A NEW airline flying between Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg called Velvet Sky is set to lunch in 2011 adding to competition in a sector covered by at least three budget airlines and South African ...
Innocent Mavhunga has been appointed as acting chief executive officer following Peter Chikumba’s resignation. Mavhunga is currently general manager of National Handling Services (NHS), a subsidiary...
The United Arab Emirates and the Yemen have signed a memorandum of understanding to increase flights between the two countries. The agreement will add a further four weekly flights by Dubai carriers ...
Disgruntled families of the lost souls in the Ethiopian plane crash (ET 409) at the coast of Beirut in January 25 are furiously complaining over the delay in settling insurance claims. Ethiopian A...
The new Secretary General of the Nairobi based African Airlines Association (AFRAA), Dr Elijah Chingosho assumed office on January 1, 2011 after a brief handing over ceremony at the organisation’s ...
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia was this week appointed to the new board of directors of Ethiopian Airlines. The national flag carrier is 100% owned by the government of Ethiopia. At a fa...
From January 1, 2011, Qatar Airways will fly its 777-300ER aircraft on the daily non-stop Doha to Madrid route. The aircraft, which features 42 seats in business class and 293 in economy, replaces ...
To help clear the backlog of passengers stranded in London Heathrow, South African Airways (SAA) flew extra flights however one flight left cape Town with just 30 passengers on board. SAA said it h...
Oxalis Lighting, part of The Oxalis Group, have been named an approved supplier to BAE Systems Saudi Arabia. The approval has been awarded to the company for the manufacture and supply of safe area ...
A poor balance sheet may force South African Airways (SAA) to lease rather than buy the 20 A320 aircraft it has on order for delivery in 2013. The new Airbus aircraft are scheduled to replace the airl...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced it will start grounding airlines that are indebted to it. As a result, a number of airlines are already seeking to reconcile their acc...
Boeing has delivered a new 737-800 to the Réunion-based carrier Air Austral, as part of the airline’s modernization plans. The aircraft is the first of two 737-800s which Air Austral ordered to repl...
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