Aviation
AIR TRANSPORT
Iata expects growth in passenger, cargo demand in 2013
The International Air Transport Association (Iata) was cautiously optimistic about the outlook for the aviation sector in 2013. “Business confidence is up. The Eurozone situation is more stable than it was a year-ago and the US avoided the...
01 Feb 13
Aviation
Global long-range business jet company starts operations to and from SA
Global business jet operator VistaJet announced at Lanseria International Airport (north west of Johannesburg and south west of Pretoria) on Friday that it would now be operating to and from South Africa. The company also exhibited its latest...
By: Keith Campbell
01 Feb 13
Aerospace
Boeing 787 Dreamliner grounded worldwide after alarming failures
American planemaker Boeing’s revolutionary 787 Dreamliner airliner was grounded by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on January 16, following a series of incidents and failures. On January 7, a Japan Air Lines 787 suffered from a...
By: Keith Campbell
01 Feb 13
Aerospace
Boeing 787 problems unlikely to affect Airbus A350, but new A380 wing production hits snags
European planemaker Airbus does not yet see any need to change the electrical architecture of its latest design, the A350XWB airliner, because of problems now being suffered by US rival Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner. This was made clear by company...
By: Keith Campbell
01 Feb 13
Aerospace & Defence
Europe’s A400M aircraft programme now reaching major milestones
Airbus Military’s troubled A400M airlifter programme is now progressing well, with the first production aircraft set to be delivered to the launch customer within a few months, Airbus group president and CEO Fabrice Brégier reported at the...
By: Keith Campbell
01 Feb 13
AVIATION
Africa responds to aviation needs
As air traffic to and within Africa increased, many countries on the continent had embarked on airport construction, expansion and upgrading initiatives to boost its aviation infrastructure and capacity, said Airport Council International (ACI)...
By: Natasha Odendaal
31 Jan 13
Aerospace
Spacecraft, electric car designer warns on Boeing 787 battery design and layout
South Africa-born US innovator and entrepreneur Elon Musk has asserted that the type and layout of lithium ion batteries used by Boeing in its revolutionary 787 Dreamliner is “inherently unsafe”. Musk, founder, CEO and chief designer of rocket...
By: Keith Campbell
30 Jan 13
AVIATION
Boeing 787 probe moves to monitoring system maker
The joint US and Japanese investigation into the Boeing 787's battery problems has moved from the battery-maker to the manufacturer of a monitoring system. Transport ministry official Shigeru Takano said Monday the probe into battery-maker GS...
By: Sapa
28 Jan 13
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Rail agency appoints marketing management agency 
Rail infrastructure upgrades abound
Gautrain to charge R49 for single Pretoria, JHB...
New locomotives to help Transnet increase capacity
Taxi warlords still cast long shadow
Gigaba outlines his ‘robust leadership’...
AG to probe 13 Gauteng roads and transport...
Multibillion-rand signalling upgrade project...
Competition encourages use of recycled plastic...
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