The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has reported that there was strong demand for air cargo during August. All regions saw... 

Airports Company South Africa has appointed Siphamandla Mthethwa CEO effective November 1. This follows a Cabinet decision that was taken on September 23, which deemed Mthethwa apt to return to... 

There is a necessity for stronger and collaborative safety screening processes across the air cargo supply chain to deal with the risks created by dangerous goods that were not declared or which... 

Airports Council International (ACI) World, the global representative body for airports, reported on Wednesday that a record number of 9.8-billion passengers had passed through the world’s airports... 

Global aviation data and analytics group OAG has included two African airports in its latest list of the world’s 50 most connected airports (which it describes as “megahubs”). The list was... 

KwaZulu-Natal provincial air connection development initiative Durban Direct has announced that Ethiopian Airlines will inaugurate a direct service between Addis Ababa and Durban on December 11... 

The representative body for the world’s airports, Airports Council International (ACI) World, has called for a global reform of the airport slot allocation system. This is the means by which air... 

South African petrochemical company Sasol on Tuesday signed an agreement to supply co-processed sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to luxury tourism outfit, White Desert, for its polar trips to... 

Privately owned premium regional airline Airlink recently expanded its facilities network beyond its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) base at the OR Tambo International Airport, in Gauteng,... 

Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) reported a strong performance for the 2025/26 financial year, with a 98% passenger recovery compared with pre-Covid-19 levels and an 8.5% increase in passenger... 

Africa's commercial aircraft fleet will more than double by 2045, US planemaker Boeing forecast on Thursday, as a young and increasingly urban population drives demand for travel within the... 

Airline Airlink has cancelled a planned flypast before Saturday's Springboks-All Blacks rugby test as the country's aviation regulator reviews a similar display conducted by the airline last week.... 

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has reported that total global air passenger demand in July increased by 0.2%, in... 

Total global air cargo demand rose by 3.9%, year-on-year in July, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. (IATA is the global representative body for the airline industry.)... 

Airline Airlink will launch three weekly flights between Gqeberha and Mbombela’s Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport from November 16. The flights will be on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,... 

State-owned Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) says it is saddened by the passing of Major General Jerry Coetzee, who served as the company's founding CEO from 1993 to 1998. Under his... 

South African regional and domestic airline Airlink and major global carrier Qatar Airways have announced an expansion of their codesharing agreement. From August 31, Airlink will put its flight... 

Chemicals and energy company Sasol and advanced energy technology company Topsoe are winding down their sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) joint venture Zaffra, shifting to a more focused... 

South African Airways (SAA) and global major airline Emirates have expanded their codeshare partnership. This new agreement brings in reciprocal codesharing by the two carriers, in place of the... 

South African leading regional and domestic airline Airlink has announced that it will launch a new service between Gauteng and Harare, in Zimbabwe, in November. It will be operated from the... 

Global total air passenger demand fell by -1.7%, year-on-year (y-o-y), in June, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. (IATA is the global representative body for the... 

African and global aviation industry groups have jointly called on African countries to implement Advanced Passenger Information (API) and Passenger Name Record (PNR) systems, to reinforce border... 

Global air cargo demand increased strongly, year-on-year (y-on-y), in June, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. IATA is the representative body for the global airline... 

The board of directors of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the global representative body for the airline industry, has announced the appointment of the organisation’s... 

US-based global major aerospace group Boeing has announced that Uganda Airlines, the flag-carrier for the East African country, had placed an order for eight of the airframer’s airliners. This was... 

Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has put in place a roughly R20-billion project pipeline for the OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA), running up to the end of 2031. ACSA spokesperson Ofentse... 

The route between Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) and Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) was the busiest airport pair connection in Africa last year. This is one of the... 

The Competition Commission of South Africa has announced that it has recommended to the Competition Tribunal that the latter approve the acquisition of Safair Holdings by Harith Aviation, with... 

Global major aerospace group Airbus expects total air passenger traffic to grow at an annual rate of 3.9% over the next 20 years, driven by a global gross domestic product that would increase by... 

Global major aerospace group Airbus and German engine manufacturer MTU Aero Engines have announced the creation of a joint venture (JV) focused on the development and commercialisation of a fully... 

Turkish Airlines has announced that it will increase the frequency of flights on both its Istanbul-Johannesburg and Istanbul-Cape Town routes, with effect from late October. This will be to meet... 

Africa’s first fully commercial aircraft fractional ownership programme has been launched by a company specially created to provide this service, SoterJets, which is a subsidiary of South Africa’s... 

Cape Winelands Airport and Stellenbosch University (SU) have formed a partnership to advance smart and green development innovation, foster sustainable growth and drive academic advancement. The... 

International airline Emirates’ third daily service on the Dubai-Cape Town route landed at Cape Town International Airport on July 1, marking the first arrival of flight EK778 and the debut of the... 

South Africa’s largest regional and domestic airline, Airlink, has unveiled one of its Embraer E190 jetliners repainted in a one-off celebratory all-green livery. The aircraft, ZS-YAE, was... 

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has reported that total global air passenger traffic fell by -2.2%, year-on-year, in... 

The Lufthansa Group has announced that it will operate an unprecedented number of flights between Europe and South Africa during the 2026-27 northern winter/southern summer season, starting at the... 

Global total air cargo demand increased by 6%, year-on-year (y-o-y), in May, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. (IATA is the global representative body for the airline...