The current dispute between Comair and the Air Services Licensing Council (ASLC) originated as a complaint lodged by Flysafair with the ASLC questioning Comair’s level of foreign ownership. The Air Services Licensing Act stipulates that no more than 25% of the voting rights in a domestic airline may be held by foreigners, and Comair is … Read more
A graduate of the East African Civil Aviation Academy, Captain Kayiwa is the first female Ugandan Captain in Air Serv’s thirty-two year history.
Air Namibia announced that it will wet lease an Airbus 340-500 to temporarily replace one of its Airbus 330-200 on the route between Windhoek and Frankf…
Air Namibia announced that it will wet lease an Airbus 340-500 to temporarily replace one of its Airbus 330-200 on the route between Windhoek and Frankfurt
Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, and NIKI, the Austrian subsidiary airline of the airberlin group, have expanded their codeshare agreement, to offer travellers convenient flights between Austria and Seychelles via Paris. As of today Air Seychelles will place its flight code on twelve weekly services operated by NIKI between Vienna … Read more
“Senegal should promote careers in aviation and aviation-related fields through its tertiary education system”, said ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu. “Developing human resources for the civil aviation sector is a key priority for ICAO. In our capacity as the UN’s international civil aviation agency, we predict the global aviation system will face shortages of … Read more
Kenya Airways and Turkish Airlines have signed an agreement for delivery of the first B777-300ER aircraft to besubleased to the European carrier. The B777-300ER has now been deregistered in Kenya and subsequently re-registered in Turkey. The sublease is part of the KQ’s Operation Pride strategy as it seeks to rationalise its excess capacity through sub-leases and outright … Read more
Proflight Zambia, which operates the largest fleet of aircraft in the country, has installed a high-tech flight tracking system to enable it to monitor plane movements in real-time. The advanced Spidertracks satellite system will help the airline to further improve the efficiency and reliability of its scheduled services as well as providing an added dimension … Read more
Fly Blue Crane has received approval from South African and Namibian authorities to launch services between Cape Town and Windhoek. The airline, which took to the skies from its Johannesburg hub in September 2015, will launch its inaugural return flights between the two cities on May 13 and 15. Exact flight schedules on the route … Read more
South African Express confirmed that the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has reinstated its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) following a temporary 42-hour suspension related to the airline’s quality assurance systems. Following the suspension notice on Friday evening, and subsequent meetings between SA Express’ executive management team and SACAA, clarity was provided in terms of the … Read more