At the recent Airlines Association of Southern Africa annual conference, Guy Leitch took the opportunity to canvass the various regional airline C-suite executives about what the burning issues are that their particular airlines face. The current CEO of Air Zimbabwe, Edmund Makona, likes to quote a previous IATA Director General,Read More →

Laura McDermid Sling Aircraft was awarded the coveted August Raspet award at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh this year. The award is given annually to a business or person that has made an outstanding contribution to aircraft design. Highly regarded for their durability, fuel efficiency and excellent performance, Slings are theRead More →

Laura McDermid Whenever the annual calendar of events is put together at the beginning of the year,  October always seems like a million miles away. And so inevitably the EAA Sun ‘n Fun fly-in arrives far sooner than anticipated. The Spar up the road from where I live is alreadyRead More →

Morné Booij-Liewes The September registration updates is a mixed bag of imports and exports. We see five type-certified fixed wing planes being registered during September, but no helicopters. A brand-new Pilatus PC-24, ZS-NID, was delivered for the transport and logistics company Ni-Da, replacing their earlier model PC-24 that has beenRead More →

Guy Leitch There are some subjects which create massively heated debate and then just go quiet. So, for a bit of excitement, I thought I would prod one of them back into life. A particularly inflammatory topic is airline pilots comparing their flight time to pilots who fly short charters,Read More →

Laura McDermid continues her stories about Iris McCallum’s early years in East Africa. When the Kenyan Police Air Wing could not fulfil a mission, they would charter Air Kenya. As a result I had the great fortune of discovering remote places like Garissa, Wajir, El Wak and Mandera. El WakRead More →

[intro] SA Flyer owned a Saratoga II TC and this top of the range model has trended to overshadow the early basic Togas which were Piper Lances with the tapered wing. It may have been a basic beginning, but Jim Davis reckons it’s still a great plane. [body] Jim DavisRead More →

https://www.ewn.co.za/2024/11/04/flysafairs-licence-under-threat-due-to-breach-of-foreign-ownership-rules Stephen Grootes interviews Guy Leitch, SA Flyer Magazine Editor. FlySafair’s Licence Under Threat: Foreign Ownership Rules Breached 04:25/04:25 Budget-airline FlySafair is not compliant with foreign ownership rules, according to the Air Service Licensing Council. According to current regulations, foreign ownership of a domestically registered airline is limited to 25%.Read More →