Airports can be integrated into urban planning, taking them beyond transport hubs to centres of prosperity, innovation and industrial expansion
Liberalising aviation policies, including easing outdated ownership and capitalisation regulations, would boost Africa’s growth
The continent will make significant gains by fast-tracking this sector through investment and skills development
How safe is our country’s state of aviation?
Local ticket prices have risen by at least 35% to 40% as a result of Comair’s collapse
The beleaguered national carrier resumed flights between Johannesburg and Cape Town last September after exiting business rescue
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After an 18-month hiatus, the national carrier has done away with major routes that would have required it to use much larger fleets
Sipho Makhubela assures that the private equity firm has what it takes to raise the capital to get SAA flying again
Draft agreement document spells out that R1.5-billion will be needed to fund severance packages for 2 400 of the airline’s employees
The aviation sector is worried that rules about the radio spectrum in the skies above the project could affect the Jo’burg to Cape Town route
Ethiopian Airlines said Thursday that the black box flight recorders from the Boeing 737 MAX 8 that crashed have been flown to Paris for analysis.
Senior US officials told reporters that nine airlines from eight countries had been told to ban any device bigger than a cellphone or smartphone
A flight training course costs up to R28 500 while setting up a commercial operation can amount to R80 000.
Carriers in the region have generally taken home a poor safety report card. Don’t write them off yet: there is real hope for the $70-billion industry.
Aviation is booming in China, but there aren’t many places to train. So, hello Oudtshoorn.
Liberalised air transport regulations on the continent would lead to lower prices, more jobs and stronger economic growth, a study has found.
Adept Airmotive says it is being stripped for parts by the same state agency that left it high and dry.
Thousands of people have gathered at Airbus’s Toulouse campus to watch the first flight of the aircraft manufacturer’s A350.
A solar-powered aeroplane has landed in Phoenix after a flight from California that included several hours in the air after sundown.
When big airline operators are losing money it is no wonder that the smaller guys are cautious writes <strong>Phillip de Wet</strong>.
As the bank crisis and now the volcano shows, the world needs simpler, less inter-connected societies — and fast.
First there were security estates, then golf estates,
then polo estates and more recently farm estates.
The charter industry is in decline but the rich can still
afford private planes