Monthly Archives: August 2021

12th Jun 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu The helicopter pilot who was killed after crashing on top of a Midtown building Monday afternoon was flying in a restricted flight area. Around 1:45 p.m., the chopper crash-landed on the roof of 787 Seventh Ave. between 51st and…

11th Jun 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu It's going to be yet another year of losses for African airlines — the fourth in a row — as the global airline industry braces for higher fuel prices and weaker global trade during 2019. The projections are a…

11th Jun 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu A number of African countries are holding up funds by airline operators as a result of foreign exchange crunch, the International Air Transport Association, IATA, has disclosed. Amongst them are Eritrea, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Angola and Algeria. Eritrea is holding a…

11th Jun 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu Air Seychelles has today announced that the airline has expanded its codeshare partnership with South African Airways (SAA) to Perth and Windhoek. As part of the agreement, Air Seychelles is placing its “HM” code on SAA daily services to…

11th Jun 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has cautioned Nigeria’s biggest carrier, Air Peace, for failing to report a hard landing incident involving one of its flights recently. The agency said that this has been the fashion of some domestic airlines that…

11th Jun 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu Zuks will be taking over from Vuyani Jarana, who resigned in May, as acting CEO. On Friday the South African Airways (SAA) board and its executive management announced the appointment of Zuks Ramasia as its new acting CEO. Zuks is currently SAA’s general manager…

3rd Jun 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu SAA CEO Vuyani Jarana has resigned, and is prepared to work a three-month notice period until August 31, 2019. According to his resignation letter to SAA board chairperson JB Magwaza, the CEO unpacked how uncertainty about funding and slow…

3rd Jun 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu South African Airways chief executive officer Vuyani Jarana quit the financially stricken state-owned company, citing a lack of funding and drop in government support for the carrier’s turnaround plan. The former Vodacom Group executive was brought in about 18…

31st May 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu Ethiopian Airlines has partnered with ACC Aviation Group, to fly hundreds of fans to Madrid for the UEFA Champions League final between Liverpool FC and Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday 1st June 2019. Excited fans arrived at three airports around…

31st May 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu Calling all frequent globe-trotters, have you ever wondered why flight attendants greet you with their hands behind their back? Perhaps some of you have never even questioned the cabin crew’s stance. It’s surely just a polite gesture, right? Well, it’s been…