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IMEX cancelled once again
The Chairman of IMEX Group, Ray Bloom, along with CEO Carina Bauer announced that IMEX 2021 scheduled for May 25-27, 2021 will have to be cancelled due to the surging COVID-19 cases around the world. IMEX 2020 had to be cancelled as well due to the coronavirus.
In a letter signed by Bloom and Bauer, they said:
It is wit… read more
OR Tambo receives international health accreditation
OR Tambo International Airport has received airport health accreditation from Airports Council International (ACI). The accreditation is based on assessments of a range of areas, including passenger areas and processes at an airport, from access to the terminal, through security screening to the aircraft embarkation bridges… read more
Airbus remains world's top plane maker with 566 deliveries in 2020
Airbus said it delivered 566 commercial aircraft to 87 customers in 2020, retaining its position as the world's biggest plane maker in a year disrupted by pandemic-triggered havoc in air travel.
The Toulouse-based company delivered 34 per cent fewer aircraft from a record 863 jets handed over to customers a year earlier, it s… read more
"Etihad Guest" offers more flexibility during pandemic
Etihad Guest, the award-winning loyalty program of Etihad Airways, concluded 2020 with a positive outlook following a series of corporate social responsibility activations and member initiatives. During 2020, the program and its members donated 48 million miles to support relief campaigns for COVID-19, Australia’s bushfires a… read more
SACAA gives green-lights for the MAX
The SA Civil Aviation Authority will follow the US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) lead, and will clear the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to return to South African skies, subject to compliance with a new airworthiness directive for South African aircraft.
The MAX has been out of service for almost two years following two fatal cr… read more
Hi-tech way to keep Africas skies safe
ASECNA is fully committed to making the skies over Africa as safe as possible – and using the latest technology to do it.
It is currently working with Thales Alenia Space (TAS) to provide satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) services to the African continent and the Indian Ocean to strengthen navigation operations and optimise traj… read more
Raphael Kuuchi takes charge within AFRAA
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has appointed Raphael Kuuchi as director government, legal and industry affairs in consulting capacity effective January 01, 2021.
Kuuchi joins AFRAA from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) where he served as the special envoy to Africa on aero-political affairs for 2 years an… read more
Ethiopian Airlines CEO selected as one of the 100 most influential people in Africa
Tewolde GebreMariam has for the second time been named as one of the 100 most influential people in Africa. Image: Ethiopian Airlines
A statement by the airline said: “ On behalf of the entire 17,000 employees of Ethiopian Airlines Group, we would like to Congratulate our Group CEO for being selected as one of the 100 most influent… read more
A Safari Into the Social History of the Kruger National Park
Most conservation books set in Africa are written by white authors and often (unintentionally) for a white audience. Jacob Dlamini uses the park as a microcosm of South Africa's wider history in the 20th century.
As a black South African, Jacob Dlamini, an assistant professor of history at Princeton University, has brought an important per… read more
Profit plunge has hotel industry looking to brighter 2021
As a fresh round of stricter COVID-related guidelines grip many parts of the world heading into the new year, the hotel industry is still feeling and reeling from the sting of the pandemic, though breakthrough vaccines could be the antidote to spur devitalized demand.
U. S. Backtracks According to HotStats, after pulling into positive prof… read more
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