of major Middle Eastern carrier Qatar Airways, on Wednesday formally inaugurated its first cargo hub outside its home country, at Kigali International Airport, in... 

Air cargo, worldwide, continued to decline in March, in year-on-year terms, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. (IATA is the global representative body for the airline... 

Air bp, the aviation fuels division of global major energy giant bp, has highlighted the importance of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in the decarbonisation of aviation (although it would not be... 

While much of the focus on transitioning commercial aviation to net-zero carbon emissions status was on aerodynamics, propulsion technology, infrastructure and even flight management, insurance... 

The role of commercial aviation in providing assistance and support during natural disasters and humanitarian crises has been highlighted at the IATA World Cargo Symposium in Istanbul, Türkiye.... 

The Emirates Lunar Mission, which would have seen the deployment of the United Arab Emirates- (UAE-) developed Rashid rover on the moon’s surface, has failed.  Private Japanese space exploration... 

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the global representative body for the airline industry, believed that the three priorities for the air cargo sector were, in the order... 

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... 

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... 

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,... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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, 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... 

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)... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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.... 

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... 

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)... 

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... 

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...