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Rebecca Campbell

Rebecca Campbell

Rebecca Campbell is Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

By Rebecca Campbell

An Embraer E190 of Airlink

High Court dismisses Airlink’s attempt to recover funds from SAA

26th July 2023

South African private sector airline Airlink has acknowledged the decision of the Johannesburg High Court, regarding the carrier’s application against the State-owned South African Airways (SAA).... 


Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan

Gordhan welcomes Competition Tribunal ruling on SAA Takatso deal

26th July 2023

The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has warmly welcomed the decision of the Competition Tribunal to approve the takeover of State-owned South African Airways (SAA) by the Takatso consortium.... 


Nii Kwashie Allotey (left) of the NRA and Christopher T Hanson of the NRC (right)

Ghana, US, nuclear regulators reaffirm their close cooperation

25th July 2023

The heads of the Ghana Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) have reaffirmed their commitment to cooperate closely on nuclear safety and regulation. This... 


The International Space Station

Sansa clarifies comments on possibility of a future South African astronaut

25th July 2023

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) on Tuesday issued a clarification regarding the possibility of South African astronauts being trained and sent to the International Space Station... 


Potatoes and french fries

South African food inflation continued to decelerate in June

25th July 2023

South Africa’s food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) – hereafter, for short, to be referred to as just food – inflation continued to decelerate in June, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy... 


National Science Week launched with appeal to schools to support STEM education

24th July 2023

South Africa’s 2023 National Science Week (NSW) was successfully launched over the weekend, the launch being hosted by the University of Venda, in the Limpopo province. The NSW was first held in... 


An image showing a FlyNamibia ERJ145 over a Namibian desert

FlyNamibia now on global travel network, in association with South Africa’s Airlink

24th July 2023

Namibian privately-held domestic and regional airline FlyNamibia is, from Monday, promoting its flights and services to travel agents around the world on the Global Distribution System (GDS), as a... 


Western Cape Premier Alan Winde

Western Cape seeking to use electricity crisis to develop low carbon energy system

21st July 2023

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde on Friday highlighted that his administration had assigned R7-billion, over the next three years, to create an “ecosystem” that would facilitate private sector... 


Enceladus hosts on ocean under its ice crust, which might contain life

International panel seeks to protect Earth from extra-terrestrial contamination

21st July 2023

A theme that has been expounded more than once in science fiction is of alien organisms being brought back to Earth, endangering human life. In reality, scientists have long been concerned with... 


ZeroAvia’s Dornier Do 228 testbed takes off

Hybrid-electric aircraft company ZeroAvia reports end of its first flight test programme

20th July 2023

US-UK hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion system development company ZeroAvia has reported that it has successfully completed its first flight test programme, using a Dornier Do 228 twin-engined... 


An airport baggage carousel

Airline industry seeking to restore passenger confidence in the handling of their baggage

20th July 2023

The incidence of mishandled baggage on commercial flights worldwide reached an incidence of 7.6 per thousand passengers in 2022, representing a year-on-year increase of 74.7%, SITA Director of... 


IATA to hold its first integrated safety and operations conference in September

19th July 2023

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the representative body for the global airline industry, has announced that its first World Safety and Operations Conference (WSOC) will... 


South Africa lobbying to again be a member of the Council of the world’s maritime agency

18th July 2023

The Department of Transport (DoT) has reported that South Africa is seeking to be again elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). South Africa has been a member of... 


Airlink CEO and MD Rodger Foster

South African airline Airlink receives prestigious international award

18th July 2023

South African regional airline Airlink has been declared the winner of the Africa and Middle East category in the 2023 FlightGlobal-Korn Ferry Airline Strategy Award. The award was presented to... 


IATA, Atkins develop toolkit to calculate embodied carbon in airport construction

17th July 2023

Global airline representative body, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), and design, engineering and project management consultancy company Atkins (part of the SNC-Lavalin Group)... 


An American experimental USV

Uncrewed naval craft market expected to grow strongly over next decade

17th July 2023

International data and analytics company GlobalData has forecast that the global market for naval uncrewed maritime vehicles (UMVs) would rise from an estimated $1.273-billion this year to more... 


Cape Town International

ACSA seeking to improve its operations, customer experience through digitalisation

17th July 2023

The Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has highlighted its plans to digitalise its operations, to increase efficiency and improve the experience of the passengers using its airports. The... 


UK researchers develop a construction material using fungi and knitted wool

14th July 2023

British scientists have developed a new building material which uses a paste derived from the root network of the mycelium fungus in combination with a knitted textile framework (more pedantically,... 


Melian Dott (left) and Chloe Cormack (right), holding biofilm samples of different thicknesses and textures

Cape Town startup seeks to replace plastics with home compostable bio-materials

14th July 2023

Cape Town-based young-woman-led award-winning biotech startup BAOM eco solutions (BAOM), which has developed compostable cellulose-based alternatives to plastics and other packaging materials, is... 


An Airlink Embraer E195

Airlink leases additional airliners to meet growing demand

14th July 2023

South African regional airline Airlink has announced that it is expanding it fleet by leasing three Embraer E195 aircraft from AerCap. Airlink is Southern Africa’s biggest regional carrier, and the... 


