Boeing Max 8’s may fly again by October 2020. Fiji Airways Managing Director and CEO Andre Viljoen confirmed that any revenue lost and any costs incurred by the airline after the grounding of the Boeing Max 8 aircraft have been settled by Boeing. “Fiji Airways has received the best MaxRead More →
After operating in stealth mode for the last four years, San Francisco-based Xwing said in a news release last week it has carried out a number of passenger-carrying flights from take-off to landing remotely using a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. Xwing’s Auto-flight System retrofits existing aircraft into optionally piloted vehicles byRead More →
SAA is set to re-launch in January 2021, according to a report from the South African Sunday Times. The report stated that the government is working with private sector investors for the re-launch – and that it had received “more than 10 unsolicited offers” to partner with SAA. These interested investorsRead More →
COVID-19 has forced an unexpected aviation crisis. Airlines are rediscovering past operating models and the virtues of hubbing flights, or are they? Many industry pundits said that the ‘Hub and Spoke’ model was dead, but COVID-19 is making industry experts re-access this model. Could the COVID-19 pandemic force the resurrectionRead More →
SIMPLE FLYING – by Joanna Bailey (re- edited Julian Smith) For travellers experiencing a severe case of wanderlust, a Japanese firm has come up with a novel way for passengers to enjoy a trip to an exotic location in absolute safety. For the bargain price of just $60, Japanese would-beRead More →
SIMPLE FLYING – Emily Derrick (Re-edited by Julian Smith) There has been plenty of news in recent months of airlines retiring aircraft early as the industry comes to a virtual standstill. Many retired aircraft are being sent to aviation graveyards, otherwise known as boneyards. Here, they live out the restRead More →
Credits: Carin Smith (re-edited Julian Smith) No deadline seems to have been set for government to come up with funding to implement SAA’s rescue plan. Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images There is currently no indication from the rescue practitioners or government that the funding to implement SAA’s rescue planRead More →
SA Flyer Editor Guy Leitch has been working away at a PhD on the air connectivity provided by the African air transport industry for the past few years. This is now in the final stages of acceptance. In the meanwhile the first article arising from his PhD has been publishedRead More →
BA has announced it is retiring its sole A318 (32 seats), pulling the plug on BA1/BA2 all Business Class flights operated between London City and New York JFK. (With a refuelling stop and U.S. pre-clearance at Shannon, Ireland.) IAG said it was “exiting the A318 fleet” as a response toRead More →
