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Acsa’s post-Covid comeback hits the runway

Acsa gets back to pre-Covid traffic, with a rather large staff bill

Airlink’s flyover broke the internet, but can it win bookings? 

The airline has work to do to boost its brand with local travellers

ROB ROSE: Who dares apply to run SAA?

SAA is searching for a new leader to navigate financial fragility, audit disclaimers and factional battles

A good week for de Villiers Engelbrecht

Airlink's daring rugby flyby and Joburg mayor shows his colours

Another CEO, another SAA mystery

Turbulence at the top for SAA as another leader departs.

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Approvals for Cape Town’s second major airport are flying

RSA Aero’s R8bn Cape Winelands Airport gains environmental approval and a heavyweight aviation board, and targets an early 2027 construction start

Embraer. Picture: supplied

How Brazil’s classroom-to-cockpit vision shows what South Africa has lost 

The lesson from Brazil’s Embraer is simple: industrial innovation begins in the classroom and survives only when competence outranks politics

Flysafair plane. Photo by Gallo Images/Jacques Stander

How FlySafair’s strike exposed the crunch in South African aviation 

The FlySafair strike has exposed South Africa’s acute shortage of pilots, not to mention the commercial vacuum left behind by SAA’s implosion

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Why is the South African Civil Aviation Authority grounding planes?

The regulator has grounded 3,000 aircraft, claiming their engines are old. It risks gutting the industry it is supposed to develop

Air traffic control. Airplane

South Africa’s Potomac collision is waiting

The failure of Air Traffic Navigation Services, the South African Weather Service and Acsa is creating a perfect storm for aviation in SA.

FlySafair. Image by Currency News

If Safair is grounded, South Africa risks tourism suicide

In the long-running dispute between the International Air Services Council (IASC) and FlySafair, South Africa’s regulator has now declared that the airline’s shareholding…