Localised weather stations for SA farms launched

14th July 2023

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), which is an agency of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), has highlighted the launch of a programme to deploy localised weather stations to... 


UK-SA Tech Hub renews funding for South African startups group

13th July 2023

The UK-SA Tech Hub, an initiative of the British High Commission (Embassy) in South Africa, has announced that it will provide a second round of funding for South Africa’s Startup Act Movement... 


Airlink’s jet-black jet

Airlink unveils an airliner in a special livery

13th July 2023

South African private-sector regional airline Airlink has painted its latest and recently-acquired Embraer E195 airliner in a special all-black colour scheme, in order to promote the carrier’s... 


Boeing deliveries during the first half of this year included the last-ever 747 Jumbo jet

Boeing releases its aircraft delivery figures for 2023 so far

12th July 2023

Giant US aerospace and defence group Boeing reported on Tuesday the numbers of aircraft and spacecraft that it delivered to customers during both the second quarter and the first half of this year.... 


IATA unveils collaboration to assess the financial aspects of reaching net-zero in aviation

12th July 2023

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Aviation Impact Accelerator (AIA) are to collaborate to evaluate the financial aspects of achieving aviation’s and global governments’... 


The opening ceremony for the new FAL, with the first aircraft (an A321) on the line visible in the background

Airbus formally opens yet another airliner final assembly line

11th July 2023

Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus on Monday inaugurated its latest final assembly line (FAL) for its A320-family single-aisle airliners. Located at the Airbus complex in Toulouse, in... 


SAA Technical completes overhaul of key aircraft components in record time

11th July 2023

South African Airways Technical (SAAT), a subsidiary company of the State-owned South African Airways (SAA) Group (and so, a sister company to the SAA airline), has reported that its has overhauled... 


South African bank highlights importance of US-Africa business summit

10th July 2023

South Africa’s Standard Bank (not to be confused with the now-unrelated UK-based Standard Chartered Bank) has highlighted the importance of the US-Africa Business Summit, which will run from... 


South Africa’s agricultural sector recorded significant decline in the first quarter

7th July 2023

The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has highlighted, in a brief report, that, while the total South African economy avoided a technical recession during the first quarter of this... 


Artist’s impression of an A350-1000 in Ethiopian colours

Rolls-Royce and Ethiopian Airlines sign servicing agreement for new engines

7th July 2023

UK-based global major power and propulsion systems group Rolls-Royce and Africa’s largest carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, have announced that the latter has signed a service agreement with the former... 


An artist’s impression of the D328eco

Sasol and Deutsche Aircraft deepen cooperation on green aviation fuels

7th July 2023

German aircraft manufacturer Deutsche Aircraft and Sasol ecoFT, the sustainable fuels development business of South African petrochemical group Sasol, have announced a deepening of their... 


Passengers disembarking from an Airlink flight in Nairobi

Air passenger travel continues to recover strongly, worldwide, reports IATA

6th July 2023

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has reported that air passenger traffic continued to grow strongly in May. Total air... 


IATA reports that the decreasing trend in air cargo demand decelerated in May

6th July 2023

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


A view of the floor of the new Wing Technology Development Centre

Airbus opens new wing technology research and development centre

5th July 2023

Airbus officially opened its new Wing Technology Development Centre (WTDC) on Tuesday. Located at the group’s site at Filton, in England, the new centre will build and test demonstrator wings for a... 


Enceladus hosts on ocean under its ice crust, which might contain life

International panel seeks to protect Earth from extraterrestrial contamination

5th July 2023

A theme that has been expounded more than once in science fiction is of alien organisms being brought back to Earth, endangering human life. In reality, scientists have long been concerned with... 


IAEA experts at the treated water tank farm at Fukushima Daiichi

IAEA approves Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant treated water discharge plan

4th July 2023

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a specialist agency of the United Nations, announced on Tuesday that Japan’s plan to release treated water, currently stored at the Fukushima Daiichi... 


An aircraft being refueled

IATA data shows uneven air passenger traffic recovery across Africa during the first quarter

4th July 2023

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has published a graph charting the recovery (in percentage terms, not absolute numbers)... 


Artist’s impression of Euclid at Sun-Earth L2

Space telescope intended to probe dark energy and dark matter successfully launched

3rd July 2023

The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Euclid space telescope is now on its way to its permanent operating location, some 1.5-million kilometres from Earth (or four times the distance to the Moon),... 


Kenya Airways on course for turnaround next year

30th June 2023

Kenya Airways, the country’s public private partnership national flag carrier, expected to achieve turn-around next year. This was reaffirmed at the airline’s 2023 virtual annual general meeting... 


Cape Town to have direct air link with São Paulo in Brazil

30th June 2023

Cape Town Air Access, an initiative led by Western Cape provincial trade, tourism and investment promotion agency Wesgro, and the Western Cape provincial government, have welcomed the decision by... 


Presidency Project Management Office head Rudi Dicks

Vulindlela reforms will not be minor, assures Presidency

30th June 2023

The South African government’s Operation Vulindlela (“opening up”) is intended to result in major reforms to key sectors of the economy, Presidency Project Management Office head Rudi Dicks assured... 


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