IATA highlights fuel efficiency audit as means to cut airline fuel burn and carbon emissions

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has highlighted the importance of minimising aviation fuel consumption in achieving the... 

Necsa 2022/23 profit owing to success of turnaround strategy

South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) group CEO Loyiso Tyabashe has credited the group’s R125-million profit (and total comprehensive income of R145-million) in the 2022/23 financial... 

Air Belgium, which links South Africa and Belgium, is terminating all passenger flights

The board of directors of Air Belgium, which operates services to South Africa, suddenly announced on Monday afternoon that the carrier would cease all passenger operations, with effect from... 

Hydrogen-powered aviation company ZeroAvia secures support from major groups

Zero emission aviation company ZeroAvia announced on Monday that its latest funding round has been led by major international groups, namely Europe-based global aerospace group Airbus, UK-based... 

Embraer announces airliner order from, and delivery to, two Nigerian airlines

Major Brazil-based aerospace group Embraer announced on Thursday that Nigerian carrier Air Peace had placed a firm order for five of the airframer’s E175 smaller-category (88-seat) single-aisle... 

Lufthansa to restart Johannesburg-Munich flights next year

Germany’s national flag carrier, Lufthansa, has announced that it will reinstate direct flights between Munich, in the German state of Bavaria, and Johannesburg, with effect from June 4 next year.... 

Growth in passenger traffic has replaced recovery as the focus of Cape Town Air Access

Regarding the inflow of tourists to Cape Town and the wider Cape Province, Cape Town Air Access (CTAA) was no longer talking of recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic; rather, it was now talking of... 

Western Cape Minister reaffirms target of a R1tr economy by 2035

Addressing the Cape Town Air Access 2023 Annual Review function, Western Cape provincial Finance and Economic Opportunities Minister Mireille Wenger highlighted the province’s plan to achieve a... 

Denel briefs Parliament Public Enterprises Portfolio Committee on its restructuring

The senior management of State-owned defence industrial group Denel presented, on Wednesday, to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises, an update on the restructuring plan for... 

Denel seeking to rebuild itself after severe collapse

A briefing to Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises by the top management of Denel on Wednesday brought home the scale of the collapse at the State-owned defence industrial group... 

South Africa has joined China’s lunar research station programme

The South African National Space Agency (Sansa) has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the China National Space Administration (CNSA) regarding lunar exploration.... 

South Africa’s environmental monitoring network has celebrated its twenty-first anniversary

The National Research Foundation’s South African Environmental Observation Network (NRF-SAEON) celebrated its 21st anniversary on Friday. Organised in “nodes” spread across the country, the... 

Agriculture was the fastest growing sector of the SA economy in the second quarter

The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has, in its brief report 'Perspectives on Agriculture’s Performance in Q2 of 2023', highlighted the contribution of the agricultural sector to... 

Air passenger traffic continues to recover strongly post-Covid

Total air passenger traffic continued its strong, post-Covid-19 pandemic, recovery in July, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. (IATA is the global representative body... 

Denel reports its T5-52 mobile artillery piece achieved ranges above 60 km in demonstration

State-owned defence industrial group Denel has reported that it has successfully demonstrated the long-range capabilities of its T5-52 truck-mounted gun/howitzer to eight international delegations... 

Kenya Airways unit pushing use of drones and other emerging aviation technologies

With new technologies promising to transform commercial aviation, Kenyan national flag carrier Kenya Airways is determined to be an active participant in this revolution and so make the East... 

Nasa initiates study into airliners capable of flying at four times the speed of sound

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has announced that it is now initiating the next phase of its Advanced Air Vehicles Programme (AAVP). This is focused on developing... 

Kenya Airways unit pushing use of drones and other emerging aviation technologies

With new technologies promising to transform commercial aviation, Kenyan national flag carrier Kenya Airways is determined to be an active participant in this revolution and so make the East... 

New top level research institute to be hosted by a consortium led by Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University (SU) announced on Wednesday that a consortium that it heads has been selected by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) to... 

Air cargo demand continued recovery trend in July, with Africa seeing the strongest growth

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the global representative body for the airline industry, has reported that global air cargo demand in July saw a continuation of the... 

