Two South African airports have scored highly in the 'Punctuality League 2023' report. This report was compiled by global aviation database and analytics company OAG, using 2022 data, and released... 

Global aviation database and analytics company OAG published its “Punctuality League 2023” report on Tuesday, ranking both airlines and airports around the world in terms of their On-Time... 

Global air passenger traffic continued, in November, to recover from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. (IATA is the... 

Total global air cargo demand during November 2022 declined by 13.7% in year-on-year (y-o-y) terms, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported on Monday. (IATA is the... 

UK-based power and propulsion group Rolls-Royce and aircraft company Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation has successfully conducted the first original-equipment manufacturer test flight of an... 

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA). Under the MoU, the two parties... 

Major US carrier United Airlines, one of only two American operators to directly connect the US with South Africa, announced on Tuesday the biggest ever order placed by a US airline for wide-body... 

Airlines in Africa faced four major challenge areas – connectivity, market access and regulatory reform; taxes, charges and rising costs; environmental sustainability; and safety. This was the main... 

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the representative body of the global airline industry, has estimated that the worldwide production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF)... 

Cape Town’s tourist sector was nearly back at pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels. “In all our key [tourism] markets, in Cape Town, we are nearly recovered,” reported Western Cape tourism, trade and... 

Four people and three companies accused of fraud and corruption in connection with a R400-million SA Express tender could face additional charges. Tebogo van Wyk, 40; Nothando Dube, 44; Sipho Levy... 

Cybersecurity company Trellix says the cybercrime trends observed in South Africa are “pretty much” in line with what is happening on the global stage. “In the last 12 months, we have seen an... 

Major aerospace group Boeing has predicted that global air cargo traffic will increase by 100% between now and 2041. The company has released its ‘World Air Cargo Forecast 2022’, and also predicts... 

The US was now the Western Cape province’s largest single source of tourists and the province’s biggest single export market, highlighted provincial Premier Alan Winde on Thursday evening. He was... 

TAAG Angola Airlines (TAAG) announced on Thursday that it would be implementing a direct flight between Luanda, the Angolan capital, and South Africa’s number one port city, Durban, during the... 

German airline Lufthansa Group’s leisure carrier Eurowings Discover has launched direct flights from Frankfurt, Germany, to the Kruger Mpumalanga International (KMI) airport, in Mpumalanga, South... 

Gidon Novick has resigned from the board of SAA's chosen equity partner, the Takatso consortium, citing concerns about a lack of communication and the consortium's ability to raise enough money.... 

A consortium of dozens of research nonprofits on Wednesday launched a free online platform that details greenhouse gas emissions around the world across 20 economic sectors. Climate Trace, which... 

Air passenger traffic continued a strong recovery during September, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. (IATA is the global representative body for the airline... 

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global representative body for the airline industry, reported on Monday that air cargo demand in September softened, in year-on-year (y-o-y)... 

Airline Emirates plans to again ramp up operations in South Africa with 42 weekly flights between Dubai and Emirates’ three gateways in South Africa – Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. Before... 

Around the world, airline passengers in the post-Covid-19 pandemic era were concerned with convenience and the simplification of processes for air travel, the International Air Transport... 

Kenya Airways, the national flag carrier of the East African country, and Reunion carrier Air Austral, have entered into a codeshare agreement, which took effect on October 29. This agreement gives... 

Hopes of the medium-term budget providing South African Airways (SAA) with the last monies due to creditors in terms of its business rescue plan were dashed by Finance of Finance Enoch Godongwana... 

Europe-based global major aircraft manufacturer Airbus has announced that Air Côte d’Ivoire, the national flag carrier of the West African country of Côte d’Ivoire, had placed a firm order for two... 

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) – the global representative body for the airline industry – opened its 2022 Safety Conference on Tuesday. The conference is being held in Dubai in... 

Four of the airports belonging to the State-owned Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) have been awarded certificates of accreditation for reducing their carbon emissions. The certificates were... 

Logistics company DHL is expanding and refining its development of an end-to-end electric vehicle (EV) battery logistics supply chain solution to bridge the gap between moving EV battery materials... 

The South African Revenue Service (Sars) will, in November, launch a pilot project to test the implementation of an electronic portal for travelers to make declarations on a voluntary basis, well... 

Across Africa as a whole, the commercial aviation sector had largely, but not entirely, recovered from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. This was highlighted by African Airlines Association... 

Boeing is getting new questions from US aviation regulators about the Max 7 aircraft, making it more likely the company will be unable to complete the certification process by late December and... 

Although the Covid-19 pandemic had now passed, the Southern African airline industry was still suffering from its consequences, Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) CEO Aaron Munetsi has... 

The world’s top three manufacturers of commercial airliners were in broad agreement about what had to be done in order to achieve net-zero-carbon emissions aviation by 2050. This was clearly shown... 

 Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu on Friday highlighted the close interrelationship between the tourism and airline industries. She was delivering the keynote address at the 2022 Annual General... 

Lagos, the commercial hub in Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria, will build a passenger and cargo airport in the north-east of the city close to a major oil refinery and a new deep sea port. The...