THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE (SANDF) is looking to establish a dedicated disaster response unit. The SANDF is regularly called on to assist with floods, fires and other events. The Chief of the SANDF, General Rudzani Maphwanya, said that the military is looking towards establishing a disaster management unit.Read More →
Jim Davis – Aircraft Accident Report • This discussion is to promote safety and not to establish liability. • CAA’s report contains padding and repetition, so in the interest of clarity, I have paraphrased extensively. Aircraft registration: ZS-EIV Date and time of accident: 3 May 1999 0445Z Type ofRead More →
January 2023 – RAY WATTS The amendments for January 2023 are exciting for our airline industry. FLYSAFAIR HAS REGISTERED two Boeing 737-800s this month. One Airbus A320 has been returned to SAA from storage in Ljubljana and another Boeing 737-800 is coming back onto the register. This one is strangeRead More →
Guy Leitch – As the global aviation industry bounces back surprisingly strongly from the Covid calamity, it was inevitable that the system would start breaking under the pressure of lost skills. A LARGE PART OF THE SURPRISE may have been that the crisis first occurred in the lower skilled employeesRead More →
SOUTH AFRICAN LOW-COST AIRLINE FlySafair is on a rapid expansion flight path. Guy Leitch (GL) chats to CEO Elmar Conradie (EC) GL: How is your post-Covid recovery going? EC: The recovery is going well. We’ve been in a fortunate position to really take advantage of growth opportunities as the marketRead More →
Is Comair / Kulula gone for good? Find out more here from SAFlyer editor Guy Leitch.Read More →
Like watching reruns of a disaster movie, SAA has a ghastly fascination for most South Africans, especially the taxpayers. Latest estimates reckon the airline has blown over R50 billion, so we are all thoroughly invested in the success or failure of our once proud national carrier. THE CURRENT SLOW MOTIONRead More →
As the airline industry slowly returns to a ‘new normal’, Johannesburg based carrier CemAir is thriving. The airline is pushing ahead, into the gaps in the market left by the departure of competitors such as SA Express and Mango, and the slow restart of SAA. CemAir CFO Dr Laura vanRead More →
May 2022 – There are welcome indications that general aviation in South Africa is bouncing back strongly to pre-Covid levels. However, the pandemic has weeded out the weaker players in the industry – letting only the fittest survive. ONE of the most welcome survivorsof the pandemic has been regional airlineRead More →