New industry alliance to push hydrogen as an aviation fuel launched in UK by major groups

A group of leading UK and Europe-based aerospace, aviation, and renewable energy sector companies on Tuesday announced that they had formed a UK-based alliance to promote the use of hydrogen in... 

Solar energy company launches ambitious minigrid roll-out initiative for Africa

US-based rural Africa and Asia-focused net-zero energy company Husk Power Systems (Husk) announced on Tuesday the launch of its “Africa Sunshot” solar minigrid roll-out initiative. The initiative... 

International collaboration in particle physics is important for South Africa, says Minister

South African Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Blade Nzimande has emphasized the importance to South Africa of its collaboration with the European Organisation for Nuclear... 

World’s top physics instrumentation conference has opened in Cape Town

The sixth iteration of the Technology and Instrumentation in Particle Physics (TIPP) conference was opened at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Monday. This is the first time that... 

Airbus launches new, latest technology, airliner fuselage plant

Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus has formally inaugurated its latest production plant – an automated facility for the outfitting of fuselage sections for the latest variant of the... 

IATA payment service for travel agents launched in five more African countries

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that its EasyPay service was launched in Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Gabon and Mauritius, with effect from Wednesday (August 30). EasyPay... 

Brazilian tourism agency highlights importance of resumption of Brazil-South Africa flights

Brazil’s tourism promotion agency, EMBRATUR, has welcomed the news that direct flights between Brazil and South Africa are being reinstituted. These flights will start early this month and will be... 

African airlines saw above average traffic growth during the second quarter

During the second quarter of this year (2Q23), African airlines, for the second quarter in a row, saw the world’s second highest year-on-year passenger traffic growth rate, the International Air... 

International air passengers give billions boost to Cape Town and the Western Cape

Cape Town Air Access, a multiagency initiative led by Western Cape provincial trade, investment and tourism promotion agency Wesgro, on Thursday released its latest figures on the economic benefits... 

Airlink has restarted air cargo services to Windhoek

South African regional airline Airlink has resumed cargo operations to and from the Hosea Kutako International Airport in Windhoek, Namibia. The carrier suspended these operations on Wednesday,... 

South Africa’s first comprehensive space conference taking place in Pretoria

South Africa’s inaugural National Space Conference (NSC) is currently under way in Pretoria (in Metropolitan Tshwane), at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s International... 

DRDGold to list on A2X

The A2X stock exchange has announced that gold producer DRDGold is to list its shares on it. This additional listing will not affect the gold company’s issued share capital. Currently, DRDGold has... 

Finnish group contracted to provide long-term maintenance at Senegalese power station

US-based global energy company ContourGlobal has entered into a long-term service agreement with Finland-based global energy and marine technology and lifecycle solutions group Wärtsilä for the... 

South African food inflation continued to decrease in July, but still far above CPI inflation

The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has, in its latest 'Food Inflation Brief', highlighted that South Africa’s food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation – hereafter to be... 

IFC makes record investments in Africa

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), which is part of the World Bank Group, has reported that, over the 12 months from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, it made investments totalling... 

Indian space agency reports that all systems are go on its historic Chandrayaan lunar mission

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO’s) history-making Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission has continued to go to plan with the activation of key experiments aboard the Vikram lander. This... 

Aviation company announces compressor breakthrough

US-UK zero-greenhouse gas emission aviation company ZeroAvia announced on Friday that it had developed a high-performance compressor for hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion systems (that is,... 

New boards announced for nuclear agencies

The South African government has announced the new boards of directors for both the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) and the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute (NRWDI). The NNR serves to... 

Zero emissions aviation company and energy group enter hydrogen supply partnership

US-UK zero carbon emissions aviation company ZeroAvia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) clean energy group Masdar have entered a partnership to examine the production and supply of hydrogen at key... 

Airlink obliged to suspend air cargo operations to and from Windhoek

South African regional airline Airlink has announced that, with immediate effect, it has had to temporarily suspend its air cargo (but not passenger) operations at Windhoek’s Hosea Kutako...